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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The goal of this project is to leverage the resources of both program offices to support state-of-the-art research and development into geothermal power generation technology using co-produced fluids from older oil and gas operations. million homes a year from these resources by 2020. million barrels of co-produced hot water.

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APRIL 28, 2014

The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. million), four-year SOLAR-JET project was launched in June 2011 and is receiving financial support (€2.2 Click to enlarge. million (US$4.3-million), million / US$3.0 Scheffe J.R.,

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APRIL 6, 2011

Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. A new EIA-sponsored study by Advanced Resources International, Inc. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Water splitting for hydrogen production consists of two half cell reactions; the hydrogen evolution reaction requires catalysts. Yet functional and robust catalysts operating with reasonable current densities (J) at low overpotentials (η) in water are scarce. A paper on the work appears in the RSC journal Chemical Science.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Water consumption intensity of ethanol from corn grain and crop residue and the avoided/displaced water use credits assigned to coproducts: DGS and electricity. In their paper, Mishra and Yeh analyze the lifecycle water requirement consumption and withdrawal requirements of ethanol produced from corn and from crop residue.

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MAY 10, 2011

A study by Duke University researchers has found evidence of methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction via directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies. high levels of methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites. Source: Osborn et al. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 17, 2011

A team from the University of Plymouth (UK) and Environment Canada has identified, for the first time, individual soluble naphthenic acids (NA) in the process water resulting from the oil sands industry in Canada. Frank (2011) Diamonds in the Rough: Identification of Individual Naphthenic Acids in Oil Sands Process Water.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Canadian oil sands are a complex mixture of sand, clays, water, and bitumen. For surface mining oil sands production, a hot water extraction process (HWEP) has been widely applied. In this process, hot water and processing aids are mixed with oil sands to liberate bitumen from the minerals by shearing the oil sand particles.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. Earlier post.). simulated sunlight. constructing a simple, stand-alone device composed of.

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APRIL 28, 2011

A team led by the University of Alberta has confirmed that inorganic mercury (Hg) found worldwide in ocean water is transformed into monomethylmercury (MMHg)—a potent and bio-accumulative neurotoxin—in the seawater. Kirk (2011) Methylation of inorganic mercury in polar marine waters. Fitzgerald and Thomas W.

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APRIL 14, 2017

The advancement could significantly boost the production of hydrogen from sunlight by using the cell to split water at a higher efficiency and lower cost than current photoelectrochemical approaches. Beard and other NREL scientists in 2011 published a paper in Science that. The research is outlined in a paper in Nature Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Net positive RF (warming) contributions arise from CO 2 , water vapor, NO x , and soot emissions, and from contrail cirrus (consisting of linear contrails and the cirrus cloudiness arising from them). Using normalization to aviation fuel use, the contribution of global aviation in 2011 was calculated to be 3.5 (4.0, —Lee et al.

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JULY 12, 2011

Google Tech Talk: Save the Uranium-233 to Save Solar System Exploration (January 2011). Schiff’s amendment is supported by the American Physical Society, the American Institute for Physics, the American Geophysical Union and the American Astronomical Society. NASA: Expanding Frontiers with Radioisotope Power Systems.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In the Arctic frontier, cautious exploration—under the strongest oversight, safety requirements, and emergency response plans ever established—can help us expand our understanding of the area and its resources, and support our goal of continuing to increase safe and responsible domestic oil and gas production.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Estimated extractable power (GW) from the difference of salinity in different countries, based on flow of river water emptying into the ocean. The entropic energy created by the difference in water salinities is normally dissipated when river water flows into the sea. Credit: ACS, La Mantia et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers in Germany have produced a hydrocarbon-based bio-crude and non-condensable gases from the thermal degradation of free fatty acids and animal fat in the presence of water and sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3 , a sodium salt of carbonic acid commonly used as a water softener). Bernd Weber, Ernst A.

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MAY 22, 2012

Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. Report 2011-5210, 45 p. and OCS Study BOEM 2011–016. Lorenson, T.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L.,

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JULY 21, 2011

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Rice University led by RPI Professor Nikhil Koratkar have shown that flowing water with various molarities of hydrochloric acid (HCl) over graphene generates induced voltages an order of magnitude higher as compared to carbon nanotubes. Credit: ACS, Dhiman et al. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

SOLVE adds a solvent to the steam in SAGD (basic operation depicted above) to reduce energy input and water consumption. Unlike surface mined oil sands, in-situ recovery involves much less land disturbance, but still requires the use of water and natural gas in the steam production process. Source: StatoilHydro. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to the grid. Frank Tuffner, Michael Kintner-Meyer (2011) Using Electric Vehicles to Meet Balancing Requirements Associated with Wind Power (PNNL-20501).

