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samvadprakriya · 2 years ago
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केंद्र सरकार ने घरेलू स्तर पर उत्पादित कच्चे तेल पर विंडफॉल टैक्स बढ़ाया, डीजल के निर्यात पर कटौती दर में कमी
केंद्र सरकार ने घरेलू स्तर पर उत्पादित कच्चे तेल पर विंडफॉल टैक्स बढ़ाया, डीजल के निर्यात पर कटौती दर में कमी
नई दिल्ली, 17 नवंबर.केंद्र सरकार ने डीजल के निर्यात पर टैक्स दर कम करते हुए घरेलू स्तर पर उत्पादित कच्चे तेल पर विंडफॉल टैक्स बढ़ा दिया है. यह बदलाव आज यानी 17 नवंबर से प्रभावी है, एक सरकारी अधिसूचना में इसके बारे में जानकारी दी गई है. सरकारी अधिसूचना के अनुसार, राज्य के स्वामित्व वाली तेल और प्राकृतिक गैस निगम ONGC) जैसी फर्मों द्वारा उत्पादित कच्चे तेल पर कर 17 नवंबर से 9,500 रुपये प्रति टन से…
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gremlins-hotel · 11 months ago
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A holiday edition of
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mectech1 · 3 months ago
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Mectech Palm Oil Refinery Plant- A Legacy of Innovation and Excellence
Oil processing, often known as refining, is the conversion of crude oil into usable products such as petrol, diesel, kerosene, and other petrochemicals. The refining process consists of multiple essential steps, including separation, conversion, treatment, blending, and other refining processes.
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Oil refining is a complicated and energy-intensive process that necessitates advanced equipment and technology. It is an important link in the worldwide energy supply chain, providing fuel for transportation, heating, and electricity generation, as well as raw materials for the petrochemical sector.
Of all the oil refining and processing industries, palm oil refinery is the most important sector as it is a very complex oil and for its production it requires good quality plant.
Palm Oil Refining
Palm oil refining industries are among the world's most important manufacturing sectors, and palm oil has grown to become the world's most traded vegetable oil. Indonesia and Malaysia are the main producers, with exporting enterprises for crude palm oil.
Crude palm oil is derived from palm oil's mesocarp. Extracted Crude Palm oil contains some undesirable contaminants, which must be eliminated partially or fully throughout the palm oil refining process to produce good edible oil with increased stability and keepability.
Palm oil is currently a popular cooking oil in many tropical nations, including South East Asia, Africa, and sections of Brazil. Its popularity is attributed due to its higher heat resistance as compared to any other vegetable oil and also because of its lower cost and good oxidative stability.
Palm's unique and finest quality is that it generates two forms of oil: palm oil and palm kernel oil.
Palm oil is derived from the flesh of the palm fruit, whereas palm kernel oil is extracted from the seeds or kernel of the palm fruit using the palm kernel oil process.
Palm oil is derived from fresh palm fruit flesh through pressing and centrifugation at a palm oil facility. To avoid deterioration of Palm Oil, it must be extracted from fresh palm fruit. As a result, countries that cultivate palm oil remove it to prevent it from deteriorating. The crude palm oil's colour is yellow-red or dark yellow, and its taste is sweet.
The crude palm oil extracted contains undesired contaminants, which hurt the oil's physical appearance, quality, oxidative stability, and shelf life. To eliminate the aforementioned pollutants, the oil is sent to a palm oil refinery plant, where it is refined, bleached, and deodorised. After refining the palm oil, the RBD oil is sent to the fractionation unit to extract palm olein and stearin.
Palm Oil Refinery Plant
Palm oil refining is divided into the sections below:
In most palm oil refining plants, the refining process is a vital stage in the manufacture of edible oils and fats. The finished product's properties that must be monitored include flavour, shelf life, stability, and colour.
Crude vegetable oil can be refined in two ways: physically or chemically. During crude palm oil refining, FFA is removed to obtain a maximum FFA level of 0.1%.
Physical refining typically has a smaller environmental impact than chemical refining.
Bleaching edible oils and fats is an important step in the refining process for crude oils and fat. It does eliminate numerous contaminants, which hurt the physical look and quality of the oil. Generally, the oil is taken to the bleaching section first, and the gums are treated with phosphoric acid so that they may be separated in the pressure leaf filter after bleaching.
During this stage, the adsorptive activity of bleaching earth removes trace metal complexes like iron and copper, colouring pigments, phosphatides, and oxidative products.
This bleached oil is next filtered through industrial filters such as a filter press, a hermetically sealed vertical leaf pressure filter, a plate, or a frame filter.
Mectech's unique bleacher design keeps the bleaching earth in full suspension, resulting in no dead zones and lower utility use. Mectech Bleacher guarantees high-quality oil because the bleaching procedure for crude palm oil is carried out under controlled conditions.
Mectech also excels in supplying facilities for rice bran oil processing refinery in India and abroad. Mectech Rice Bran Oil Extraction Machinery in India and abroad offers the following advantages.
#Oil processing#often known as refining#is the conversion of crude oil into usable products such as petrol#diesel#kerosene#and other petrochemicals. The refining process consists of multiple essential steps#including separation#conversion#treatment#blending#and other refining processes.#Oil refining is a complicated and energy-intensive process that necessitates advanced equipment and technology. It is an important link in#providing fuel for transportation#heating#and electricity generation#as well as raw materials for the petrochemical sector.#Of all the oil refining and processing industries#palm oil refinery is the most important sector as it is a very complex oil and for its production it requires good quality plant.#Palm Oil Refining#Palm oil refining industries are among the world's most important manufacturing sectors#and palm oil has grown to become the world's most traded vegetable oil. Indonesia and Malaysia are the main producers#with exporting enterprises for crude palm oil.#Crude palm oil is derived from palm oil's mesocarp. Extracted Crude Palm oil contains some undesirable contaminants#which must be eliminated partially or fully throughout the palm oil refining process to produce good edible oil with increased stability an#Palm oil is currently a popular cooking oil in many tropical nations#including South East Asia#Africa#and sections of Brazil. Its popularity is attributed due to its higher heat resistance as compared to any other vegetable oil and also beca#Palm's unique and finest quality is that it generates two forms of oil: palm oil and palm kernel oil.#Palm oil is derived from the flesh of the palm fruit
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zervtek · 5 months ago
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midseo · 7 months ago
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coreforeuk · 11 months ago
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Communique № #12/28/23.002-Winter Holiday Announcement.
Communique № #12/28/23.002 Thursday, December 28, 2023 Ref: Winter Holiday. Subject: Winter Holiday Announcement. Announcement for our buyers submitted their ICPOs before Winter Holiday: We are currently organizing and managing your paperwork and deliveries so that we may export and deliver your selected products in accordance with the Procedures.  As we previously stated, we are unable to…
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vaishalirapower · 11 months ago
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We manufacture cylinder liners and cylinder sleeves for all prominent marine and industrial diesel engine makes and models, including Daihatsu, Yanmar, Bergen, Niigata, Mirrlees, Alco, ABC, Crepelle, Nohab, and Allen. We follow OEM specifications while manufacturing cylinder sleeves and liners. The design or sample is used to create and produce cylinder liners.
Small quantities are also appropriate. Please email us at [email protected], or visit this link for additional information about cylinder liner manufacturers: https://turbineshaft.in/cylinder-liners-cylinder-sleeves.html
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rebabbitting · 2 years ago
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We are cylinder liners exporter for different type of diesel engines and conduct  manufacturing of cylinder liners, the material we are using is Gray Cast Iron with chemical compositions.We provide Heat Treatment, Chrome plating etc. for the  treatment for cylinder liners and also offer engine repair services. Through contact us at [email protected], 0124-4251615, or +91-9582647131 you can get detailed information.
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niveditaabaidya · 2 years ago
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newsbites · 2 years ago
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Laos recorded a trade surplus of USD 48 million in February, making for a better start to the year.
Laos’ trade surplus was approximately USD 962 million, with USD 505 million in exports and USD 457 million in imports, according to the Lao Trade Portal.
February’s top exports include cassava, gold, gold ore and gold bars, potassium chloride, wood pulp, and paper waste. Major imports, on the other hand, were diesel, mechanic equipment, land vehicles, gasoline, steel, and steel products.
Cassava was the most exported item, leading to trade worth USD 85 million, followed by gold ore and gold bar at USD 46 million, and gold at USD 35 million.
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redlinesdiesel · 2 years ago
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What are the 5 Important Industries That Rely On Diesel Delivery
The majority of industrial commodities are transported using diesel-powered trucks and trains. Diesel engines are also used in construction, agriculture, military vehicles, mining, drilling, and other industries. They are widely used in industries because they provide improved performance and efficiency, as well as additional safety features. Diesel engines can transport all of the products that people consume. An article about 5 important industries that rely on diesel delivery can be found here.
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The efficiency of your business increases if fuel is bought from wholesale fuel suppliers. It helps to streamline operations and one can eliminate downtime caused by frequent refilling. It also saves lots of time as the fuel is available on-demand. One of the most prominent fuel trading companies in the UAE is Redlines Diesel Trading. One has to pay only a portion of the retail price per gallon while buying it from bulk fuel suppliers. 
5 Important Industries That Rely On Diesel Delivery
Municipalities
Local communities frequently use heavy vehicles for a variety of reasons. It is critical to provide fuel to the vehicles. It should be completed as soon as possible, without wasting time.
Manufacturing Companies
Manufacturers suffer a significant loss if they lose even a single minute or seconds due to a lack of fuel. Their time is extremely valuable. Bulk fuel delivery companies ensure that manufacturers do not suffer such losses. They provide enough fuel to keep things running smoothly and efficiently. Redline diesel is one of the top diesel fuel suppliers in uae
Agriculture
Agriculture is a major consumer of diesel. Farmers provide food for the entire world. They need fuel to grow crops more efficiently. Agriculture is one of the most economically valuable industries in the world due to advances in machinery and equipment.
Mining
Extraction of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and uranium necessitates the use of high-stress equipment. Mining equipment must perform difficult tasks in remote and inhospitable locations.
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Construction
Construction is the foundation for any type of development that is taking place. They are the workhorse of the construction industry and run on diesel. They provide power to nearly all heavy construction equipment.
Because of its unique combination, it is the preferred choice of the nation's construction sector. Diesel is capable of powering equipment due to its power, performance, reliability, fuel efficiency, and low emissions.
Redlines Diesel Trading is a prominent diesel fuel supplier in the UAE. They provide quality diesel fuel and are frequently checked and analyzed using modern technologies.
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franglishetchocolat · 1 year ago
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I don’t really play in Twinbrook but from time to time I like to remodel the builds there . I’m not trying to change the whole thing but to adapt it according to the description / name / use for the building.
TWINBROOK STORAGE CORPORATION WAREHOUSE
Renovated on patch 1.67 -Originally in Twinbrook so best placed there (Size: 25x64) - 
In my game it's a Base Camp but it couldn't be exported with this label so instead it's a Visitors Allowed lot. If you want to change it back to Base Camp and have tourists show up at the transit center. you might need NRaas Traveller (I think it's the one that unlocks the hidden lot types 🤔 )
Using Items from: 
No Store Item
Using the Criminal Career Rabbit hole Rug by Cazarupt
EPs: WA, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Showtime, Seasons, University Life and Island Paradise.
 SPs: High End Loft, Fast Lane, Outdoor Living, Town Life, Diesel and the Movie Stuff Pack (mostly in the basement/lair ) . I also own Mastersuite and the 70s,80s,90s pack but I’m pretty sure I haven’t used anything from these ones in this lot.
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I use markers on my lots: skip level, hidden room, public room… So to be able to modify any of  these buildings you need to have cheats on:  ‘testingcheatsenabled true’, then ‘restrictbuildbuyinbuildings false’ To see/remove the markers you need ‘buydebug on.
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eaglesnick · 1 year ago
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“It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.
— Ralph Chaplin
While more and more homes in Britain suffer severe flooding because of climate change, Rishi Sunak has decided that North Sea oil and gas extraction should be speeded up.
“Hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences to boost British energy independence and grow the economy. ”  (GOV.UK: 31/07/23)
This policy has now been confirmed and will be included in the king’s speech. More concerned with winning votes than the catastrophic effects of climate change:
“Sunak has already watered down the government’s climate targets, pushing back the deadline for selling new petrol and diesel cars and the phasing out of gas boilers, prompting furious condemnation from the automobile and energy industries.” (Guardian:05/11/23)
The excuse used by Sunak to justify his planned increase in fossil fuel production  is "to reduce emissions and boost UK energy independence."
These claims are simply not true.
Encouraging more oil and gas production does not reduce emissions - it increases them. If you expand the global market for fossil fuels then more will be used with the obvious accompanying increase in emissions. What is more, Rystad Energy, an independent advisory and business intelligence company, has stated that:
“ UK oil rigs are among the highest carbon emitters in Europe. CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere from extracting North Sea oil and gas reached 13.1MM metric tonnes in the UK in 2019, or 21kg of carbon dioxide for every barrel of oil produced – far greater than the Norwegian North Sea, which produced 4MM metric tonnes of CO2 in 2019, or 8kg of CO2 a barrel.”  (Guardian: 13/10/22)
But let us put this evidence aside for the moment and give Sunak the benefit of the doubt regarding emissions, and look at his other claim that increase extraction of gas and oil from the North Sea will “boost UK energy dependency".
Again, simply not true. It was reported only a few weeks ago that the UK EXPORTS 80% of North Sea oil which is processed abroad and then sold back to us at whatever international price makes the oil and gas industries the most profit. (CNN Business: 27/09/23)
The only way to secure energy independence is to have state ownership of our natural assets. But that is not The Tory way.
Unlike the Norwegian government, who invested their countries enormous oil and gas revenues in economic sectors across the world, creating a State owned sovereign wealth fund now worth $1.2 trillion in assets, our Tory government squandered the money, continues to allow private investors to reap the profits, and have refused to create a UK Sovereign Wealth Fund because they are ideologically opposed to public ownership.
While Sunak is forced to sell licenses for oil and gas extraction in order to secure at least some  benefits from our natural resources, the Norwegians impose  a 78% tax levy on private oil and gas companies.
“UK should match Norway’s 78% North Sea oil and gas tax, thinktank says.” (guardian:28/10/22)
But that isn’t going to happen. Instead, our ideologically driven Tory government, opposed to taxes of any kind and especially those aimed at the rich and corporate world continue to draw  headlines like these.
“Shell and BP paid zero tax on North Sea gas and oil for three years.” (Guardian: 30/10/22)
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“North Sea oil and gas industry offered ‘get-out’ clause on windfall tax.”(Guardian:09/06/23)
The stark contrast between the way successive Tory Government’s in the UK have managed the “bonanza” of North Seal oil and gas and the way the more socialist Norwegian governments have utilised their natural resources couldn’t be more stark.
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diabolus1exmachina · 1 year ago
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Hino Contessa 1300 Coupé
The name Hino was taken from the homonymous town in the Tokyo prefecture where the company's headquarters were (and still are). His first steps were to create powerful military vehicles for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Once the greatest war of all time was over, it dedicated itself to the manufacture of diesel engines, trucks and buses. The post-war Japanese automobile industry underwent a major transformation thanks to the numerous agreements that many manufacturers made with car brands in Europe and the United States. Hino was no different. The operations were going from strength to strength, they had already earned an important place in the industry and even theirs was the first trolleybus in the history of Japan. The brand wanted to expand its business by launching into the world of passenger cars. Already under the name of Hino Motors, it signed a collaboration agreement with Renault in February 1953 and two months later they began to manufacture the Renault 4CV (also called Renault 4/4) under license. In Japan it was marketed as the Hino PA and some 35,000 units were sold in the 10 years it was in production. The French brand ceased production of the Renault 4CV in 1961, so Hino set out to take another step in the automotive world: manufacture its own car. They contacted the prolific Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti, who had worked with brands as relevant as Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati, Alpine or Triumph, to draw the silhouette of the new Japanese car.
The Hino Contessa 900 used the base of the Renault 4CV but at first glance no one could recognize that link due to the charming sedan body designed by the Turin designer. Renault's 35 hp 0.9-litre engine was positioned at the rear and was sufficient to animate the rear axle with the 750 kg that the car weighed. Shortly after, the Hino Contessa 900 Sprint was launched, a coupe version that reduced the weight by 100 kg and had an engine powered by Nardi up to 45 CV. With an attractive design, greater habitability -it offered space for five passengers, one seat more than the 4CV- and the proven reliability of its engine, it was not surprising that the Contessa achieved good sales results. 47,299 units were marketed between 1961 and 1964, a small part of them manufactured beyond the Japanese borders. The great reception in the market of its first car encouraged Hino to develop the second generation. Once again, Michelotti was in charge of its design, who had an overwhelming personality. The front with double optics and no grille was clearly reminiscent of the Chevrolet Corvair while the general lines were similar to other models designed by Michelotti such as the Triumph 2000. The Italian designer had been inspired by the English and American cars for this Japanese model with a French engine. Long live globalization! The Hino Contessa 1300 was bigger and heavier than its predecessor, but also more powerful by using a 1.3-liter 55 hp engine from the Renault 8. It began its commercial journey in 1964 and a few months later the sports version with bodywork arrived. two-door, the Contessa 1300 Coupé with 65 CV. The second generation of the Contessa was exported to several countries around the world, being manufactured in Japan, Israel and New Zealand.
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mariacallous · 3 months ago
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While Ukraine’s surprise combined-arms incursion into the Russian oblast of Kursk gets all the headlines, Kyiv continues to carry out a parallel, deep-strike operation to target Russian vulnerabilities, with continued attacks on oil refineries and fuel depots behind the front lines.
A massive tank farm in Proletarsk, a city in Russia’s Rostov region, has been burning uncontrollably for four days after Ukrainian drones slammed into 70-odd tanks full of diesel and gasoline; by some estimates, the fire could be incinerating as much as $200 million worth of Russian fuel. Overnight on Tuesday, Ukraine launched one of its biggest attacks yet on Moscow, and although most of those drones and missiles were shot down, Ukraine did seem to start another conflagration at an oft-hit refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, also in Rostov.
So far this year, Ukraine says that it has successfully attacked more than 30 Russian oil installations, some deep inside Russia. The latest estimates are that about 17 percent of Russia’s (admittedly ample) oil-refining capacity has been damaged to some extent by the strikes. But more broadly, Russia continues to export huge volumes of oil and even a fair bit of natural gas, ensuring that oil revenues continue to fuel its war machine despite the odd million spent here and there to repair damaged crackers and condensers.
Ukraine’s pinprick assaults on Russia’s oil infrastructure, often answered with counter-battery Russian missiles aimed at vulnerable Ukrainian power plants, are part of the latest tit-for-tat energy battle in the longer-term, less violent energy war that the two countries have waged for years, especially over natural gas supplies and prices. 
In some ways, the energy fight is an adjunct to the fight on the battlefield. Ukraine’s ability to damage (even for short periods of time) Russian refineries and fuel depots is meant, in part, to undermine logistics for the Russian army, which continues to occupy large swaths of southern and eastern Ukraine. Blowing up expensive installations deep inside Russia is also a psychological boon for Ukraine, which has been largely on the back foot since early 2022. Russia’s systematic destruction of the Ukrainian electric power grid, meanwhile, is meant to undermine civilian morale and resilience ahead of winter.
The White House had initially warned Kyiv not to strike Russian oil installations, fearing Russian reprisals as well as an inconvenient spike in oil and gasoline prices ahead of the U.S. election, but Ukraine has plowed ahead regardless (just as it did with the Kursk incursion). 
The big question is: Do all the eye-grabbing explosions at refineries and fuel depots make much of a difference to Russia’s surprisingly resilient oil-based economy?
“The drones can cause economic damage an order of magnitude or higher than the cost of the drones themselves, and so yes, there is some economic damage and net benefit, cost-wise. But the damage done is brief and relatively easy to repair,” said Sergey Vakulenko, an energy expert at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. “Will it make drastic impacts on Russian oil revenues? Probably not. The drones cannot do what the sanctions were unable to achieve.” 
In some cases, Vakulenko said, the oil installations that Ukraine is targeting, chosen because they are within easy range of drones, may not be the critical marks that Kyiv imagines. Many of the older refineries in western Russia were built to take advantage of export customs loopholes that made it more beneficial to export barely refined oil products, even very low-quality ones, than to export regular crude. These aren’t the crown jewels, but the cracked zircons.
“The benefits of hitting those refineries may not be what the Ukrainians thought,” said Vakulenko, who was previously an oil executive at Russian and international companies. 
