#Oil and Gas Security and Service Market

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With the exceptions of North Korea and Cuba, the communist world has merged onto the capitalist highway in a couple different ways during the twenty-first century. As you’ve read, free-trade imperialism and its cheap agricultural imports pushed farmers into the cities and into factory work, lowering the global price of manufacturing labor and glutting the world market with stuff. Forward-thinking states such as China and Vietnam invested in high-value-added production capacity and managed labor organizing, luring links from the global electronics supply chain and jump-starting capital investment. Combined with capital’s hesitancy to invest in North Atlantic production facilities, as well as a disinclination toward state-led investment in the region, Asian top-down planning erased much of the West’s technological edge. If two workers can do a single job, and one worker costs less, both in wages and state support, why pick the expensive one? Foxconn’s 2017 plan to build a U.S. taxpayer–subsidized $10 billion flat-panel display factory in Wisconsin was trumpeted by the president, but it was a fiasco that produced zero screens. The future cost of labor looks to be capped somewhere below the wage levels many people have enjoyed, and not just in the West.

The left-wing economist Joan Robinson used to tell a joke about poverty and investment, something to the effect of: The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalists is not being exploited by capitalists. It’s a cruel truism about the unipolar world, but shouldn’t second place count for something? When the Soviet project came to an end, in the early 1990s, the country had completed world history’s biggest, fastest modernization project, and that didn’t just disappear. Recall that Cisco was hyped to announce its buyout of the Evil Empire’s supercomputer team. Why wasn’t capitalist Russia able to, well, capitalize? You’re already familiar with one of the reasons: The United States absorbed a lot of human capital originally financed by the Soviet people. American immigration policy was based on draining technical talent in particular from the Second World. Sergey Brin is the best-known person in the Moscow-to-Palo-Alto pipeline, but he’s not the only one.

Look at the economic composition of China and Russia in the wake of Soviet dissolution: Both were headed toward capitalist social relations, but they took two different routes. The Russian transition happened rapidly. The state sold off public assets right away, and the natural monopolies such as telecommunications and energy were divided among a small number of skilled and connected businessmen, a category of guys lacking in a country that frowned on such characters but that grew in Gorbachev’s liberalizing perestroika era. Within five years, the country sold off an incredible 35 percent of its national wealth. Russia’s richest ended the century with a full counterrevolutionary reversal of their fortunes, propelling their income share above what it was before the Bolsheviks took over. To accomplish this, the country’s new capitalists fleeced the most vulnerable half of their society. “Over the 1989–2016 period, the top 1 percent captured more than two-thirds of the total growth in Russia,” found an international group of scholars, “while the bottom 50 percent actually saw a decline in its income.” Increases in energy prices encouraged the growth of an extractionist petro-centered economy. Blood-covered, teary, and writhing, infant Russian capital crowded into the gas and oil sectors. The small circle of oligarchs privatized unemployed KGB-trained killers to run “security,” and gangsters dominated politics at the local and national levels. They installed a not particularly well-known functionary—a former head of the new intelligence service FSB who also worked on the privatization of government assets—as president in a surprise move on the first day of the year 2000. He became the gangster in chief.

Vladimir Putin’s first term coincided with the energy boom, and billionaires gobbled up a ludicrous share of growth. If any individual oligarch got too big for his britches, Putin was not beyond imposing serious consequences. He reinserted the state into the natural monopolies, this time in collaboration with loyal capitalists, and his stranglehold on power remains tight for now, despite the outstandingly uneven distribution of growth. Between 1980 and 2015, the Russian top 1 percent grew its income an impressive 6.2 percent per year, but the top .001 percent has maintained a growth rate of 17 percent over the same period. To invest these profits, the Russian billionaires parked their money in real estate, bidding up housing prices, and stashed a large amount of their wealth offshore. Reinvestment in Russian production was not a priority—why go through the hassle when there were easier ways to keep getting richer?

While Russia grew billionaires instead of output, China saw a path to have both. As in the case of Terry Gou, the Chinese Communist Party tempered its transition by incorporating steadily increasing amounts of foreign direct investment through Hong Kong and Taiwan, picking partners and expanding outward from the special economic zones. State support for education and infrastructure combined with low wages to make the mainland too attractive to resist. (Russia’s population is stagnant, while China’s has grown quickly.) China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, in 2001, gave investors more confidence. Meanwhile, strong capital controls kept the country out of the offshore trap, and state development priorities took precedence over extraction and get-rich-quick schemes. Chinese private wealth was rechanneled into domestic financial assets—equity and bonds or other loan instruments—at a much higher rate than it was in Russia. The result has been a sustained high level of annual output growth compared to the rest of the world, the type that involves putting up an iPhone City in a matter of months. As it has everywhere else, that growth has been skewed: only an average of 4.5 percent for the bottom half of earners in the 1978–2015 period compared to more than 10 percent for the top .001 percent. But this ratio of just over 2–1 is incomparable to Russia’s 17–.5 ration during the same period.

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, certain trends have been more or less unavoidable. The rich have gotten richer relative to the poor and working class—in Russia, in China, in the United States, and pretty much anywhere else you want to look. Capital has piled into property markets, driving up the cost of housing everywhere people want to live, especially in higher-wage cities and especially in the world’s financial centers. Capitalist and communist countries alike have disgorged public assets into private pockets. But by maintaining a level of control over the process and slowing its tendencies, the People’s Republic of China has built a massive and expanding postindustrial manufacturing base.

It’s important to understand both of these patterns as part of the same global system rather than as two opposed regimes. One might imagine, based on what I’ve written so far, that the Chinese model is useful, albeit perhaps threatening, in the long term for American tech companies while the Russian model is irrelevant. Some commentators have phrased this as the dilemma of middle-wage countries on the global market: Wages in China are going to be higher than wages in Russia because wages in Russia used to be higher than wages in China. But Russia’s counterrevolutionary hyper-bifurcation has been useful for Silicon Valley as well; they are two sides of the same coin. Think about it this way: If you’re a Russian billionaire in the first decades of the twenty-first century looking to invest a bunch of money you pulled out of the ground, where’s the best place you could put it? The answer is Palo Alto.

Malcolm Harris, Palo Alto

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Key sectors in KSA manufacturing market:

Here’s a concise overview of the key sectors in Saudi Arabia's manufacturing market:

1. Petrochemicals

- Central to Saudi Arabia's manufacturing, leveraging vast oil and gas reserves to produce chemicals like ethylene and polypropylene.

- Major players include SABIC and Saudi Aramco.

2. Pharmaceuticals

- Rapidly expanding with a focus on local production of generics, vaccines, and biotech products.

- Supported by government initiatives to reduce import dependency.

3. Food and Beverage

- Vital for food security and economic growth, focusing on dairy, processed foods, beverages, and halal products.

- Expanding into regional and international markets.

4. Automotive

- Developing sector with a focus on assembling vehicles, manufacturing parts, and electric vehicles (EVs).

- Growing interest from global manufacturers.

5. Construction Materials

- Driven by mega-projects, producing cement, steel, aluminum, and sustainable materials.

- Key to supporting infrastructure development.

6. Metals and Mining

- Emerging sector with significant resources like gold, phosphate, and bauxite.

- Focus on extraction, processing, and downstream industries like aluminum smelting.

7. Textiles and Apparel

- Small but growing, with potential in high-quality textiles and traditional clothing.

- Opportunities in fashion and design.

8. Renewable Energy Equipment

- Focused on producing solar panels, wind turbines, and related components to support renewable energy projects.

