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JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF

GAS PEOPLE GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS

NATIONAL GRID APPOINTS PRESIDENT of coronavirus, poll finds
DIGEST
Crisis could ‘hasten
the decline’ of North
Sea oil and gas sector
One in four employers
expect to make
redundancies as a result
Lockdown leads to
OF US BUSINESS AND MANAGING MAY 2020 greenhouse gas emissions
24% drop in European
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL GRID VENTURES
FOUNDED 1863
THE NEW ROYAL CHARTER 1929
NORMAL
Keeping it together
during a pandemic
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