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The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes the existing field, in production since 2005, and appraisal drilling of the Mad Dog South field in 2008 and 2009. —Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive. BP maintains a 60.5% working interest in Mad Dog.

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The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia. In March 2017, Rio Tinto upgraded the Jadar mineral resources in accordance with international standards—JORC—to 136 million tonnes.

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MAY 14, 2018

It found that trade among developing nations—South-South trade—more than doubled between 2004 and 2011. In total, CO 2 emissions embodied in goods and services exported from developing countries increased by 46% between 2004 and 2011, from 2.2 Gt in 2004 and 2.2 Gt in 2004 to 1.1 gigatonnes (Gts).

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. earlier post ), found that emissions of NO 2 and other nitrogen oxides—which can have direct health effects and contribute to the formation of smog—were approximately 61% below the 2010 EPA standard and 99% lower than in 2004 engines.

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The company has a certified environmental management system since 2004. In recent years, Keliber has had continuous exploration and resource drilling operations, and the annual total drilling has varied from 10 to 20 kilometers. Oy Kati Ab Kalajoki is an expert in ore exploration and diamond core drilling.

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JUNE 26, 2017

These subjects formed one of six groups of people living near six large European airports who had taken part in the HYENA study, which assessed the potential health impacts of aircraft noise in 2004-6. They point out that they were unable to look at specific causes of death among the 78 people who died between 2004-6 and 2013.

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JULY 24, 2014

A new satellite study finds more than 75% of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The extent of groundwater loss may pose a greater threat to the water supply of the western United States than previously thought. Stephanie L. Castle, Brian F. Thomas, John T.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

A study conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in Tongliang, China, found that children born before the closure had shorter telomeres than those conceived and born after the plant stopped polluting the air. In May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down.

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MAY 19, 2014

According to the most recent greenhouse gas emissions inventory from the California Air Resources Board (ARB), the state’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.7% Since 2000, GHG emissions have decreased by 1.6% (from 466 to 459 MMTCO 2 e) after reaching a peak of 493 MMTCO 2 e in 2004.

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Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission powertrains for commercial fleets, has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower, with HVIP approval expected within the next several weeks. Lightning Electric Repowered Gillig bus.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation’s coasts could contribute to the United States’ total annual electricity production. —Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Resource.

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Many new gas resources required to meet this demand are in remote areas and will require cost-effective transportation options before they can be commercialized. The use of X120 linepipe could substantially improve the economics of long-distance pipelines used in the development of remote gas resources, ExxonMobil said. Okaguchi et al.

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JULY 28, 2017

In both cases, the NO x emissions were surprisingly low and 99% cleaner than the current standard and 99.96% cleaner than the 2004 standard. The engine tested below the California Air Resources Board voluntary limit of 0.02g/bhp-hr. We have tested two of the ISL G near-zero 8.9 This is the only engine to meet the California standard.

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The open-access study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives , included more than 600,000 adults in the US who participated in the Cancer Prevention Study II and who were followed for 22 years (from 1982 to 2004). —Turner et al. 125(8):087013 doi: 10.1289/EHP1249.

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The teaser comes 20 years after the first V-Series model was launched at the Sebring International Raceway in March 2004. GM should be doubling down with all of its resources to get EVs into the hands of customers. The EV showcases the brand’s Oculence with a vision of high-velocity performance driving.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The main finding of those reports was that the respective rates all reached their maxima around 2004. The units of the analyses were both the absolute numbers and the rates per person, per driver, per household, and (where appropriate) per vehicle. —Sivak 2014. Michael Sivak (2014) “Has Motorization in the US Peaked?

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Graphene, discovered in 2004, is a one-atom-thick sheet of graphite. An international group of physicists led by the University of Arkansas has created an artificial graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms in place of carbon atoms. The U of A-led group published its findings in Physical Review Letters. and Meyers, D. and Liu, X.

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China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved the takeover of Australian coal company Felix Resources Ltd. Felix Resources Mine Locations. China’s sovereign wealth fund, which held almost US$300 billion in assets at the end of last year, is also seeking acquisition chances in resources firms from Indonesia to Canada.

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The HF120 engine is the result of a joint venture established in 2004 between Honda and GE combining the R&D, engine production, and jet aviation expertise of the two companies. (HAI) has begun production of its new HF120 turbofan engine completed at the new facility in Burlington, North Carolina. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Recent studies of international agricultural land use trends show that that the primary land use change response of the world’s farmers from 2004 to 2012 has been to use available land resources more efficiently rather than to expand the amount of land used for farming. Flugge, M., Lewandrowski, J. Rosenfeld, C. Hendrickson, K.