- Significant growth potential aligned with sustainability goals.

9. Packaging

- Expanding due to growth in food, pharmaceuticals, and e-commerce.

- Innovation in sustainable packaging solutions is on the rise.

10. Defense and Aerospace

- Strategic priority with efforts to localize military equipment production.

- Supported by GAMI, focusing on parts manufacturing and maintenance services.

These sectors highlight Saudi Arabia's drive toward economic diversification, with strong government support and strategic investments fostering growth across the manufacturing industry.

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Regularly track and analyze SEO performance using tools like Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Reporting helps you understand the effectiveness of your SEO strategies and make data-driven decisions.

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Competitive Edge: Effective SEO strategies help you stand out against competitors, capturing a larger share of the market.

By leveraging these SEO services, companies in the pipeline industry can improve their online presence, attract more qualified leads, and ultimately grow their business in a competitive market.

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Aquatic Robot Market to Eyewitness Huge Growth by 2030

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

November 3, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

NOV 4, 2023

Today, Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT), who was former president Trump’s Interior Secretary until he left under accusations of misconduct, introduced a bill to ban Palestinians from the United States and to revoke any visas issued to Palestinians since October 1 of this year. Although the U.S. has resettled only about 2,000 Palestinians in the last 20 years, ten other far-right members of the House signed onto Zinke’s bill, which draws no distinction between Hamas and Palestinian civilians.

This blanket attack on a vulnerable population echoes Trump’s travel ban of January 27, 2017, just a week after he took office. Executive Order 13769 stopped travel from primarily Muslim countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen—for ninety days. The list of countries appeared random—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, countries from which terrorists have sometimes come directly to the U.S., weren’t on the list—and appeared to fulfill a campaign promise and assert a new view of executive power.

Insisting that immigrants endanger the country is a key tactic of authoritarians. Excluding them is a central principle of those eager to tear down democracy: they insist that immigration destroys a nation’s traditions and undermines native-born Americans. With tensions in the nation mounting over the crisis in the Middle East, this measure, introduced now with inflammatory language, seems designed to whip up violence. 

Representative Greg Landsman (D-OH) called out his Republican colleagues on social media. “Un-American and definitely NOT in the Bible, [Speaker Johnson],” he wrote. “You going to tell them to pull this bill?”

But, far from trying to work across the aisle, Johnson has been throwing red meat to his base. In the last two days, for example, the House has voted to slash 39% of the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and 13% of the budget of the National Park Service. It voted to require the Biden administration to advance oil drilling off the Alaska coast. It has voted on reducing the salary of the EPA administrator, the director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Secretary of the Interior to $1 each.

Yesterday, Johnson told reporters he considers extremists Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) close friends and said “I don’t disagree with them on many issues and principles.”

To direct his communications team, Johnson has tapped Raj Shah, a former executive from the Fox News Corporation, who was a key player in promoting the lie that Trump won the 2020 presidential election. As the head of the “Brand Protection Unit,” Shah demanded that the Fox News Channel continue to lie to viewers who would leave the station if it told the truth. Johnson has hired Shah to be his deputy chief of staff for communications and, according to Alex Isenstadt of Politico, “help run messaging for House Republicans.” 

The extremists are doubling down on Trump and his election lies even as his allies are admitting in court that they are, indeed, lies. Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows is in trouble with the publisher of his memoir after admitting that under oath that the election had been fair. The publisher is suing him for millions in damages for basing his book on the idea that the election had been stolen and representing that “all statements contained in the Work are true.” 

The publisher says it has pulled the book off the market. 

House extremists continue to back Trump even as he is openly calling for an authoritarian second term. In September, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley had to take “appropriate measures” for his own security after Trump accused him of disloyalty to him, personally, and suggested that in the past, such “treason” would have been punished with death. 

On Wednesday, Jonathan Swan, Charlie Savage, and Maggie Haberman of the New York Times reported that Trump was frustrated in his first term by lawyers who refused to go along with his wishes, trying to stay within the law, so Trump's allies are making lists of lawyers they believe would be “more aggressive” on issues of immigration, taking over the Department of Justice, and overturning elections. 

They are looking, they say, for “a different type of lawyer” than those supported by the right-wing Federalist Society, one “willing to endure the personal and professional risks of association with Mr. Trump” and “to use theories that more establishment lawyers would reject to advance his cause.” 

John Mitnick, who served in Trump’s first term, told the reporters that “no qualified attorneys with integrity will have any desire to serve as political appointees” in a second Trump term. Instead, the lawyers in a second term would be “opportunists who will rubber-stamp whatever Trump and his senior White House staff want to do.” 

Trump has also made it clear he and his allies want to gut the nonpartisan civil service and fill tens of thousands of government positions with his own loyalists. Led by Russell Vought, who served as Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Trump’s allies believe that agencies like the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission should not be independent but should push the president’s agenda. 

This week, Trump vowed to take over higher education too. In a campaign video, he promised to tax private universities with large endowments to fund a new institution called “American Academy.” The school, which would be online only, would award free degrees and funnel students into jobs with the U.S. government and federal contractors.

“We spend more money on higher education than any other country, and yet they’re turning our students into communists and terrorists and sympathizers of many, many different dimensions,” Trump said. “We can’t let this happen.” In his university, “wokeness or jihadism” would not be allowed, he said.

In admirable understatement, Politico’s Meridith McGraw and Michael Stratford noted: “Using the federal government to create an entirely new educational institution aimed at competing with the thousands of existing schools would drastically reshape American higher education.”

Trump has made no secret of his future plans for the United States of America. 

Meanwhile, Republicans appear determined to push their agenda over the wishes of voters. In Ohio, where voters on Tuesday will decide whether to amend the state constitution to make it a constitutional right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” Republicans first tried to make it harder to amend the state constitution, and then, when voters rejected that attempt, the Republican-dominated state senate began to use an official government website to spread narratives about the constitutional amendment that legal and medical experts called false or misleading. 

Adding reproductive health protections to the state constitution is popular, but In an unusual move, the Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, quietly purged more than 26,000 voters from the rolls in late September. LaRose is a staunch opponent of the constitutional amendment and is himself running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. 

In Virginia, where Republicans are hoping to take control of the state legislature to pass new abortion restrictions as well as the rest of Republican governor Glenn Youngkin’s agenda, a study by the Democratic Party of Virginia shows that officials are flagging the mail-in ballots of non-white voters for rejection much more frequently than those of white voters. As of today, 4.82% of ballots cast by Black voters have gotten flagged, while only 2.79% of the ballots of white voters have been flagged.

In Richmond, The Guardian’s Sam Levine reported, city officials flagged more than 11% of ballots returned by Black voters but only about 5.5% of ballots cast by white voters. After the ballots are fixed, or cured, the rate of rejection for Black voters remains more than twice as high as that of white voters. 

