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JULY 20, 2011

an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, will acquire oil sands producer OPTI Canada Inc for approximately US$2.1 The principal asset of OPTI consists of a 35% working interest in the Long Lake and three other oil sands project areas located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta. CNOOC Luxembourg S.a

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JULY 25, 2013

World energy consumption by fuel type, 2010-2040. The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) to 820 quadrillion Btu. Source: IEO2013.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

To be sited at Jie Yang City, Guangdong Province, the Nanhai refinery will be operational in early 2015, with a capacity to process 400,000 barrels of heavy and extra heavy crude oil per day (400 kbd) from the Orinoco Oil Belt. Oil and Gas Journal (OGJ) pegged Venezuela’s 2011 reserves at 211 billion barrels, up from 99.4

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JANUARY 18, 2013

In its latest Oil Market Report , the International Energy Agency (IEA) raises its forecast for global consumption of oil to 90.8 A raised 4Q12 demand estimate and heightened expectations for China are the main contributors to the hike. Global crude oil supplies fell by 170 kb/d in December, to 91.2

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AUGUST 31, 2011

World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. Source: Worldwatch Institute. Click to enlarge. billion liters abroad, a 300% increase over 2009.

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DECEMBER 31, 2011

million bbl/d in 2009-2010. Flows through the Strait in 2011 were roughly 35 percent of all seaborne traded oil, or almost 20 percent of oil traded worldwide. ”. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. million bbl/d was crude oil.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Venezuela’s PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela SA) will invest about $14 billion to develop the Junin 10 block in the Orinoco extra heavy oil belt in Venezuela, according to a tweet sent out by Rafael Ramirez, the Venezuelan petroleum minister. degree API crude to upgraded crude of 35.7

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Global energy intensity, 1981-2010. Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

United States M&A activity for upstream oil and gas deals set records in 2011 for both deal values and deal counts, according to PLS, Inc., a provider of information, marketing and advisory services for the oil and gas industry. We expect continued strong activity in oil and liquids-rich resource plays in 2012. billion in 2010.

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MAY 26, 2014

The four major customers for the project’s output are China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. Construction of PNG LNG in Papua New Guinea began in 2010, and took more than 190 million work hours to complete. In addition to ExxonMobil PNG Limited, co-venturers are Oil Search Limited, National Petroleum Company of PNG, Santos Ltd.,

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APRIL 12, 2010

ConocoPhillips has entered into definitive agreements with subsidiaries of China-based Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (SIPC) to sell its 9.03% interest in Syncrude for $4.65 The transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2010 once Canadian and Chinese government approvals are obtained.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China) demonstrated the efficient production of hydrogen from bio-oil via an electrochemical catalytic reforming method over a CoZnAl catalyst. A paper on their work appears in the Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics. Shao-bin Lin et al.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% seen in 2010, according to the newly released BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2012. China alone accounted for 71% of energy consumption growth. The fossil fuel mix continues to change with oil, the world’s leading fuel at 33.1% Coal’s market share of 30.3%

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Net petroleum imports as a share of total US liquid fuels consumed drop from 49% in 2010 to 38% in 2020 and 36% in 2035 in AEO2012. Under the Reference case, domestic crude oil production is expected to grow by more than 20% over the coming decade; already, domestic crude oil production increased from 5.1

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Afton Chemical Corporation has opened a new fuel and lubricant additive Research and Development laboratory in Suzhou, China. The Suzhou manufacturing facility was one of 4 sites acquired by Afton through their 2010 acquisition of Polartech Metalworking Additives. Ltd manufacturing facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries. However, by 2040, China and India are expected to increase their levels by more than 500%. liters per 100 km) in 2010.

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JULY 11, 2010

A study by researchers in China has identified a catalyst—NiMoW—for the hydrotreating of the diesel distillate fraction from Fushun shale oil under relative mild conditions to produce a product that can be directly used as a transportation fuel. In China, reserves of oil shales account for about 500,000 billion tons.