Like the Kursk operation, high-profile blows by Ukraine threaten to distort the view of what otherwise remains an unequal battle. If the war has come to the energy patch, it is because Russia—from nearly the beginning of the conflict—has targeted Ukrainian power installations as a deliberate part of its campaign to destroy civilian infrastructure. During the first year of the full-scale invasion, Russia targeted easy-to-hit structures, such as power transformers, that could disrupt electricity across Ukraine, especially in big cities. But that damage was relatively easy to repair, and Ukraine made it through the first winter in fairly good shape. 
At the beginning of this year, once Ukraine had homemade drones and missiles that could strike deep into Russia, thus neatly skirting both U.S. targeting prohibitions and leaky Russian air defenses, Kyiv began systematically hitting oil installations. 
In response, Moscow intensified its campaign against Ukraine’s power grid, this time using heavy missiles to go after harder-to-destroy and much-harder-to-repair power plants themselves. More than half of Ukraine’s electricity generation capacity has been blown up or seriously damaged, a huge problem heading into winter given the reliance of Ukraine’s urban heating system (and water supplies) on the power plants.
But that campaign peaked just before summer; since then, there has been a respite in the Russian vendetta against power plants. The aftershocks are still felt, though. This week, in addition to a small-scale Russian attack on power facilities just across the border in Sumy, Ukraine announced a return to rolling blackouts for many parts of the country—mostly due to increased peak power demand during the hot summer months, but clearly exacerbated by the loss of so much generation capacity, which is still a huge concern for Ukrainian officials and Western experts.
“We have not seen wide-scale attacks for six weeks or so. Russia may just be collecting missiles to attack later in the year, in October or so. As of now, there is no sign that weaponization of energy is weakening,” said Andrian Prokip, an energy expert at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute in Kyiv.
Yet the fight over refineries and power plants is just part of an even broader energy war that has aspects both of the absurd and of the absurdly normal. 
Last week, after months of feverish speculation, conspiracy theories, and finger-pointing, reporting (and a German arrest warrant) emerged that seemed to put blame for the high-profile 2023 destruction of Russia’s no-longer-operational Nord Stream gas pipeline on a band of Ukrainian freelancers. 
Meanwhile, Russian natural gas continues to transit in pipes through war-torn Ukraine, headed for customers farther west in Austria, Slovakia, and Italy. Not even Ukraine’s cross-border grab of Sudzha, the pumping station for the last trans-Ukraine pipeline, has interrupted the (limited) flows of gas moving from one belligerent state through another. 
And then there are the nuclear power plants. Since early in the war, Russia has occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, in the south-central part of Ukraine. Since then, the International Atomic Energy Agency has periodically warned of concerns over the safety and security of the plant, which is now in shutdown but still potentially dangerous. Two weeks ago, a mysterious fire broke out at one of the cooling towers; a few days later, a drone explosion threatened the power supply to the facility. For years now, Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of nuclear blackmail and brinkmanship over the plant. 
Once Ukraine leapt across the Russian border, Russian media immediately warned that Ukrainian forces were seeking to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant for an apparent atomic hostage swap; most recently, Russian defenders began digging trenches around the reactors.
“The Russians have used and will continue to use the precarious state of nuclear safety at Zaporizhzhia for their own rhetorical and blackmail purposes. I suspect they may try to do the same in relation to the Kursk NPP,” said Darya Dolzikova, a research fellow of the Royal United Services Institute. 
“I see no indication that Ukraine is looking to attack the nuclear plant and the Ukrainian government has refuted any suggestions to that end,” she added. “So any Russian statements or actions to the contrary I take to be fear-mongering by Moscow.”
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coreforeuk · 11 months ago
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Communique № #122823.001 - List of excluded countries by Core Fore (UK) Ltd
Global sanctioned, prohibited and high risk countries.
Communique № #12/28/23.001 Thursday, December 28, 2023 Ref: Global sanctioned, prohibited and high risk countries. Subject: List of excluded countries. Publicly announced: As of today, we can neither issue invoice to, nor receive any ICPOs or funds from, the companies originating from the countries listed in the annex attached hereto.  Annex: Appendix _ Country/Region Risk Level List…
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