Virginia officials also reported last week that they had accidentally removed more than 3,400 eligible voters from the rolls.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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Small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Market - Forecast (2022 - 2027)

The market for Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) is estimated to be $24.1 billion by 2026 and is analyzed to grow at a CAGR of 16.38% during the forecast period 2021-2026. APAC is growing at the highest CAGR of 19.08% in the forecast period owing to the rapid rise in investment for the defense, commercial and law enforcement bodies in the Asia Pacific region, which are mostly dominated by the countries such as China, India, Australia and South Korea. These countries are allotting a considerable budget for their defence & law enforcement grooming purposes. Besides, growing incidences of interpersonal stand-offs, border surveillance, asymmetric warfare, terrorist activities, preparation for the forthcoming combats, along with higher economic development and enhancement in the manufacturing industries, construction sector, and others are enhancing the market growth in the forecast period. South America is analyzed to grow at significant CAGR of 18.17% in the forecast period owing to the procurement of small UAS for ISR applications with synthetic aperture radar especially in countries like Brazil due to increasing defence budgets. Further in South America, small UAS and micro air vehicles are increasingly being adopted for industrial purposes, like surveying, mapping, mining, agriculture, and construction in the region. North America has dominated the market growth with 33% in 2020, owing to rising investment in the defense & homeland security budgets, especially in the United States, and higher development in the information technology & microelectronics industry is expected to fuel regional market growth substantially.

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The report: “Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Industry Outlook– Forecast (2021-2026)”, by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

By Type: Multi-Rotor, Fixed-Wing, Single-Rotor Helicopter, Fixed Wing Hybrid VTOL

By Size: Very Small UAS, Small UAS

By Range: Very Close Range, Close Range, Short Range, Mid Range, Long Range

By Endurance: Low Endurance-Low Altitude, Average Endurance-Low Altitude, Average Endurance-Average Altitude, High Endurance-High Altitude

By Energy Source: Traditional Fuel, Battery Cell, Fuel Cell, PVs and Others

By Level of Autonomy: Autonomous, Automatic

By Application: Recreation, Education, Industrial, Filmmaking, First Responder Services, Government Agencies, GIS, Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Others

By Geography: North America (U.S, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia and Others), APAC (China, Japan India, Australia and Others), and RoW (Middle East and Africa, South America)

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Key Takeaways

Adding up to this the significant rise in the investments and contracts from defence sector of various countries is boosting the small-UAS market during the forecast period.

In January 2021, the French Defense Procurement Agency DGA chose Parrot SA, to supply its micro drones, ANAFI USA for three corps of the French Army.

In FY 2019 budget, the Department of Defense had requested around $9.39 billion fund for unmanned systems and associated technologies. This includes funding for the procurement of 3,447 new air, ground, and sea drones.

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Segment Analysis – By Size

Very Small Unmanned aerial system is projected to reach US$ 12,787 million by 2026 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR 16.26% during 2021-2026. Very small unmanned aerial system consists of nano and macro UAS. Nano unmanned aerial systems are upto 250 gm and macro UAS are generally from 250 gm to 2 kg. This small size unmanned aerial system is hugely adopted for recreational purpose. There has been a high adoption of very small UAS owing to the rising demand for nano and macro-UAVs in precision agriculture offering strong potential to improve the efficiency of water, nutrient, and disease management. Such a wide range of applications of nano and macro UAS in agriculture sector is augmenting the market. Technological advancements in unmanned aerial system such as sensor miniaturization, flight precision, autonomy and cloud-based image processing are boosting the adoption of very small UAS in agriculture sector. Increasing penetration of nano and macro UAS in construction site for measuring real-time work progress or in mining sector to provide volumetric data on excavations has contributed to the growth of the market.

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Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Segment Analysis - By End Users

Among all the applications, the Recreational applications held a significant amount of market share in 2020 as they have a market share of $1.3 billion in  2020, growing at a CAGR of 18.37% during the period 2021-2026. The market is growing due to its wide adoption of monitoring and surveying of remote locations in the region. Moreover, commercial or recreational drones are also being used for monitoring disaster-affected areas, providing aid to the victims, and for search & rescue missions. The commercial small unmanned aerial system (UAS) market continues to grow globally and was accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) are, and will remain, the main drivers promoting commercial UAS adoption and associated market growth because autonomous flight reduces the need for expensive manpower whereas AI-driven data collection and processing reduces the time it takes to produce results that directly impact decision-making.

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Segment Analysis - By Geography

Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market in North America region held significant market share of 36.6% in 2020. The adoption of sUASs in military applications, commercial applications and others are also witnessing the growth of sUASs in North America. Furthermore, many organizations like AirMap, Drone Map, Teal, Drone Seed, Cape and Others have also funded different technologies related to Small Unmanned Aerial Systems thereby driving the growth of the market. In addition, the presence of countries like Canada, Mexico in North American region most of the drones used are commercial ones owing to recreational purposes. In 2019, the government has announced to spend $738 billion in Defense sector by 2020 for various operations including modernization of equipment's. Moreover, the Defense spending in the country is rapidly increasing due to increased threats from other countries. In the year 2018 Mexico had a defense budget of around $ 6,568 million in 2018, a 13.6% increase from 2017 and it is expected to increase in the forecast period. These factors have driven the growth of the market in this region.

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Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Drivers

Rise in application of small UAS by Armed forces and Other government agencies

The market for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems is likely to benefit enormously from the rising safety concerns of Armed forces and different agencies around various parts of the globe. The rise in the application of small UAVs by different Government agencies has been promoting the growth of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems in the global market. Increasing safety concerns of armed forces and government agencies, such as to conduct reconnaissance missions and track illegal activities without risking their lives has been a major driving factor for the growth of small UAS in global market. For instance, applications of autonomous small UAS for surveillance in army bases, border regions and places of gatherings provide visual data of any sort of threats instantly to the operators. Moreover, the application of small UAS for surveillance in base camps, military convoys to safeguard army personnel has been a major driving factor for its growth. On April 2021, Exyn Technologies, a leading manufacturer of aerial robotics launched their new ExynAero, an autonomous small UAS which is considered to be the highest level of aerial autonomy especially designed for high-risk environments.

Growing Applications in Logistics Sector

Growing applications of small UAS for Logistic applications due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Logistic sector of global level has been facing a severe decline in their growth. Several governments imposed strict lockdowns to safeguard their economies and reduce the spread of the virus by reducing human contact. To overcome this severe damage, many countries across the globe have opted for Logistic operations using small UAS. For instance, in March 2020, Zipeline International set up small UAS delivery facility and distribution center across South Africa and Ghana. They have been delivering various medical products, live-saving drugs and other healthcare requirements in quick time without human interaction. The application of small UAS is expected to increase over the near future. This is expected to drive the market for small UAS in global level. Moreover, in India, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) gave approvals to brands like Dunzo, Spicejet, Zomato, and Swiggy to go ahead with BVLOS deliveries. These developments will bring major boost in forecast period for small UAS Market.

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Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Challenges:

Breach of Privacy

There has been several instance of  breach of privacy in Europe with the application of small UAVs. The small size, ability to fly through low altitude and hard to detect makes small UAVs perfect for spying on people.  This has also led to the ban of small UAVs across many countries in Europe. This is a key constraint for market growth for small UAVs in the region. Further, some countries have made it mandatory to have license to own any UAVs. Thus, this is for many consumers who were looking to purchase UAVs for leisure photography or as a entertainment device are now reluctant to go through the process of applying for license for purchasing small UAVs. In Jan 2021, EU announced its final set of rules for small unmanned aircrafts. The remote identification of UAVs has been levied to identify any UAV flying in the air. This is a key constrain in the market growth in small UAVs in Europe

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Landscape

Product launches, acquisitions, Partnerships and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market. Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Market top 10 companies include DJI, Aerovironment,Inc., Parrot Drones SAS, Precision AWK, Airbus SAS, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Atomics, Textron, Inc, Thales Group  among others

Acquisitions/Product Launches

On October 2020, Parrot entered into a strategic partnership with Colorado Drone Chargers, the global leader in field ready, high speed small UAS charging systems. The partnership aimed to design a revolutionary charging system for the ANAFI USA batteries, allowing professionals to simultaneously charge four Parrot ANAFI USA 3400mAh flight batteries in the field and in less time than a standard charging system.