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). In terms of fuels, 44% of the estimated CO 2 emissions in 2010 came from coal, 36% from oil, and 20% from natural gas. tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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MAY 24, 2009

An executive at Sinopec’s institute for economic and technology research predicted that China’s oil demand will increase by up to one third by 2015 as car ownership grows fast from its current low base. By way of comparison, in 2008, the US consumed approximately 967 million tonnes (7.1

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JULY 8, 2012

BC emission map of China at 0.1° × 0.1° East and West China are separated by a dashed line from Qiqihar, Yinchuan, to Kunming. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. for year 2007. Major emission areas are marked.

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US production and consumption of ethane (a hydrocarbon gas liquid used almost exclusively as a feedstock in the petrochemical industry) has grown since 2010, along with the build-out of US petrochemical capacity. US ethane exports to China increased 50% from 2021 to a record-high average of 157,000 b/d in 2022. million b/d in July.

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MAY 9, 2011

UK-based TMO Renewables Ltd, the developer of a novel thermophilic bacterium and process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol ( earlier post ), has entered into two separate technology partnerships in China. China has targets of 2.0 million tonnes of fuel ethanol production in 2010 and 2020. —Hamish Curran, CEO of TMO.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

An alternative method is its primary conversion into bio-oil by fast pyrolysis. Hydrogen produced from bio-oil provides a new route for use of bio-oil. Studies on steam reforming of bio-oil or bio-oil model component showed promising results. Bio-oil was reformed in a fixed-bed reactor.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply.

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In 2010, I was consulting to Canadian National Railroad, at the time with the legendary Hunter Harrison as CEO. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space.

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APRIL 25, 2010

—China’s largest independent auto producer and exporter&mash; signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on electric vehicle technology in the world’s largest auto market. Our collaboration with Chery is just the beginning for Better Place in China. Better Place and Chery Automobile Co.—China’s

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JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?

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MARCH 29, 2010

Researchers at Japan’s Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), in a project funded by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), have successfully developed a method to extract oil from algae using liquefied dimethyl ether (DME) at room temperature in high yield. MPa in this study.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Researchers at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have converted the marine macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera , one of the main algae genera for “green tide”—massive algal blooms caused by eutrophication of marine water bodies—to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction in a batch reactor at temperatures of 220-320 °C. and Enteromorpha sp.,

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MARCH 26, 2019

Gas demand growth was especially strong in the United States and China. The Global Energy & CO 2 Status Report provides a high-level and up-to-date view of energy markets, including latest available data for oil, natural gas, coal, wind, solar, nuclear power, electricity, and energy efficiency. Oil demand grew 1.3%

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MAY 21, 2010

The transaction is subject to government approvals in Brazil and China. The consideration is based on an effective date of 1 January 2010 and subject to customary adjustments. Statoil (then Norsk Hydro) acquired 50% in the discovery in 2005, and the remaining 50% and its operatorship in 2008.

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JULY 6, 2011

China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd. has selected Honeywell’s UOP technology to convert methanol into building blocks for chemical products at an existing coal chemical complex in China. Located in Nanjing, China, the facility will be one of the world’s first methanol-to-olefin production facilities.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In their study, they used three different alternative powertrain/fuel models: less aggressive, moderately aggressive and very aggressive, applied across four developed economies (United States, Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea) and four developing economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Source: Belzowski and McManus. South Korea.

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JUNE 9, 2012

Researchers in China report the production of gasoline and diesel from coal tar via an optimized catalytic hydrogenation using two serial fixed beds, the first with a hydrofining catalyst of MoNi/?-Al In 2010, China’s coke output reached 387.571 million tons, accounting for 61.6% Flow diagram of coal tar hydrogenation process.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

However, regional differences are “substantial&rdquo, with emissions in China and India increasing by 9 and 6 percent, respectively. “ While emissions from oil and gas have decreased, emissions from coal have remained stable; the share of coal as a fuel has increased. China also has a large export sector. Resources.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 The rapidly industrializing economies of China and India fueled much of Asia’s demand increase, growing 2.8 Increased consumption in 2010 reflected improving economic conditions. million bbl/d.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

The photo-bioreactors which are at the heart of the McConchie-Stroud algae production technology are designed to generate four revenue streams: oils which can be refined into biodiesel; carbohydrates (sugars) that can be used in the production of ethanol; proteins that can be used as feedstock for farm animals; and.

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