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China LNG terminal deal

Bangladesh has selected a Chinese firm to build its third floating LNG terminal, per Reuters.

The project aims to boost energy infrastructure and reduce reliance on imported fuels, reports Reuters.

This development comes as Bangladesh calls for fair access to climate-friendly technology at COP31, per AA.com.tr.

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01aaaa.com.tr · 12 NovBangladesh calls for fair access to climate-friendly tech, ‘fair’ energy transition at COP31 summit 02reutersreuters.com · 12 NovBangladesh picks Chinese firm to build third floating LNG terminal

Open data on the globe —

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Oil and gas around here
7 refineries · 3 LNG plants · 5 terminals · 3 platforms within 600 km
1 of 39 gas flares burning in the last 24 h
together they burned 54 million m³ in 2025
45 oil and gas fields
“7 refineries within 600 km; the biggest, Numaligarh, Assam, can take 58 thousand barrels a day.”
OGIM v3.0, Environmental Defense Fund (CC BY 4.0) · NASA FIRMS VIIRS (NOAA-20, NOAA-21), last 24 h · Open the same data on firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov →
Microsoft outage · Outlook, Teams, Azure · searched in 23 countries since 18:30 UTC
Searches from Google Trends (54 countries); the provider's own status page; internet reachability from IODA (Georgia Tech). Attention, not a measurement of the
First searched · Mexico · 18:30 UTC
“Microsoft is down for a lot of people: they're searching for it in 23 countries, from “caida de outlook” in Mexico to “outlook bug” in Canada.”
Google Trends · Azure status · IODA · Open the same data on status.cloud.microsoft →

Why these floors —

E11 · E10 · E7 · E12

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E11, organizations; the pressure it names: LNG terminal deal. Its words also reach E10 institutions, E7 ecosystems and E12 states.

Here it is a dynamic between organizations, institutions and ecosystems: Chinese firm and LNG terminal (E11 organizations), with energy infrastructure and imported fuels (E10 institutions), and climate-friendly technology (E7 ecosystems).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E11 Organizationsmain floor

The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Chinese firm, LNG terminal.

E10 Institutions

The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: energy infrastructure, imported fuels.

E7 Ecosystems

The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: climate-friendly technology.

E12 States

The floor of states and force. In this briefing: COP31.

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