In 2020, UMS Skeldar launched V-150 UAV. The V-150 UAV is lightweighted with a takeoff weight of maximum 150kg. This UAV used signals intelligence equipment and infrared camera.

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Friday, October 21, 2022

Hours reclaimed (Bloomberg) A new report out of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimated the aggregate impact of work from home to be 60 million reclaimed hours every day that otherwise would have been spent commuting. Overall, about 15 percent of people work entirely remotely and 30 percent have a hybrid schedule. All told, much of that time has been reallocated toward leisure time and sleep.

$1.7 million toilet (SF Chronicle) San Francisco politicians gathered in the Noe Valley Town Square Wednesday to celebrate the opening of a $1.7 million bathroom. The politicians were celebrating securing state money to erect a long-desired toilet in the northeast corner of the town square. The city’s housing crisis has led to a growing demand for bathrooms for the people. The new toilet is at least a step in the right direction, but it’s an expensive one—the 150-square-foot bathroom is roughly the same price as a single-family home in the city. Democratic Assemblymember Matt Haney secured the $1.7 million bathroom bag from the state for the toilet following community requests for a new bathroom. “They told me $1.7 million, and I got $1.7 million,” Haney explained. “I didn’t have the option of bringing home less of the bacon when it comes to building a toilet. A half a toilet or a toilet-maybe-someday is not much use to anyone.” The project is expected to be completed by 2025.

Weeks After Hurricane Ian, Hundreds of Floridians Remain in Shelters (NYT) Three weeks after Hurricane Ian made landfall, many of the displaced are still in shelters, with their homes damaged or destroyed and nowhere to go. Sleeping side by side on American Red Cross cots and air mattresses are service-sector employees who are newly homeless and unemployed, retirees dependent on Social Security checks, and newcomers to the region with neither resources nor connections. Many were renters in North Fort Myers and other lower-income areas, barely making it even before Ian. “I’m just at a standstill,” said Kionna Tobler, a single mother of two young boys. She lived in Pine Manor, a low-income neighborhood in Fort Myers, and did not have a car or formal lease before the storm. Her roommate, who held the lease for the $1,200-a-month rental home, died shortly before Ian hit, she said. Without a lease, Ms. Tobler is uncertain what help she will receive.

Truss quits, but UK’s political and economic turmoil linger (AP) British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit Thursday after a tumultuous and historically brief term in which her economic policies roiled financial markets and a rebellion in her political party obliterated her authority. Truss became the third Conservative prime minister to be toppled in as many years, extending the instability that has shaken Britain since it broke off from the European Union and leaving its leadership in limbo as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis and looming recession. “I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” Truss acknowledged in a statement delivered outside her 10 Downing Street office. Financial markets breathed a sigh of relief, but Truss leaves a divided party seeking a leader who can unify its warring factions. Truss, who said she will remain in office until a replacement is chosen, has been prime minister for just 45 days and will almost certainly become the shortest-serving leader in British history.

Mass Strikes Sweep France (Foreign Policy) French authorities have scrambled to respond to mass strikes and protests that have roiled the country for weeks, sparking acute fuel shortages and travel disruptions. Although the strikes first began among oil refinery workers, in recent days they have also rippled into the country’s nursing, nuclear power, and transit sectors, among others. From teachers to railway staff, more than 100,000 people marched throughout the country on Tuesday to demand higher pay. The impact has been felt across France, which is now grappling with severe gas shortages exacerbated by the oil refinery workers’ strikes. Nearly 30 percent of French gas stations’ fuel supplies are now dried up, while Tuesday’s strikes also slashed train traffic. The sweeping scale of the unrest underscores the public’s frustration with soaring inflation and the government’s response—and also poses a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron.

Bread Prices Skyrocket as Inflation Grips Europe (NYT) Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the price of the wheat that Julien Bourgeois grinds for boulangeries at his family’s flour mill in central France has increased more than 30 percent. The bill for the electricity needed to run the mill has tripled. Even the price of paper used for flour sacks has hit the stratosphere. All of which are driving up the price of a loaf of bread. There are signs that inflation in Europe is getting worse. Data released on Wednesday showed that overall consumer prices rose at a rapid pace in September from a year earlier, climbing nearly 11 percent in the European Union and 10.1 percent in Britain. The cost of food jumped nearly 16 percent in the European Union and more than 14 percent in Britain, while energy prices surged around 40 percent across both places. As inflation continues to flare, few matters are causing more concern than the cost of a basic loaf. Prices for the most essential food staple have never been higher, and are now up nearly 19 percent from a year ago, the fastest rise on record, according to Eurostat, Europe’s statistics agency.

Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? (NYT) Friday afternoons at the Chop-Chop Barbershop in central Moscow used to be busy, but at the beginning of a recent weekend, only one of the four chairs was occupied. “We would usually be full right now, but about half of our customers have gone,” said the manager, a woman named Olya. Many of the clients—along with half of the barbers, too—have fled Russia to avoid President Vladimir V. Putin’s campaign to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men for the flagging military campaign in Ukraine. Many men have been staying off the streets out of fear of being handed a draft notice. As Olya came to work last Friday, she said, she witnessed the authorities at each of the four exits of the metro station, checking documents. Her boyfriend, who was a barber at the salon, has also fled, and the separation is taking a toll. While there are still plenty of men in a city of 12 million people, across the capital their presence has thinned out noticeably. This is especially true among the city’s intelligentsia, who often have disposable income and passports for foreign travel.

Will Ukraine retake Kherson? (Washington Post) Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russia when the invasion began in February. Now, Russia’s hold on the southern city is looking shaky. Russian proxy officials in Kherson said today that they would move as many as 60,000 civilians out of the city to the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, and that they would also shift their administration there. Losing Kherson would be a devastating blow to Russia’s campaign. Ukrainian forces have been making a slow advance for weeks toward the port city, which is also the administrative capital for the Kherson region and a gateway to Crimea. Since late August, Ukrainian troops have damaged bridges near the city, making it harder for Moscow to resupply its troops stationed there. Ukrainian howitzers are nearly within range of the bridges and river ports over the Dnipro, which could make a pullback bloody and chaotic for tens of thousands of Russian soldiers now on the western bank, reports our Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew Kramer.

Pomp, pageantry and paranoia (Washington Post) No effort has been spared to ensure the smooth execution of a crucial Chinese Communist Party congress this week where Xi Jinping is expected to extend his tenure as his country’s most powerful leader in decades. In Beijing, police and volunteers with red armbands work at checkpoints and patrol neighborhoods under orders to operate with “warlike” readiness during the six-day meeting that began Sunday. To enter the city, residents must have tested negative for the coronavirus twice within the previous three days. After a one-man protest in Beijing where banners were hung from an elevated road in the district of Haidian, guards were posted on bridges across the city. The airwaves have been flooded with testimonies and images of people all over the country competing with one another to celebrate their leader’s words. A 100-day security operation before the meeting began Sunday led to the arrest of 1.4 million people, laying the “solid foundation for the security and stability” of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, according to China’s Ministry of Public Security. The degree of fervor and the focus on Xi underline the direction in which China is moving—toward more centralized and personalized rule under one man.

