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Article: In Salah paves the way; a gas project in a remote district of Algeria's Sahara desert is pioneering technology that can be applied to radically cut the world's CO2 emissions.(BUSINESS & FINANCE)
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- The Middle East
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- June 1, 2006
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WHEN MORE THAN two doze world energy ministers joined industry leaders, financiers, diplomats and dignitaries to attend the 10th Unctad Oil & Gas Trade and Finance conference in Algiers in April, it was a perfect opportunity for the host country Algeria to showcase its own oil and gas industry.
One conference presentation in particular highlighted how this North African nation is leading the world in a concerted effort to develop carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage expertise. Iain W Wright, CO2 project manager with energy giant BP, described how his company--in partnership with the Norwegian oil company Statoil and Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach ...