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The World Energy Cities Academic Partnership (WECAP) was created in 2009 in order to generate research activities relevant to WECP cities through the collaboration of universities. WECAP workshops focus on shared energy and environmental related issues in order to create collaborative partnerships and funding opportunities for joint comparative international projects.
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In October 2009, nine WECP members signed the Calgary Climate Change Accord. These cities commit to being environmental leaders and catalysts for change by utilizing official policies and plans to reduce municipal government greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They commit to reduce these emissions from their 2005 baseline levels by a minimum of 20% by 2020 and a minimum of 80% by 2050.
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Doha, Qatar - December 4–6, 2011
The AGM will take place in Doha, Qatar to coincide with the World Petroleum Congress. During the AGM, WECP members have the opportunity to learn and share knowledge with one another. The AGM is also an opportunity to make business and academic connections through WECP networking events that compliment the meeting.
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In 2007, natural gas exports from Doha reached 30 million tons. Doha, Qatar has an output capacity of 850 thousand barrels of of crude oil per day.
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Houston is home to more than 3,400 energy-related establishments, both upstream and downstream. Houston also possesses a complex of several thousand miles of product pipeline connecting some 200 chemical plants, refineries, salt domes and fractionation plants along the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Canada's largest concentration of investor-owned electric power generation companies are based in Calgary. Calgary-based companies are driving more than $75 billion of the $108 billion of major energy-related projects in Alberta.
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The goal of Dammam city is to be the energy center in the Gulf area as it has the distinction of meeting 10% of all oil needs of the world. The discovery of oil in the Dammam Metropolitan and the development of the Saudi petroleum industry drew sizable local and foreign investments to the Eastern Province.
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Aberdeen is home to the bi-annual Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition, the largest in Europe taking place in September every two years. Aberdeen city and shire is home to some key energy assets including the St. Fergus Gas Terminal which processes around 15% of the UK's natural gas.
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