Trying to plug the brain drain (CNN) Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee announced Wednesday that the city would be setting aside 30 billion Hong Kong dollars ($3.8 billion) to attract more businesses. The new funding was announced following the largest exodus the city has ever seen since official records began tracking such figures in 1961. According to Lee, “Over the past two years, the local workforce shrank by about 140,000.” He also announced a new hiring program alongside the spending bill on Wednesday, aimed at attracting wealthy individuals and graduates of top universities. The program offers “a two-year pass for exploring opportunities in Hong Kong” to eligible candidates. While Hong Kong has traditionally served as the gateway into China for Western countries, Singapore has recently overtaken it. Hong Kong’s harsh Covid restrictions have stifled its business competitiveness, so Singapore’s open-door policy makes it the more attractive option.

New Zealand farmers hit streets to protest cow-burp tax plan (AP) Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors Thursday to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than many had expected. Lobby group Groundswell New Zealand helped organize more than 50 protests in towns and cities across the country, the biggest involving a few dozen vehicles. Last week, the government proposed a new farm levy as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said it would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products. The government had worked with farmers and other groups to try to come up with an emissions plan they could all live with. But many farmers have been incensed by the government’s final proposal, while environmentalists have said it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Somalia’s catastrophic drought (Foreign Policy) Thousands of Somali children are in danger of dying “on a scale not seen in half a century” as Somalia faces its most acute drought in four decades, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Since August, 44,000 children in Somalia have entered hospitals for severe acute malnutrition, which amounts to a child admitted every minute, UNICEF said.

Five hours’ sleep is tipping point for bad health (BBC) A PLoS Medicine study tracked the health and sleep of UK civil servants. All of the about 8,000 participants were asked: How many hours of sleep do you have on an average weeknight? And they were checked for chronic conditions, including diabetes, cancer and heart disease, over two decades of follow-up. Those who slept five hours or less around the age of 50 had a 30% greater risk of multiple ailments than those who slept seven hours. Shorter sleep at 50 was also associated with a higher risk of death during the study period, mainly linked to the increased risk of chronic disease. Sleep helps restore, rest and rejuvenate the body and mind—but why the “golden slumber number” might matter remains unclear.

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by Sammy Herdman

MongaBay

3 October 2022

The Uinta Basin is home to a diverse set of creatures from endangered black-footed ferrets to plants that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, such as the Uinta Basin hookless cactus and Graham’s beardtongue.

But the basin also sits atop pockets of crude oil and natural gas, which are being extracted: to transport these fossil fuels to the Gulf Coast, local governments and oil companies are planning to invest up to $4.5 billion to construct a new railway through it.

Although the project has been approved, construction hasn’t begun and it’s not too late for U.S. President Biden to keep his climate pledges and stop the new railway, a new op-ed argues.

This article is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily of Mongabay.

The Uinta Basin, named after the Ute Tribe, is located in Northeast Utah and Western Colorado, about 200 miles from Salt Lake City. Streams from the Uinta mountains roll through the basin into a tributary of the Colorado River – supplying 40 million people with water throughout the drought-ridden West. Plants that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, such as the Uinta Basin hookless cactus and Graham’s beardtongue, flourish in the Uinta Basin. The ecosystem also harbors endangered species such as the sage grouse and black-footed ferret.

By all accounts, the Uinta Basin is a beautiful ecological haven. Unfortunately, however, it sits atop pockets of crude oil and natural gas, which are being extracted. To transport crude oil to the Gulf Coast where it will be refined, local governments and oil companies are planning to invest $1.5 to $4.5 billion to construct a new railway through the basin.

The Uinta Basin Railway is a proposed 88-mile stretch of train tracks that will blast through mountains, reroute 443 streams, bulldoze through endangered sage grouse habitat, appropriate private property and even fragment a roadless area in the Ashley National Forest. According to the U.S. Forest Service Chief, “a railway does not constitute a road.” The railway is projected to quadruple the region’s oil extraction from 85,000 up to 350,000 barrels of oil per day – resulting in an increase in air pollution, noise pollution, habitat degradation and a greater risk of water pollution, train derailments and wildfires. The region already suffers from chronic air pollution, falling below federal standards for ozone pollution set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

By quadrupling fossil fuel extraction in the Uinta Basin, construction of the railway is projected to increase U.S. carbon emissions by 1%. Escalating climate change will bring more wildfires and more drought to the region – at a time when the Biden administration should be actively trying to reduce carbon emissions to prevent further climate change-fueled catastrophes.

Uinta Basin is freckled with small cities and towns such as Vernal, Duchesne and Jensen. The region’s economic history can be summarized as a series of boom and bust cycles due to its reliance on fossil fuels. The whims of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the fluctuations of oil prices determine the quality of life for many people in the Uinta Basin. These fluctuations often send communities into periods of growth and stretches of economic depression that threaten small business and family security.

Proponents of the Uinta Basin Railway claim that its construction will diversify the economy of the region by connecting it to the global market. However, there is little evidence that the railway will be used to transport anything but oil to or from the region, especially because at least 130,000 barrels of oil per day will have to be transported to recoup the cost of construction. This will only cause harm and exacerbate boom and bust cycles.

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How Different Industries Are Being Transformed by Embedded Systems

An embedded system is an integrated system in which firmware or hardware has software built in to carry out particular functions. It has one or more microprocessors, each of which can run a collection of programs that are stored in memory and defined during the design process. It's an electronic system that we can program to meet our needs and specifications. Development platforms, software, and hardware are all included in embedded systems. The most effective way for embedded systems to operate is without human intervention. Embedded systems have advanced our lives since their inception by providing comfort, accessibility, and connectivity.

In recent years, the global market for embedded systems has experienced a significant evolution in terms of usage. Embedded systems technology has greatly expanded the world of connected and intelligent IoT ecosystems with IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT). Embedded systems are used in a wide range of industries, goods, and services. The automotive, aerospace, communications, military, and consumer electronics sectors are just a few of the industries that make up the embedded systems market. Development platforms, testing, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and other software components make up embedded systems. The printed circuit boards, firmware, and other components make up the hardware.

Let's look into the impact that embedded systems have on different industries.

Embedded systems in the Automotive Industry.

Embedded systems make up the majority of this industry and are used extensively in automotive applications. Embedded systems are used in the vehicle for all system control, maintenance, security, audio systems, pollution control, energy efficiency, and driver awareness. In addition, navigation systems, adaptive cruise control—also referred to as driverless cars—automated parking systems, airbag control systems, and anti-lock braking systems all use embedded systems. The way cars are designed and made today has been completely transformed by embedded systems, which are renowned for their adaptability and flexibility.

Embedded systems in the Healthcare Industry.

Without a doubt, embedded systems have a significant impact on the healthcare sector. X-ray machines, pulse oximeters, EEG, ECG, CT, electronic defibrillators, glucose monitors, scanning devices, PET scanners, imaging systems, diagnostic equipment, etc. all use embedded systems. Moreover, a portable embedded system aids in heart rate monitoring and artery blockage detection. Because of the embedded system's increased functionality and intelligence, embedded technologies are also utilized for complex and intricate surgeries. Robotic arms and remote surgery technologies are used to treat patients through embedded systems. The quality of life for people seeking at-home healthcare is greatly improved by modern embedded systems.

Embedded systems in the Consumer Electronics Industry 

Embedded systems are extensively utilized in a wide range of everyday consumer electronics products. For instance, keyboards, mice, and other components of computer systems; TVs; digital cameras; fax machines; music players; video game consoles; digital watches; dishwashers; home appliances; printers; home security systems; and so on. Certain embedded systems found in consumer electronics gather data and use it to control appliances in accordance with user commands. Additionally, certain sensors are employed to gather data about the operation of the application and transmit it to the appropriate sources.