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mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Based on longer term trends since MY 2004, truck SUVs have the largest cumulative percentage fuel economy improvement of 27%, followed by both cars and car SUVs at 23%. l/100 km)—a 0.5 mpg, or 25%, with an average annual improvement of about 0.5

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The fuel economy results of a 2004 Toyota Prius from simulation and testing showed 24-90% fuel economy improvement with PnG drive cycles compared to steady speed results. The downside of such a technique is that it currently requires sustained attention from the driver.

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In a 2004 paper in the Journal of Power Sources , Professor Sadoway of MIT observed that electrical conductivity of BCEs varied inversely with the glass transition temperature of one of the block components. —Sadoway (2004). SolidEneregy is collaborating with A123 Venture Technologies, a Massachusetts-based technology incubator.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

In 2004, the US Department of Energy (DOE) named succinic acid one of 12 “platform” chemicals that could be produced from sugars by biological means and turned into high-value materials. A team at Rice University has engineered E. coli bacteria to produce succinate (an ester of succinic acid) from soybean mash. Chandresh Thakker, George N.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said that oil cooperation between the two countries dates back to 2004, with the late Argentine President Nestor Kirchner. According to a study released by the US Geological Survey, the mean estimate of recoverable oil resources from the Orinoco Belt is 513 billion barrels of crude oil. —EIA.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

FMC Lithium developed its own cathode technology and participated directly in the market from 1995-2004; in 2004, it began cathode technology out-licensing. Ultimately the patented technology will lead to lower system cost (in $/kWh) for Li-ion batteries for small and large-formats.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The DOE-funded Amerigon thermoelectric project originally began in 2004 as one of several projects targeting fuel economy improvements in light-duty vehicles of 10%. Resources. ???? TEG & Exhaust System in Lincoln MKT. Click to enlarge. Passenger car TEG. That project, which received more than $7.1

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AUGUST 31, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 17 September 2013, in Diamond Bar, California, to discuss updates to the Zero Emission Bus (ZBus) regulation and to explore the status of, and future developments to, ZBus technology and related systems.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The California Air Resource Board (CARB) is awarding $7 million to CALSTART to develop a Class 8 truck that will achieve a 90% reduction in NO x along with a 15-20% fuel efficiency improvement. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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JUNE 3, 2014

At present, the Mexican regulation is based on the outdated EPA 2004 or Euro IV standards, which differ substantially with respect to both effectiveness and compliance costs. NOM 044 offers manufacturers two compliance pathways, modeled on the US Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union standards.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For one, the [California Air Resources Board] CARB-established limit of HC+NO x emissions in the 7.4 In 2004, Asif Faiz and Surhid Gautam, both of the World Bank, published a paper in the International Journal of Vehicle Design exploring different technical and policy options for reducing emissions from 2-stroke engines.

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Plug Power and its partners will form a fuel cell vehicle development project team and utilize their financial and research and development resources for a large-scale demonstration project. Furui began to pioneer LNG applications for fleet vehicles such as buses, medium duty trucks and delivery vans in 2004.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Achates has been developing diesel-fueled (compression ignition) opposed piston engines since its founding in 2004. The company has demonstrated substantial fuel efficiency savings in diesel applications with a high indicated thermal efficiency of 53%. Earlier post.). Development and testing of the new 2.7L Earlier post.)

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Succinic acid, a four carbon dicarboxylic acid, has the potential to be a key building block for deriving both commodity and specialty chemicals, according to a US Department of Energy 2004 assessment of top value-added chemicals that could be derived from biomass.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

In axial-flow configurations, noted Müller and co-authors in a 2004 paper, pure scavenging is a challenging task. Source: Piechna, 2004. Janusz Piechna, Pezhman Akbari, Florin Iancu, Norbert Müller (2004) Radial-Flow Wave Rotor Concepts, Unconventional Designs and Applications (IMECE2004-59022). Piechna et al. Click to enlarge.

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A 2004 lifecycle analysis synthesis report prepared by Five Winds International for ConocoPhillips, Sasol Chevron and Shell International Gas concluded that: Total GHG emissions of the GTL system are between 12% less and 11% more than the refinery system, based on varying assumptions and data.

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APRIL 18, 2016

The study involved children (age range, 5-18 years) from 3 groups, and was conducted during the 1993-2001, 1996-2004, and 2003-2012 years in 8 Southern California communities. Kiros Berhane, Ph.D., A model was used to estimate the association of changes in pollution levels with bronchitic symptoms. —Berhane et al. 2016.3444.

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