West Africa produced 5% of the world's crude oil in 2002, according to Energy Information Agency data.

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The only place in the world I can get free data on oil and gas is BP because the International Energy Agency sells their data.

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It developed energy-saving technologies to power and cool its massive data centers around the world and erected a 1.6-megawatt solar panel at its headquarters.

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"We're committed to building the world's most environmentally responsible data centers and are leading the industry in the use of renewable energy, including the nation's largest private solar arrays and non-utility fuel cell installation, " the statement said.

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No matter whose data you look at, Russia is very clearly one of the largest energy producers in the world.

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Most importantly, it means that DBAs who have spent so much of their time, energy, and money in developing their skills in the traditional RDBMS world will have a new future in the Big Data world.

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