Embedded systems in Industrial Automation

Automation benefits greatly from embedded systems, which are well suited for industrial automation applications like vehicles, irrigation, agricultural automation, and GPS and satellite-guided planting, fertilization, and harvesting. Construction, mining, oil and gas production, logistics and warehouse management, smart factories, and manufacturing. Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and embedded intelligence are used by embedded systems to provide self-healing systems, access control, and environmental monitoring and maintenance.

Silicon Signals is a prominent embedded company based in India. Please subscribe to our blog to learn more about embedded systems and embedded product design. For any sales-related inquiries, please call +91 98798 60944. We can also be reached by email at sales@signals.io, and we will be pleased to help.

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Golden Brokers review – Is goldenbrokers.my scam or good forex broker?

Golden Brokers is a Malaysian broker, offering a fine selection of currency pairs and various other CFDs, with a single account type, leverage of up to 1:100 and the MetaTrader5 platform. Golden Brokers is regulated by the local Labuan Financial Services Authority. For more information about their offer please check the following review.

Golden Brokers Advantages:

Regulated in Malaysia

We will credit Golden Brokers for their license. The broker is owned and operated by Golden Brokers Ltd., which is licensed and authorized by the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA) – the official regulator in Malaysia, which similarly to well known institutions like the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), by far the three most popular regulators in the industry, oversees forex and CFD brokers by requiring them to follow certain fiscal and ethical rules, to file regular reports and to allow external audits.

With brokers regulated in the EU or by the FCA in the UK however, you will even get additional protection by special client compensation funds, which in the case of FCA will cover up to 85 000 GBP of your trading account even in the unlikely case your broker files for bankruptcy. So here you may check as well our list of brokers, regulated in the UK:

Over 60 currency pairs, a good selection of CFDs

Golden Brokers offers 63 currency pairs, many of which minor or exotic like USD/ZAR, USD/TRY, USD/SGD, USD/SEK, USD/RUB, USD/PLN, USD/NOK, USD/MXN, USD/HUF, USD/HKD, USD/DKK, USD/CZK, USD/BRL and USD/CNH, as well as CFDs on silver, gold, platinum, oil, natural gas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, sugar, corn, wheat, aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc, a selection of indices, futures and stocks – all in all well over 700 trading instruments. 

As we do not see any crypto assets however, here you may check as well our list of brokers, trading with bitcoin CFDs: 

MetaTrader5 supported

Along the venerable MetaTrader4, MetaTrader5 ranks among the most widely used trading platforms on the market. Similarly to the MT4 it features numerous market indicators – well over 50, and customizable trading robots with the help of which one can easily run automated trading sessions. Here you may check the platform on the screenshot below.

And besides, MT5 comes with a very useful set of advanced charting tools, so here you may also check the link with our brokers, which support the platform as well:

Golden Brokers Disadvantages:

High spreads

As tested with a demo account the benchmark EURUSD spread floated above 3 pips and this is about twice the spread traders would usually find attractive with a standard account, without a trading commission. So here you may check as well our list of brokers, offering tighter spreads:

Does not seem to accept payments with Skrill

The broker accepts payments with bank wire transfers and major credit cards like VISA and MasterCard, but does not seem to accept Skrill, so here you may also check our list of brokers, which do accept Skrill:

No information about the minimum deposit requirement

Just bear in mind that most broker would ask for an initial deposit of about 250 USD, while some big and well known names like FBS and IG will let you start trading with just 5 USD or even less.

Conclusion:

A definite advantage about Golden Brokers is that they are both regulated and able to offer relatively higher leverage – 1:100. And they also support a professional trading platform – the MetaTrader5 with a good selection of currency pairs and plenty of CFDs. Unfortunately the spreads are far form attractive, and for an experienced trader this is not a minor issue.

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Ecoab Double Stage Vacuum Pump

The ECOAB Double Stage Vacuum Pump EB245SG is a versatile and essential tool for professionals in HVAC and refrigeration. Designed for high efficiency and reliability, this vacuum pump ensures thorough evacuation of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. In this article, we delve into the key features, working mechanism, and pricing of this highly sought-after vacuum pump in the Indian market.

Key Features of ECOAB Double Stage Vacuum Pump EB245SG

Double-Stage Technology: The ECOAB EB245SG uses a two-stage rotary vane system, which enhances vacuum efficiency by reaching lower pressure levels compared to single-stage pumps. This feature is particularly important for applications that require a deep vacuum, such as HVAC system evacuation.

High Pumping Capacity: With a powerful motor and an excellent flow rate, the EB245SG enables fast evacuation, saving time and boosting productivity during servicing. This is crucial for large-scale refrigeration systems or commercial air conditioning units.

Durable Construction: Built with high-grade aluminum, the vacuum pump is durable and resistant to wear and tear, making it a long-lasting investment for professionals who frequently handle HVAC and refrigeration systems.

Oil Management System: The EB245SG is equipped with a large oil sight glass for easy monitoring of oil levels, ensuring smooth operation and preventing potential damage due to low lubrication.

Low Noise: Despite its power, the vacuum pump operates quietly, which is a key feature for technicians working in residential or commercial settings where noise levels need to be minimized.

Portable Design: The compact and lightweight design of the ECOAB EB245SG makes it easy to carry and transport to various job sites. It comes with an ergonomic handle, enhancing its portability.

How a Double Stage Vacuum Pump Works

A double stage vacuum pump operates through two stages of compression, enabling the pump to achieve a deeper vacuum level than a single-stage pump. Here’s how it works:

First Stage: The first stage draws in the air or gas from the system and compresses it, reducing the overall pressure in the system.

Second Stage: The compressed gas is then passed into the second stage, where it undergoes further compression, allowing the system to reach much lower pressure levels.

This dual-stage process makes the ECOAB EB245SG ideal for applications requiring deep vacuum conditions, such as evacuating air conditioning systems, where any remaining moisture or air can affect system performance.

ECOAB Double Stage Vacuum Pump EB245SG Manual Overview

The ECOAB EB245SG manual provides detailed instructions for installation, operation, and maintenance of the vacuum pump. Here’s a brief outline of key sections:

Installation:

Properly attach hoses to the vacuum pump and the system you are evacuating.

Ensure all connections are secure and there are no leaks.

Operation:

Turn on the pump and monitor the vacuum gauge.

Run the pump until the desired vacuum level is reached, ensuring moisture and air are fully removed from the system.

Maintenance:

Regularly check oil levels through the sight glass and change the oil after each use to maintain performance and extend the life of the pump.

Clean and inspect the pump periodically to prevent any blockages or malfunctions.

The manual also includes troubleshooting tips for resolving common issues encountered during the use of the pump.

Applications of Double Stage Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps

The ECOAB Double Stage Vacuum Pump is particularly suited for:

Air Conditioning Systems: Ensuring that moisture and air are evacuated from the system to prevent corrosion, refrigerant contamination, or reduced efficiency.

Refrigeration Systems: Used to maintain vacuum levels necessary for large commercial and industrial refrigeration units.

Other Industrial Uses: It’s also commonly used in industries requiring deep vacuum levels, such as in laboratories or for high-precision manufacturing processes.

