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  • Concentrated Solar Power

    • November 28, 2019
    • Posted by: Alaae Sbai
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics, Energy, Natural Resources & Energy, North Africa
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    Concentrated Solar Power

    Concentrated Solar Power

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  • Solar powered oil recovery: a model for the future?

    • December 4, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Blog Category, Middle East, Natural Resources & Energy, Sustainable Development
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    Experiences from Oman’s Miraah power plant Over the last decade, due to its maturing oil fields and limited reserves, Oman's domestic crude oil production relied heavily on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Just as in Oman, most of the global oil production comes from mature or maturing fields with an average recovery factor of around
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  • Renewable Energy in the MENA Region

    • December 11, 2015
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Natural Resources & Energy
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    For years, energy has been heavily subsidized in the MENA region. As stated by the IMF, in 2011 energy subsidies represented 8.5 % of GDP and 22 % of government revenue, at a total cost of $240 billion. Moreover, “six of the world’s largest subsidizing countries are found in MENA, led by Kuwait, Iran, Saudi

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