The analysis also shows that
gas giant planets and brown dwarfs, while seemingly on a continuum of increasing mass, may be two distinct populations that formed in different ways.
The accolade comes after a busy year for the oil and
gas giant. October last year saw the oil and gas company's delivery arm, Adnoc Offshore, finish installing all 'supercomplex' facilities at the Nasr oil field off the coast of the UAE capital.
NASA'S Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter earlier this week, starting its science mission around the
gas giant.
It's not just one of those where planets are orbiting a star -- three stars and one
gas giant are orbiting each other in a highly complex way.
Using radio waves, astronomers have been able to peer through Jupiter's thick clouds, gaining insights into the
gas giant's atmosphere, a new study reports.
Norwegian oil and
gas giant Statoil has appointed Tove Stuhr Sjoblom as managing director of its Aberdeen-based business, Statoil Production UK.
Recently detected ripples in the
gas giant's rings carry signatures of the planet's interior structure, offering new insights into what lies far beneath Saturn's cloud tops.
Oil and
Gas giant Total said it was currently discussing with the government a potential programme of additional exploration work off the island's coast.
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Sha'ban 14, 1435, Jun 12, 2014, SPA -- The Lithuanian government says Russian
gas giant Gazprom plans to sell its stake in Lithuanian companies for some 417 million litas ($164 million).
There are regular meetings between the two parties - most recently on 23 January in Brussels - in connection with the Commission's ongoing investigation into the Russian
gas giant Gazprom, suspected of abusive practices in Central and Eastern Europe, but the probe is symptomatic of the "incomprehension," as one European observer put it, that prevails in relations between the two sides.
Astronomers used the powerful Hubble Space Telescope to spot the blue
gas giant.
Last month the oil and
gas giant said it had set aside $2.46bn for a newbuilding and charter splurge to combat an ageing fleet.
The company has signed agreements on cooperation with US oil and
gas giant Exxon Mobil, Italy's Eni and Norway's Statoil.