Pricing of ECOAB Double Stage Vacuum Pump EB245SG in India

The price of the ECOAB EB245SG varies across retailers and distributors, with the price in India generally falling between ₹12,000 to ₹18,000. Prices may fluctuate based on factors such as location, promotions, and availability.

Typical Price Ranges:

Minimum Price: ₹12,000

Maximum Price: ₹18,000

It’s advisable to compare prices from different suppliers, both online and offline, to get the best deal. Authorized dealers and HVAC equipment suppliers may offer competitive prices, along with warranty and service options.

Website:- WWW.BPREFCOOL.COM

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Introduction

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a global hub for investment, attracting investors from around the world. Known for its strategic location, robust economy, and investor-friendly regulations, the UAE offers a fertile ground for various investment opportunities. This guide delves into the landscape of investment companies in the UAE, exploring the key players, investment opportunities, and the regulatory environment that makes the UAE a prime destination for investors.

1. Overview of the Investment Landscape in the UAE

The UAE’s investment landscape is characterized by diversity and dynamism. The country’s economy is one of the most diversified in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with sectors ranging from oil and gas to real estate, tourism, and financial services. Investment companies in the UAE cater to both local and international investors, offering a wide range of services including wealth management, private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment.

2. Types of Investment Companies in the UAE

Investment companies in the UAE can be broadly categorized into:

Wealth Management Firms: These companies provide personalized financial services to individuals, helping them manage their wealth through investment strategies, asset allocation, and risk management.

Private Equity Firms: These firms invest in private companies, providing capital for expansion, restructuring, or other purposes. They often play a crucial role in the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE.

Venture Capital Firms: Venture capital firms focus on investing in startups and early-stage companies with high growth potential. The UAE has seen a surge in venture capital activity, particularly in the technology and fintech sectors.

Real Estate Investment Companies: The UAE’s real estate market is a major attraction for investors. Real estate investment companies facilitate investments in residential, commercial, and industrial properties, offering opportunities for capital appreciation and rental income.

3. Key Investment Companies in the UAE

Some of the prominent investment companies in the UAE include:

Mubadala Investment Company: A sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala manages a diversified global portfolio across various sectors, including aerospace, technology, healthcare, and real estate.

Dubai Investments: A leading investment company, Dubai Investments operates in multiple sectors, including real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, and education.

Shuaa Capital: Shuaa Capital is a financial services company offering asset management, investment banking, and capital markets services. It has a strong presence in the UAE and across the Middle East.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA): ADIA is one of the largest sovereign wealth funds globally, with investments across various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, real estate, and private equity.

4. Regulatory Environment

The UAE has established a robust regulatory framework to ensure the safety and transparency of investments. Key regulatory bodies include:

Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA): The SCA regulates the UAE’s securities markets, ensuring fair trading practices and protecting investors.

Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA): The DFSA is the regulatory authority for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), overseeing financial services, securities, and capital markets.

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM): ADGM is an international financial center in Abu Dhabi with its own regulatory framework, focusing on innovation and growth in financial services.

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Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco): Strategic Deals and Global Investments

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., commonly known as Saudi Aramco, is the world’s largest oil producer and one of the most profitable companies globally. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco dominates the global energy market, with vast reserves of crude oil and extensive operations across upstream and downstream sectors. Beyond its immense operational scale, Saudi Aramco has solidified its position as an energy powerhouse through strategic deals, mergers, acquisitions, and investments, which have reshaped the global oil and gas industry. In this article, we provide a detailed analysis of Saudi Aramco’s most significant deals and how these initiatives drive the company’s growth and market influence.

Overview of Saudi Aramco’s Strategic Vision

Saudi Aramco’s strategic investments and deals align with its long-term vision of maintaining leadership in the global oil market, diversifying its business model, and becoming a key player in global energy transitions. The company’s deals focus on three primary areas:

Strengthening Oil and Gas Production Capacity

Expanding Downstream Operations (Refining, Petrochemicals, Distribution)

Diversifying into Renewables and New Energy Technologies

This multifaceted approach ensures that Saudi Aramco not only sustains its dominant role in fossil fuel markets but also adapts to evolving energy trends, including renewable energy, hydrogen, and advanced technologies.

Key Deals and Acquisitions

1. Acquisition of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation)

One of Saudi Aramco’s most significant deals was its acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) in 2020. This $69.1 billion transaction was a transformative move for Saudi Aramco, marking its foray into the petrochemicals industry and enhancing its downstream portfolio.

Strategic Importance: SABIC is one of the world’s largest petrochemical manufacturers, and this acquisition aligns with Saudi Aramco’s long-term goal of expanding its refining and chemical production capacity. By integrating SABIC into its operations, Aramco aims to become a fully integrated global energy and chemicals leader, maximizing the value of its hydrocarbon resources.

Synergies and Operational Integration: The deal allows for vertical integration between Aramco’s upstream oil production and SABIC’s downstream chemical manufacturing, creating cost efficiencies and expanding the company’s global market reach in key sectors like chemicals, plastics, and fertilizers.

2. Joint Ventures with Global Refiners

Saudi Aramco has formed multiple joint ventures with leading refiners globally to strengthen its presence in the downstream market. Some key partnerships include:

Motiva Enterprises (USA): In the United States, Aramco holds full ownership of Motiva Enterprises, which operates North America’s largest refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. This facility processes over 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, serving as a critical hub for Aramco’s refining operations in the U.S.

S-Oil (South Korea): Aramco holds a controlling stake in S-Oil, one of South Korea’s largest refiners. This partnership allows Aramco to ensure a stable supply of crude oil to Asian markets while benefiting from the region’s rapidly growing demand for refined products.

Reliance Industries (India): In 2019, Aramco signed a non-binding agreement with India’s Reliance Industries to acquire a 20% stake in its oil-to-chemicals business, a deal valued at approximately $15 billion. This move would provide Aramco with a foothold in India’s massive refining and petrochemicals market.

3. Acquisition of U.S. Gas Assets

In addition to its traditional oil ventures, Saudi Aramco has been actively investing in natural gas, particularly in the United States. In 2018, Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Services Company, acquired significant U.S. gas assets, securing long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Expanding Gas Portfolio: These acquisitions align with Saudi Aramco’s strategy to diversify its portfolio beyond oil and increase its presence in global gas markets. Aramco aims to become a leading LNG producer, capitalizing on the growing demand for cleaner energy sources worldwide.

4. Partnership with Air Products for Hydrogen and Green Energy

As part of its efforts to diversify into new energy sectors, Saudi Aramco has formed strategic partnerships to explore hydrogen production and other clean energy technologies. In 2020, Aramco partnered with Air Products to build the world’s largest green hydrogen project in Neom, Saudi Arabia.

Focus on Sustainability: This project reflects Aramco’s broader commitment to sustainability and the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative, which aims to reduce the Kingdom’s reliance on oil and promote economic diversification. By investing in hydrogen and renewable energy, Aramco is positioning itself as a leader in the future of energy.

Global Expansion and Market Penetration

Saudi Aramco’s global deals are part of its larger strategy to expand its footprint in key international markets. From Asia to North America, Aramco’s acquisitions and joint ventures have allowed it to enter new markets and secure long-term supply agreements, ensuring its continued dominance in global oil and gas.

Expansion in Asia

Asia is a core focus for Saudi Aramco’s expansion strategy, particularly in fast-growing markets like China and India. Aramco has signed long-term supply agreements with several Asian refiners, securing a stable market for its crude oil exports.

