One, carried out in Oregon, used the gas station pump as the collection point.

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The second Exxon virtue likely to help Mr Tillerson is the firm's collection of oil and gas assets.

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Their increased capacity reduces collection trips, fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.

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With 6.5 million gas customers, Eni is Gazprom's biggest collection agent in EUrope.

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The VML operated its own collection system and burner to mitigate the methane gas problem.

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It is quite a collection: Subsidies for both oil and gas and alternative fuels, enhanced charitable contributions for computers, the infamous NASCAR race track give-away, and special tax breaks for movie and TV producers, mining companies, railroads, rum, and investment companies to name only a few.

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Late last summer, Algeria finally unveiled a collection of legislative changes meant to kick-start a faltering, but incredibly important oil and gas sector.

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Obvius has pioneered a portfolio of plug-and-play data-collection and communications applications based on an open architecture, which allow users to monitor electric, water, gas, environmental and renewable energy information through a single, web-accessible platform.

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