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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The carbon intensity (CI) of Alberta oil sands production has significantly decreased over the last 40 years, according to a new study by a team from Stanford University published as an open access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Supplementary Information. System boundary for mining & upgrading pathway.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

EPA Region 10 has issued final air quality permits to Shell for oil and gas exploration drilling in the Alaska Arctic. EPA Region 10 issued similar OCS/PSD air permits to Shell in 2010. The permits set limits on air pollution from these vessels. EPA Region 10 revised the permits to address the issues raised by the Board.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

EPA established the current standards at a level of 70 parts per billion in 2015 and retained them in 2020, after concluding that there was little new information to suggest the need for revision. Between 2010 and 2022, national average ozone air quality concentrations have dropped 7%.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. This information will improve modeling capability of wellbore integrity and guide designs that can be used to reduce leakage. 788,000.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Five states (Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma) and the Gulf of Mexico supplied more than 80%, or 6 million barrels per day, of the crude oil (including lease condensate) produced in the United States in 2013, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). million barrels per day.

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MARCH 19, 2013

North Dakota crude oil production (including lease condensate) averaged an all-time high of 770,000 barrels per day in December 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Much of crude oil production in North Dakota is gathered and transported by truck to railcars leaving the state. Source: EIA.

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JULY 22, 2011

Summary of the current oil sands developments (mining and in-situ) and associated land use. Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent released an integrated monitoring plan for the oil sands region. fail in its goal of generating the data necessary to provide assurance that the oil sands are. design addresses.

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MARCH 28, 2012

The amount of crude oil the United States imported from its top five foreign suppliers—Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Nigeria—increased slightly during 2011, even though total US crude oil imports fell to their lowest level in 12 years, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. The study, published as an open access paper in the journal Nature Climate Change , shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions.

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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. ”. Flows through the Strait in 2011 were roughly 35 percent of all seaborne traded oil, or almost 20 percent of oil traded worldwide. ”. —US EIA.

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MAY 3, 2010

Concept of the subsea oil recovery system. BP is working to deploy a subsea oil recovery system over the largest leak source in the Transocean Deepwater Horizon Rig that it hopes will capture up to 85% of the oil rising from the sea floor following the sinking of Deepwater Horizon on 22 April. Produced May 3, 2010.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Those claiming that oil will continue to fall from here and remain low for evermore, however, are flying in the face of both history and common sense. The question we should be asking ourselves is not if oil prices will recover, but when they will. In other words, oil is a volatile market, but prices are in a long term upward trend.

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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.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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AUGUST 23, 2011

China’s apparent oil demand in July increased to 38.29 million barrels per day (b/d), as oil consumption appeared to have recovered after seasonal refinery maintenance, according to an analysis of recent Chinese government statistics by Platts. million mt of crude oil, or an average of 8.86 million b/d and 6.2% million mt.

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JUNE 4, 2013

billion, 8-year loan agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) for boosting production at the Sinovensa heavy oil joint venture in the Orinoco belt from 140,000 barrels per day to 330,000 barrels per day by 2016. The Orinoco Oil Belt Assessment Unit of the La Luna?Quercual Venezuela’s PDVSA signed a $4.0-billion, Schenk C.J.,

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OCTOBER 1, 2011

Summary of Sustainable VMT per Capita in 2050, compared to 2010 levels, under the eight scenarios analyzed in the report. Each scenario consists of one set of vehicle technology assumptions, one set of assumptions regarding either GHG emissions reductions or oil savings over time, and a corresponding projection of sustainable VMT per capita.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Petrobras’s drilling of a seventh well in the Tupi area ( earlier post ) confirmed the light oil potential in the pre-salt reservoirs, located in ultra-deep Santos Basin waters. The well was drilled in a higher structural position than the other wells in Tupi, and proved the discovery of light oil via a cable test. Light crude oil—i.e.,

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JANUARY 23, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Reference case projections for US energy markets through 2035. 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. million barrels per day in 2010. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Petrobras has confirmed the presence of oil and gas accumulations in the ultra-deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas basin, after completing a lined well formation test in the BM-SEAL-11 concession in Block SEAL-M-426. Information obtained to date is sufficient to confirm the discovery of a new oil province in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

According to an analysis by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), planned additions over the next two years to the US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve the bottleneck at Cushing, Oklahoma which has been caused by the oversupply of oil resulting from the growth of crude oil production in the US mid-continent and Canada.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates in the April 2010 release of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 6.6% in 2010 and 1.1% EIA projects that world oil consumption will grow by 1.5 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2010 and 1.6

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Argentina and Venezuela will form a joint venture targeting production of 100,000 barrels of extra-heavy oil per day in the Junin field area of the Orinoco Oil Belt. The US Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes extra-heavy oil as having an API gravity of less than 10°. billion project will also include a refinery. Source: EIA.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the reference case for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 ( AEO2010 ) released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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MAY 11, 2020

in 2019 to 5,130 million metric tons (MMmt), according to data in the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review. US energy-related CO 2 emissions declined by 2.8%

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APRIL 8, 2010

The result reinforces the estimations of the potential of 5 to 8 billion barrels of recoverable light oil and natural gas in the Tupi pre-salt area. Brazil’s Petrobras finalized the drilling of another well in the Tupi area which confirmed the potential of the pre-salt reservoirs in that area. Earlier post.)

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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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MAY 5, 2010

While this stopped one of the three leaks, oil continues to enter the Gulf of Mexico at a rate estimated at approximately 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons US) per day. Approximate oil locations from 1-5 May 2010 including forecast for May 6 based on trajectories and overflight information. Earlier post.). Produced 5 May.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign oil every day, and about 40% of that going to OPEC. [ Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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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. billion barrels) of petroleum and petroleum products according to the US Energy Information Administration.

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MAY 30, 2023

Within the menus is the information on servicing, temperature, tire pressure, and oil level, which lead to my first fault: The oil level sensor is nonoperational and has been since I took delivery. This a common problem, but an important one as BMW removed dipsticks long ago.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program collects annual greenhouse gas information from more than 8,000 facilities in the largest emitting industries, including power plants, oil and gas production and refining, iron and steel mills, and landfills.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

of the total diesel supplied to California that quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US Energy Information Administration, based on California Air Resources Board. Source: US Energy Information Administration, based on California Air Resources Board.

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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 If China’s use of petroleum continues to grow as projected, it is expected to replace the United States as the world’s largest net oil importer this fall. North America.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Keystone XL is a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from the US-Canadian border in Montana, through Cushing, Oklahoma, to refineries on the US Gulf Coast. In April 2010, the State Department released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public comment. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

BOEMRE analysts and decision makers will use the information developed by this study in future National Environmental Policy Act analyses and decision-making regarding potential energy development in the Chukchi Sea. The study will document physical and oceanographic features, ice conditions, and information concerning local species.

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