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Shifting Crude Flows And Rising Competition In Asia: Implications For Gulf Producers
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle East is the world's largest crude exporter with the majority of its crude
- sold via long term contracts - flowing eastward. Despite this, significant shifts in
global crude flows are expected over the next ...
Challenges for Middle Eastern Petroleum Exports: Regional Conflicts or Internal Instability?
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
What are the main challenges impacting the exports of oil and gas from the Middle
East to the global markets? The focus has always been on the regional conflicts
such as the Arab oil embargoes applied in the aftermath ...
Situating Gulf's Oil and Gas Supply to Asia: Implications of US Shale Boom, Iran Sanctions and Trade War with China
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle Eastern Gulf region is Asias traditional supplier of oil and gas.
However, in the past two years, record oil and gas oil volumes from United States
have headed into Asia, riding high on the shale boom. While ...
Military Challenges for Hydrocarbon Export from the Gulf - An Assessment of Iranian Motives and Methods of Causing Disrupt
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Gulf is a sub-region where crises - including wars - occur from time to time.
Alarmist tones of warnings against inevitable war with Iran also appear on a regular
basis. Although it seems that war rhetoric is only ...
Sustainability Performance Simulation of the U.S. Urban Mobility Policies
(2018 , Conference Paper)
Heavy dependence on personal vehicle usage in the U.S. has made the transportation sector one of the greatest contributors to air pollutant emissions the associated human health concerns. The transportation mode choices ...
Carbon Footprints of Construction Industries: A Global, Supply Chain-linked Analysis
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IEEE
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The global construction industry is predicted to grow rapidly over the next decades by developing globalization, urbanization, and infrastructure renewal. Global Construction 2020 forecasts that China, USA, India, Japan, ...
A practical approach to CO2 sequestration: Reactions with high salinity water
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OMICS
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
Carbon dioxide is known to be a major contributor to global warming and climate change and hence has an adverse effect on environmental sustainability. CO2 is emitted by various activities associated with industrial processes ...
Optimized extraction and identification of functional Orthosiphon stamineus proteins
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OMICS
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The plant, Orthosiphon stamineus (cat whiskers) is a medicinal herb belonging to the family Lamiaceae, and the plant leaves are commonly used as the herbal tea, popularly known as Java tea. It is used as a diuretic agent ...
Molecular epidemiology of Rotavirus in children with gastroenteritis in Qatar
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OMICS
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Acute gastroenteritis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality of young children worldwide. The vast majority of diarrhea cases in developing and developed countries are attributable to the viruses and to a lesser ...
Association between fat distribution and iron status among Qatari obese adults
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OMICS
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Background: The prevalence of obesity in Qatar has reached an alarming rate. In addition,
high prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) was observed
in Gulf countries. In the early 1960's an ...