Qatar Signs off with Sinopec Credit Offshore Energy As a sequel to inking of QatarEnergy’s contract with Exxon Mobil Corp, TotalEnergies, Eni and ConocoPhillips for investment in its North Field East (NFE) expansion QatarEnergy is signing of with China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) making it the largest phase of the nearly $30 billion LNG expansion venture.
Significance of Undersea Optic Cables As low bandwidth and high latency of satellite data service was insufficient to cater to global telecommunication streams a phenomenal growth took place in digital global infrastructure comprising an intercontinental network of 400 undersea fiber-optic cable communications network which daily transmits approximately $ 10 trillion worth of financial transactions data
UNCLOS and Rights of Coastal States The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) grants special rights to the coastal states with regards to exploration and use of marine resources including energy production ,in the area in its jurisdiction at times termed as exclusive economic zone (EEZ) . Economic Control of Waters
From Segregation to Supreme Court Credit The Wall Street Journal Born in Washington DC Ketanji Brown Jackson whose family faced racial segregation in the not so distant past was elevated as the first African American woman Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court last year. The 52 year old joins the apex US Court around
Mifepristone is a drug used to treat women who have suffered miscarriages & Cushing syndrome, a hormone-related condition, and was approved for termination of pregnancy until 7 weeks gestation later extended to 10 weeks of pregnancy.Application of this drug ,approved in the year 2000, induces abortions & effectively stops pregnancy.In the year 2020 more then
No Recognition but Trade goes on Despite having no official relations China is Taiwan’s largest trading partner and the US comes in a close second. Both countries maintain no official relations yet their two way annual trade rose to US $ 328 billion and the ready supply directly from Taiwan of processor chips is a
Trump's alleged Extra Marital Affairs Credit The Straits Times Former US President Donald J.Trump has been charged with business fraud over hush money payments to ex-porn actress Stormy Daniels a 44 years old hailing from Baton Rouge . Trump met Stormy (real name Stephanie) at a celebrity golf tournament in the year 2006 and Trump's
Remotely patrolling the Persian Gulf The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries namely Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman are creating and expanding a joint or multinational fleet of unmanned surface vessels (USV’s). The Persian Gulf through which the world’s major oil routes pass is 35 to 200 miles wide at
Drones in the Black Sea Credit CNN The downing of a US surveillance drone (Reaper MQ-9 class) which flew from its base in Romania to carry out its routine mission of capturing images of Russian assets and troops deployment and its falling into the Black Sea may heighten tensions in the Ukraine war zone. What
Iran's Quest for Blue Water Supremacy The Islamic Republic of Iran has ambitions to make its navy a blue water power and it demonstrated its resolve and ingenuity when it commenced commercial conversion of ships as mobile forward bases.Iran is vying for an extended naval outreach in the region. Credit Iran Press Last year two