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MAY 21, 2014

Dresser-Rand will showcase its Guascor biogas engines—with ratings from 140 to 1240 kW—to visitors attending the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference & Exhibition 2014. a leading supplier of diesel and gas engines, in 2011. Dresser-Rand acquired Grupo Guascor S.L.,

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In addition, power plants using internal combustion engines tend to require significantly less water than similarly sized combined-cycle or simple-cycle natural gas turbine plants. Power plants with large reciprocating engines are often located in states with significant renewable resources, specifically wind generation.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Under present weather conditions, miscanthus and switchgrass utilized more water than maize for total seasonal evapotranspiration by approximately 58% and 36%, respectively. This is good for maximizing the amount of biomass that an acre of land can produce, Kumar said, but it also increases water use. Water is a significant issue.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. Manufacturing Sustainability Water' Studies (Faverjon et al.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

On 20 August, the Indonesian-flagged 52,400 dwt bulk carrier Nur Allya , loaded with nickel ore, was reported missing in Indonesian waters. In presences of dynamic loading at seas, the loose material on board the vessel tends to be compacted resulting in a decrease of intergranular spaces and increase of water pressure in the pore spaces.

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JULY 29, 2011

Agaves have many favorable characteristics such as high productivities, sugar content and an ability to grow in naturally water-limited environments. Our analysis highlights the promising opportunities for bioenergy production from agaves in arid or semi-arid regions, causing minimum pressure on food production and water resources.

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APRIL 13, 2011

The study also found that shows that water use for algae cultivation is much less if algae are grown in the US regions that have the sunniest and most humid climates: the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes. The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research. gallons of water per mile driven.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

A team from the Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, reports on the use of graphene, graphene oxide, sulfonated graphene, and sulfonated graphene oxide (SGO) for the dehydration of xylose to furfural in water in a paper published in the journal Carbon. Earlier post.). —Lam et al. Edmond Lam, Jonathan H.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Halophytes which produce plenty of biomass using saline resources (water and soil) may be an important alternative. “These plants do not compete for good quality water and productive farmlands. ” Resources. “They could also help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by absorbing carbon dioxide to make food.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is entering a new state, one with warmer air and water temperatures, less summer sea ice and snow cover, and a changed ocean chemistry. C) greater than the 1981-2010 baseline period.

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JULY 23, 2012

Nexen has major positions in three of the world’s most significant conventional basins: the UK North Sea, Offshore West Africa and the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. With 300,000 acres shale gas lands in the Horn River, Cordova and Liard basins in northeastern British Columbia, it has enough resources to double Nexen’s proved reserves.

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MARCH 31, 2013

Approximately 100 ExxonMobil employees are responding to the incident in addition to federal, state, and local resources. Approximately 4,500 barrels of oil and water (189,000 gallons US) have been recovered. Principal producers of Wabasca include Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources. wt% sulfur content (i.e.,

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MARCH 12, 2011

Butyric acid decarboxylates in supercritical water to give propane as the major product at 454 °C and 25 MPa. 3HB undergoes joint dehydration and decarboxylation in subcritical water to yield propylene at 371 °C and 25 MPa with yields of up to 48 mol %. Peterson, Jefferson W. Fischer, Andrew A. Peterson, Jefferson W.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

The result is a robust and self-healing super-slippery surface that is highly repellent to virtually any environmental challenge such as crude oil, cement, water, ice, biofouling, chemicals, paints, oils, and insects. The company’s technology platform was created by Prof. Tak-Sing Wong, Sung Hoon Kang, Sindy K. Tang, Elizabeth J.

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

AOSC) announced that the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water has issued full regulatory approval for the MacKay River commercial oil sands project to MacKay Operating Corp. The company filed the application on December 10, 2009 and MacKay Opco received the final approval on December 23, 2011.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The MOU comes on the heels of an upcoming newly developed policy for the Navajo Nation—one that intends to protect the energy, natural resources and assets of the nation, create a self-sustaining economic future, and supply Navajo communities with the benefits afforded by energy development through total resource sovereignty.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Researchers at Stanford, with colleagues at University College Cork in Ireland, have shown how to increase the power of corrosion-resistant solar cells, setting a record for solar energy output under water. Four years ago, McIntyre's lab made solar cells resistant to corrosion in water. —Scheuermann et al.

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