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President Trump expanded a ban on exploratory drilling off the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia, his latest extension of an existing offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.

The two shale producers are calling it a “merger of equals” and will share management duties once the transaction closes. The combined company aims to become the fourth-largest producer of tight oil in the US.

The Dutch major said it has filed an application for drilling operations in the North Slope as part of an effort to help attract buyers to 18 leases it purchased rights to in 2012.

There is a lot of talk these days about transitions. There are technology transitions going on. There are demographic and cultural transitions in the workforce and in society at large. But the one I want to focus on in this column is the so-called “energy transition.”

Deep learning is routinely used in products and services that affect hundreds of millions of lives, despite the fact that no one quite understands how it works. Now, the Office of Naval Research has awarded a $7.5 million grant to a group of researchers who think they can unravel the mystery.

“Being mindful is about being intentional,” said Ahmer Inam, chief AI officer at technology consulting firm Pactera Edge. “Mindful AI is about being aware and purposeful about the intention of, and emotions we hope to evoke through, an artificially intelligent experience.”

The IOGP Safety Committee has conducted a multiyear strategic project to focus on fatality prevention, known as Project Safira, which addresses transportation safety, personal safety, and process safety. This paper presents data-analysis work conducted on process safety and the associated learnings.

The companies say they will expand their existing technology collaboration to create and deliver solutions to help customers, suppliers, and other businesses lower emissions.

The oil major said it will now work with Global Thermostat on technology that would remove carbon dioxide directly from the air.