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Aug 2022
35m 8s

Energy Super Basins: Where The Renewable...

Wood Mackenzie
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Over 90% of current oil and gas production comes from around 40 traditional ‘super basins.’Across the preceding decades, production came from these traditional super basins – giant fields and established infrastructure which guaranteed the lowest costs for supply.Now the world’s demand for lower emissions is forcing change on this legacy industry. Some basin ... Show More
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