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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”. Source: IHS CERA.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Researchers in Viet Nam and Belgium have developed a catalytic cracking process to convert vegetable oil sludge to renewable hydrocarbon fractions. Vegetable oil sludge is a major byproduct of vegetable oil factories, and consists of triglycerides (61%), free fatty acid (37%) and impurities (2%). 2010.10.060.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Neste Oil has successfully started up Europe’s largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel at the new plant—the company’s fourth—will be ramped up on a phased basis. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget.

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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 refinery has an annual production capacity of 800,000 metric tons or 1 billion liters (264 million gallons US) of renewable diesel and cost around €670 million (US$873 million) to build. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, will invest $16 billion in a planned joint venture project with Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA to develop the Carabobo 2 block in the southern Orinoco extra-heavy crude belt in Venezuela, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. oil sands). oil sands).

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MARCH 8, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore. The start-up of the Singapore plant, which produces NExBTL renewable diesel, took place in November 2010; production at the world’s largest renewable diesel plant has run smoothly since.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. Southeast Asia.

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MARCH 28, 2014

This is a key milestone toward commercial scale production, with initial results showing comparable system performance in the scale-up from our 4 barrel/day pilot system in Panama City, Florida to the 100 BBL/day demonstration system in St. A US patent was granted to ARA in 2010 on the CH process. — Rob Sues, CEO of ARA.

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JULY 3, 2010

Researchers from North Carolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels. Animal waste has tremendous energy potential. American J.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Neste Oil and Raisio have agreed on long-term cooperation regarding the utilization of Raisio’ss rapeseed oil surplus as a feedstock for Neste Oil’s NExBTL process. With this agreement, rapeseed oil produced in Finland will become a raw material source in the renewable diesel production of the Porvoo refinery.

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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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DECEMBER 26, 2011

(JAPEX), will postpone making a final investment decision (FID) for the Hangingstone Oil Sands Expansion Project ( earlier post ) in Alberta Province, Canada, based on a longer-than-expected approval process with the Alberta authorities. operations by more than 300%. bitumen pipelines and power transmission (by other parties).

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JUNE 10, 2012

Researchers in Spain have obtained high-quality transportation fuels (gasoline with RON >80 and diesel with cetane number >70) from oil obtained by the thermal cracking of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) using a bifunctional catalyst comprising Ni (7 wt %) deposited on a hierarchical Beta zeolite (Ni/h-Beta). in the period 2000-2010.

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JUNE 18, 2020

which was sold to Amazon in 2010. EcoCooling uses only ionized and cooled air and has none of the environmental hazards and costs related to oil-based fluids. Another big advantage is that it eliminates toxic fluid waste and fumes, in addition to minimizing CO 2 emissions, since no oil is used.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Reduced transmission friction thanks to the use of low viscosity oils. Variable flow oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump.

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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.

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JUNE 27, 2018

The goal, set in 2010, aimed to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30% per vehicle produced by 2025. metric tons from 2010 to 2017—equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

This investment enables Forge, a Canadian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) to further development of its Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology and to construct a first-of-kind, commercial plant with a production capacity of approximately 19 million liters per year (ML/y) (~5 million gallons US). C until the oxygen within is released.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Dagenham Engine Plant is Ford’s largest diesel engine production facility globally, and produced the first EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) in April this year.

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MARCH 2, 2011

New investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners, the largest investor in this new round; Bright Capital, the venture arm of RU-COM group, a diversified business group based in Russia; and Waste Management. The investment will also accelerate the development of additional major chemicals in Genomatica’s product pipeline.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The basic New Oil process. Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

First application is on the 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins. This application alone reduces petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds per year, reduces CO 2 emissions by 30,000 pounds per year, and represents a sustainable usage for wheat straw, the waste byproduct of wheat. Wheat is everywhere and the straw is in excess.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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MARCH 13, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff has released for public comment four new Tier 2 renewable diesel (RD) pathways using soy oil, used cooking oil, tallow, and corn oil at the Diamond Green facility in St. All of these co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero refinery.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Flowback water treatment is a critical sustainability issue for the oil and gas industry. Using biochar could help oil and gas companies save money and responsibly treat flowback water for reuse. One to five million gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals are required for the fracking of each well. —Maoqi Feng, SwRI.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

The State of Hawaii recently passed legislation to assist in funding a project that converts crops, crop residues, dedicated energy crops, and agricultural waste into biofuels and value-added co-products. no sunlight is needed—to create oil for biofuel and high-protein feed.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

EPA said it expects to see further methane emission reductions as the agency’s 2012 standards for the oil and gas industry become fully implemented. The program also collects data on the increasing production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) predominantly used in refrigeration and air conditioning. from the previous year.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The Oxford Catalysts Group has raised £21 million (US$34 million) before expenses from the conditional placing of 26,250,000 new shares, which will be used to accelerate its ongoing transition from a research and development organization to a commercial product company.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The facility will produce eight million gallons (24 kta) of ethanol and six megawatts (gross) of renewable energy annually from renewable biomass including yard wastes and municipal solid waste, wood and vegetative wastes. Earlier post.). AMEC was selected following an extensive evaluation process of qualified global EPC firms.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. Source: LanzaTech.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

AFS BioOil announced that initial tests conducted by the company since startup of the system confirm that production costs of biodiesel will be in the range of $2 per gallon when produced in a commercial system of 1 millon gallons/yr and greater. AFS BioOil was formed in 2010 as a spin out of Algae Floating Systems, Inc.

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MAY 9, 2011

One is with the Bio-energy and Bio-chemical Division of COFCO, China’s largest diversified products and services supplier in the agribusiness and food industry. The resulting intermediate product (the beer) passes on to the purification steps without the need for any additional input of energy. China has targets of 2.0 million and 10.0

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APRIL 16, 2013

The new agreement, which includes partners from the commercial aviation sector, follows the initial success of the 2010-2012 “Farm to Fly” initiative. The federal government and its partners hope to support the annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop in aviation biofuel by 2018. In July 2010, USDA, Airlines for America, Inc.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

In September, Gevo received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. Honeywell’s UOP is a recognized leader in refining process technologies to convert natural oils, animal fats and biomass to sustainable green fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The UGARF process produces a bio-oil that does not require additional refinement or processing before blending with bio- or petroleum diesel. Tolero CEO Chris Churchill said the company will focus on the transportation fuels market as it completes development of the UGARF bio-oil technology.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Between March 2009 and December 2010, Hailey engaged in a massive fraud scheme, selling more than 35 million RINs (representing 23 million gallons of biodiesel fuel) to brokers and oil companies, when in fact Clean Green Fuel had produced no fuel at all and Hailey did not have a facility capable of producing bio-diesel fuel.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Diversified Energy’s license agreement was terminated, according to Dr. Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. Step 2: deoxygenation.

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