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APRIL 29, 2010

has formed the $10-million “Patriot’s Oil Shale Technology Fund L.P.”, to complete funding of the Phase 1 construction of a full-scale prototype oil shale plant under construction in Rock Springs, Wyoming. General Synfuels International (GSI), a subsidiary of Earth Search Sciences, Inc., Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In 2009, EMRE launched what it calls a “significant” new program to research and develop advanced biofuels from photosynthetic algae that are compatible with today’s gasoline and diesel fuels. Viridos Inc., The development partnership has continued over the years. —Vijay Swarup, vice president of Research and Development at ExxonMobil.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The researchers at the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers developed a process to make sustainable liquids similar to those obtained from petroleum by combining two normally independent technologies.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Berhad (SDR) (the research and development division of Sime Darby [SD], the world’s leading palm oil producer), have agreed to build and to operate a demonstration plant to produce cellulosic ethanol from palm oil Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). metric tons of EFB per day. metric tons of EFB per day.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

(CE) has received equity investment from two global energy companies: Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation; and Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital arm of Chevron Corporation. since 2015. It is a very important time for the air capture field right now.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced the continuation and expansion of its relationship with Unilever. The two companies have been collaborating since 2009 on the research and development of tailored oils utilizing Solazyme’s technology platform and Unilever’s broad knowledge in the consumer goods space.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Examples of emerging oil sands related technologies and trade-offs. The paper is an examination of how various choices about the scale of the life cycle analysis applied to oil sands (i.e., The source material is neither oil nor tar but bitumen, but is most generally described as an example of ultraheavy oil.”.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Neste Oil has successfully started up Europe’s largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Rotterdam plant has a capacity of 800,000 t/a and will increase Neste Oil’s total renewable diesel capacity to 2 million t/a. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget.

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

one of the world leaders in algae-based “Green Crude” oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, have entered a strategic joint development agreement aimed at taking production of algae crude oil a significant step toward commercialization. San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc.,

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JUNE 26, 2015

In a new, comprehensive study, a team from Argonne National Laboratory, Stanford University and UC Davis ITS has estimated the well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions of US production of gasoline and diesel sourced from Canadian oil sands. The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Accounting for 9.4%

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Coca-Cola Company and Ford Motor Company are collaborating on the first interior fabric made from the same renewable material used to produce Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle Technology packaging. Fabric made from PlantBottle Technology consists of up to 30% plant-based materials.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The results of this work are important to understand how to scale the technology for potential commercial deployment. Our work with Synthetic Genomics on algae biofuels continues to be an important part of our broader research into lower-emission technologies to help reduce the risk of climate change. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The results of nearly four decades of oil and natural gas research supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE) are now available through the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) OnePetro online document repository. The KMD debuted at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in October 2009.

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MAY 24, 2016

Sunlight Fuels Private Limited (Sunlight Fuels), headquartered in New Delhi, India, has entered into a second-stage Front End Loading (FEL-2) license agreement for IH 2 (Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion) technology with a Singapore-based affiliate of CRI Catalyst Company LP (CRI), a global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Italy-based oil and gas major Eni and PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela), the state-owned oil and gas corporation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, signed contracts for the creation of two joint ventures (Empresas Mixtas, Mixed Enterprises). billion barrels of oil equivalent). Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3028, 4 p.

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APRIL 24, 2010

Using innovative seismic-based technologies developed with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a Kansas drilling company has discovered an untapped, 10-foot-thick oil zone in a developed Colorado reservoir. discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo., Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan.,

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Total will not use carbon capture technology in the first phase of its Joslyn North Mine oil sands project, citing excessive cost. In 2009, the company suggested it was considering carbon capture and storage in its oil sands projects in Canada. Edmonton Journal. What we still need to improve is the cost aspect.

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MARCH 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012.

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MARCH 27, 2015

These tests resulted in the combined 115% freight efficiency improvement over a 2009 baseline truck. DTNA SuperTruck technology elements. Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its NExBTL renewable diesel refinery in the Port of Rotterdam. The facility is capable of using Neste Oil’s wide feedstock base consisting of a variety of vegetable oils, by-products of vegetable oil refining (e.g. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 9, 2012

BorgWarner’s Cam Torque Actuated (CTA) variable cam timing (VCT) technology ( earlier post ) with new mid-position lock system ( earlier post ) helps improve fuel economy for the 2012 Subaru Impreza. BorgWarner received a 2009 Automotive News PACE Award for this technology. The 2012 Impreza is powered by a new four-cylinder 1.6-liter

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

A team at China’s Southeast University in Nanjing is developing a process to improve the thermal stability and heating value of bio-oil produced using catalytic fast pyrolysis. The hydrocarbons increased with the increase of the catalyst percentages, and this contributed to the decrease of the oxygen content of the bio-oil.

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MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”. Conventional oil uses 0.1

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MAY 13, 2014

Increasing oil demand is requiring increasing imports; since 2009, China has been importing more than half of its petroleum needs. China Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Oil Policy' Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9 This continues a trend of significant growth in China’s transportation sector since the 1990s.

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MARCH 18, 2012

Bitumen production from the Canadian oil sands provides a point of reference that could be used to observe and better manage the land and water impacts of a rapid transition to unconventional fuels, suggests Dr. Sarah Jordaan of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

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MARCH 9, 2011

a renewable oils and bioproducts company, has executed a joint development agreement (JDA) and a letter of intent (LOI) with The Dow Chemical Company to advance the development of Solazyme’s algal oils for use in next-generation, bio-based dielectric insulating fluids key to transformers and other electrical applications.

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JUNE 25, 2009

For its Technology Day 2009 in Germany, BMW focused on describing its work with aerodyanmics, engines and transmissions in the context of its EfficientDyanmics development strategy. The new six-cylinder is also the first turbocharged power unit to come with a map-controlled oil pump to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

EPA released the latest edition of its annual report on trends in CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and powertrain technology for new personal vehicles in the US. The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. Technologies. l/100 km)—a 0.5

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APRIL 17, 2010

The Government of Canada has established a Heavy Oil Working Group. Comprising countries such as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela, the Heavy Oil Working Group will collaborate on clean energy research to reduce the impact of fossil fuel development. Minister Paradis.

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JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Rice University President David Leebron and Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Edmonton, Alberta outlining a research collaboration between nanoAlberta , part of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, and Rice’s Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology. Wade Adams.

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The 2008 USGS assessment estimated 3.0 billion barrels.

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MAY 9, 2009

Estimates of how much crude oil humans have extracted from the planet vary wildly (as do estimates on how much remains). UK researchers have published a new estimate of total crude oil extracted in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology that suggests we may have used more than we think. Resources.

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