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Study finds perennial biofuel crops’ water consumption similar to corn

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Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the sum total of water lost while the plant is growing, either from evaporation through the plant stem itself (a process called “transpiration”), or from water evaporated off of the plant’s leaves or the ground. —Hamilton et al.

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Overlay of the proposed plant site on the terrain.

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USGS finds US aquifers being drawn down at accelerating rate

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Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900-2008) comprehensively evaluates long-term cumulative depletion volumes in 40 separate aquifers (distinct underground water storage areas) in the United States, bringing together reliable information from previous references and from new analyses. For comparison, 9.2

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DOE Issues $12M FOA and $15M DOE Labs Program Announcement for FY09 to Support Development of Advanced Water Power Technologies

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In 2009, the DOE was appropriated $40 million to investigate advanced water power energy generation technologies. Conventional hydropower” refers to energy from any source that uses a dam, diversionary structure, or impoundment for electric power purposes.

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Henkel wins Surcar Global environmental footprint impact award for automotive paint pre-treatment process

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For example, while eliminating the use of heavy metals, such as zinc and nickel, it involves significantly fewer processing steps and less rinsing, which can reduce water consumption by 20%. Since its introduction to the market in 2008, the process has experienced exponential growth. We have reference customers on five continents.

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Douglas-Westwood: oil & gas industry need to push High-Pressure - High Temperature envelope

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HP / Extreme HP typically refers to borehole pressures between 10,000 - 20,000 psi; HT / Extreme HT refers to borehole temperatures between 300-400 ?F Pressures and temperatures outside these ranges are referred to as “Ultra-HPHT”, which represents the absolute limits of current technology. F (149-204 ?C).

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US BLM issues draft PEIS for oil shale and oil sands; significantly scales back public land available for commercial leasing

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Any new land allocation decisions made on the basis of the Final PEIS would replace the land allocation decisions made in 2008 that proposed making up to 2 million acres of public lands available for commercial oil shale leasing in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming and 431,000 acres available for oil sands leasing in Utah. Background.

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