China: In addition to supply agreements, Aramco has made significant investments in refining capacity in China. The company’s focus on China aligns with the country’s increasing demand for refined products and petrochemicals, making it a crucial market for Aramco’s growth.

India: Aramco’s potential investment in Reliance Industries would give it access to one of the world’s fastest-growing energy markets. India’s refining and petrochemical capacity, combined with its rising energy demand, make it an attractive destination for Aramco’s expansion efforts.

European Ventures

In Europe, Saudi Aramco has secured key partnerships with major refiners and energy companies, ensuring its strong presence in the region.

Valero (UK): Aramco has maintained long-term crude supply agreements with Valero’s UK refineries, bolstering its position as a leading crude oil supplier to European markets.

Pipelines and Storage: Aramco has invested in pipeline and storage infrastructure across Europe, providing it with greater control over the logistics and distribution of its crude oil and refined products.

Diversification into Renewables and New Technologies

As part of its commitment to energy transition, Saudi Aramco is increasingly investing in renewables and sustainable technologies. Beyond hydrogen production, the company has been actively exploring opportunities in solar energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Solar Projects: Aramco has begun investing in large-scale solar projects within Saudi Arabia as part of the Kingdom’s ambitious solar energy plans under Vision 2030. These initiatives not only contribute to reducing the company’s carbon footprint but also align with global efforts to transition towards greener energy sources.

Carbon Capture Initiatives: Aramco is at the forefront of carbon capture technologies, exploring ways to reduce emissions from its oil production operations. By developing advanced CCS technologies, Aramco aims to lead the global oil industry in sustainability practices.

Conclusion

Saudi Aramco’s strategic deals, partnerships, and investments have cemented its role as a global leader in the oil, gas, and energy sectors. From its acquisition of SABIC to its expansion into natural gas and renewables, Aramco’s strategic moves are driving its growth and enabling it to adapt to changing energy landscapes. As the company continues to expand its global footprint and diversify into new markets and technologies, Saudi Aramco remains well-positioned to maintain its leadership in the energy industry for decades to come.

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The Actuators Market Size is projected to grow from USD 67.7 Billion in 2024 to USD 94.8 Billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2024 to 2029. The international actuators market is propelled by rapid urbanization and industrialization. Expanding investments in additional infrastructure and restoration of existing plants is anticipated to positively impact market growth. Rising population, industrial production, manufacturing companies favoring automation, and necessity to extract natural resources from difficult locations may also drive Actuators Industry growth in the coming years. In recent times, space travel has been revived, and, thus, it has potential to drive the demand for actuators. Numerous industries like automotive, food and beverages, oil & gas, robotics, defense and security, aerospace, and logistics focus on automating their businesses to deliver improved safety, better efficiency, and heightened precision in production and time-efficient services.

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Understanding the Importance of Stainless Steel Flanges in Industrial Applications

Riddhi Siddhi Metal Impex is one of the top Stainless Steel Flanges Manufacturers In India. Stainless steel flanges play a crucial role in various industries, from petrochemicals to power plants. These essential components connect pipes, valves, and pumps, ensuring seamless and secure flow within a system. India has emerged as a leading hub for stainless steel flange manufacturing, producing world-class products for global markets.

Why Stainless Steel Flanges Are Essential

Stainless steel flanges offer several advantages over other materials. Some of these include:

Corrosion Resistance: Stainless steel’s ability to resist corrosion makes it ideal for harsh industrial environments where exposure to chemicals, moisture, and extreme temperatures is common.

Durability: These flanges have a long service life, ensuring cost savings over time for industries where equipment downtime can be costly.

Strength: Stainless steel flanges are known for their high tensile strength, ensuring structural integrity under pressure.

Versatility: They can be used across various industries, from oil and gas to food processing, making them highly versatile.

Applications of Stainless Steel Flanges

Oil and Gas Industry

In this industry, stainless steel flanges are used extensively in pipelines and refineries. Their ability to resist corrosion and withstand high pressure makes them perfect for transporting oil and gas over long distances.

Chemical Processing Plants

Stainless steel flanges are often used in chemical plants, where they are exposed to harsh chemicals and extreme temperatures. Their corrosion resistance and strength ensure the safe transport of volatile and hazardous substances.

Power Generation

In power plants, especially those using steam and high-pressure systems, stainless steel flanges help maintain the integrity of piping systems that carry high-temperature fluids and steam.

Water Treatment

Stainless steel flanges are also widely used in water treatment plants. Their non-reactive properties ensure that they do not contaminate the water, and their resistance to corrosion is vital when dealing with chemical-laden water or seawater.

Food and Beverage Industry

Hygiene and cleanliness are crucial in this sector. Stainless steel flanges are used to connect pipes in food processing facilities because they are easy to sanitize and do not react with food products or beverages.

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Dominant Sectors Leveraging Drone Technology in India

Drones have become a transformative tool in various industries across India, enabling efficiency, precision, and cost-effectiveness. The widespread adoption of drones is reshaping sectors like agriculture, real estate, defense, and beyond. Below are the key sectors where drones are making the most significant impact:

1. Agriculture

Drones play a crucial role in modernizing Indian agriculture. They assist in crop monitoring, precision farming, spraying fertilizers and pesticides, and even assessing crop health through advanced imaging techniques like NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). By optimizing resources and increasing yield, drones are helping farmers become more productive.

2. Real Estate and Infrastructure

In real estate and infrastructure, drones are revolutionizing the way land is surveyed and projects are monitored. Developers and builders use drones for 3D mapping, aerial photography, and progress tracking, making the design, approval, and construction phases faster and more accurate. Drone footage has become a vital tool for marketing real estate projects as well.

3. Surveillance and Security

Drones are extensively used in security, both by government agencies and private firms. Their ability to cover large areas quickly makes them ideal for border surveillance, crowd management, and monitoring high-risk areas during public events. Many industries, including oil and gas, use drones for inspecting pipelines, towers, and other infrastructure in hard-to-reach areas.

4. Media and Entertainment

Drones have become a game-changer for the Indian media and entertainment industry. Filmmakers and content creators use drones for stunning aerial shots that were once difficult or expensive to achieve. Drones add a new perspective to films, commercials, and even weddings, helping the industry evolve creatively.

5. Delivery and E-commerce

The potential of drone technology in e-commerce is enormous, with companies exploring ways to make drone deliveries a reality. Though still in its nascent stage in India, drones are being tested for delivering medical supplies, food, and essential goods, especially in remote areas. The success of these trials could redefine logistics and last-mile delivery.

6. Disaster Management and Rescue Operations

In times of natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, drones provide a lifeline. They help in assessing damage, locating stranded people, delivering relief supplies, and providing real-time data to help authorities make quick decisions. Drones have been instrumental in saving lives and optimizing relief efforts across the country.

7. Mining

Mining companies are using drones for surveying, mapping, and inspecting mines, offering a safer and more efficient alternative to traditional methods. Drones provide accurate data about mining sites, which helps in planning and decision-making, as well as ensuring worker safety.

8. Healthcare

Drones are beginning to make strides in the healthcare industry, particularly in the delivery of medical supplies and critical healthcare services to remote areas. With the ability to bypass congested urban areas or difficult terrains, drones can deliver vaccines, medicines, and even blood to hospitals and clinics faster than ground transportation.

9. Environmental Conservation

Drones assist in wildlife monitoring, tracking endangered species, and preventing poaching. They are also used for environmental surveys and forest management, providing data that helps conserve natural resources. These efforts play a vital role in India’s environmental conservation initiatives.

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