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+<br>The recent discoveries of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA might have misshaped key oil projections under extreme U.S. pressure is, if true (and whistleblowers seldom come forward to advance their careers), a slow-burning thermonuclear explosion on future international oil production. The Bush administration's actions in pressuring the IEA to underplay the rate of decrease from existing oil fields while overplaying the opportunities of discovering new reserves have the potential to toss federal governments' long-lasting planning into chaos.<br>
+<br>Whatever the truth, rising long term worldwide demands appear particular to overtake production in the next decade, especially given the high and rising expenses of establishing new super-fields such as Kazakhstan's overseas Kashagan and Brazil's southern Atlantic Jupiter and Carioca fields, which will need billions in financial investments before their very first barrels of oil are produced.<br>
+<br>In such a circumstance, ingredients and substitutes such as [biofuels](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) will play an ever-increasing role by stretching beleaguered production quotas. As market forces and increasing prices drive this technology to the leading edge, one of the wealthiest prospective production locations has actually been absolutely overlooked by investors already [- Central](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Asia. Formerly the USSR's cotton "plantation," the area is poised to end up being a significant player in the production of biofuels if adequate foreign investment can be obtained. Unlike Brazil, where [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is made mostly from sugarcane, or the United States, where it is primarily distilled from corn, [Central Asia's](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) ace resource is a native plant, Camelina sativa.<br>
+<br>Of the previous Soviet Caucasian and Central Asian republics, those clustered around the shores of the Caspian, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have seen their economies boom due to the fact that of record-high energy costs, while Turkmenistan is waiting in the wings as an increasing manufacturer of natural gas.<br>
+<br>Farther to the east, in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, [geographical seclusion](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) and relatively scant hydrocarbon resources relative to their Western [Caspian neighbors](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) have actually largely prevented their ability to cash in on rising worldwide energy demands already. Mountainous Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan remain largely [reliant](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) for their electrical requirements on their Soviet-era hydroelectric facilities, but their increased need to generate winter season [electrical power](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) has led to autumnal and winter season water discharges, in turn badly impacting the agriculture of their western downstream next-door neighbors Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.<br>
+<br>What these 3 downstream nations do have nevertheless is a Soviet-era legacy of farming production, which in Uzbekistan's and Turkmenistan case was mostly directed towards cotton production, while Kazakhstan, beginning in the 1950s with Khrushchev's "Virgin Lands" programs, has actually ended up being a major producer of wheat. Based upon my conversations with Central Asian government authorities, offered the thirsty needs of cotton monoculture, foreign proposals to diversify agrarian production towards [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) would have fantastic appeal in Astana, Ashgabat and Tashkent and to a lesser level Astana for those sturdy investors going to bank on the future, specifically as a plant native to the region has already proven itself in trials.<br>
+<br>Known in the West as false flax, wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame and Siberian oilseed, [camelina](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) is bring in increased clinical interest for its oleaginous qualities, with a number of European and American business currently investigating how to produce it in business quantities for [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048). In January Japan Airlines carried out a historic test flight utilizing camelina-based bio-jet fuel, ending up being the very first Asian provider to [explore](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) flying on fuel stemmed from sustainable feedstocks during a one-hour demonstration flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The test was the culmination of a 12-month examination of camelina's functional performance ability and potential industrial viability.<br>
+<br>As an alternative energy source, camelina has much to suggest it. It has a high oil material low in saturated fat. In contrast to Central Asia's thirsty "king cotton," camelina is drought-resistant and unsusceptible to spring freezing, needs less fertilizer and herbicides, and can be used as a rotation crop with wheat, which would make it of particular interest in Kazakhstan, now Central Asia's significant wheat exporter. Another bonus offer of camelina is its tolerance of poorer, less [fertile conditions](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/). An acre planted with camelina can produce approximately 100 gallons of oil and when planted in rotation with wheat, camelina can increase wheat [production](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) by 15 percent. A heap (1000 kg) of camelina will consist of 350 kg of oil, of which pushing can extract 250 kg. Nothing in camelina production is lost as after processing, the plant's particles can be utilized for livestock silage. Camelina silage has a particularly appealing concentration of omega-3 fatty acids that make it a particularly fine animals feed candidate that is simply now acquiring recognition in the U.S. and Canada. Camelina is fast growing, produces its own natural herbicide (allelopathy) and contends well versus weeds when an even crop is [developed](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053). According to Britain's Bangor University's Centre for Alternative Land Use, "Camelina might be an ideal low-input crop appropriate for bio-diesel production, due to its lower requirements for nitrogen fertilizer than oilseed rape."<br>
+<br>Camelina, a branch of the mustard household, is native to both Europe and Central Asia and barely a brand-new crop on the scene: archaeological evidence suggests it has been cultivated in Europe for a minimum of three centuries to produce both grease and animal fodder.<br>
+<br>Field trials of production in Montana, currently the center of U.S. camelina research, showed a large range of outcomes of 330-1,700 pounds of seed per acre, with oil material differing in between 29 and 40%. Optimal seeding rates have been determined to be in the 6-8 lb per acre variety, as the seeds' little size of 400,000 seeds per pound can produce problems in germination to accomplish an ideal plant density of around 9 plants per sq. ft.<br>
+<br>Camelina's capacity could enable Uzbekistan to begin breaking out of its most dolorous legacy, the imposition of a cotton monoculture that has distorted the country's attempts at agrarian reform because attaining independence in 1991. Beginning in the late 19th century, the Russian government figured out that Central Asia would become its cotton plantation to feed Moscow's growing textile industry. The process was accelerated under the Soviets. While Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were also ordered by Moscow to plant cotton, Uzbekistan in particular was [singled](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) out to produce "white gold."<br>
+<br>By the end of the 1930s the Soviet Union had actually ended up being self-dependent in cotton