2012, Chevron and Gas

Chevron approves next major Tengiz expansion project in Kazakhstan

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JULY 6, 2016

Chevron Corporation announced that its 50% owned affiliate, Tengizchevroil (TCO), will proceed with the development of its Future Growth and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP), which will increase crude oil production at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan by about 260,000 barrels per day. billion, which includes $27.1

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Chevron Oil 2012

Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chevron Corporation announced a $32.7 billion capital and exploratory spending program for 2012. Included in the 2012 program are $3 billion of planned expenditures by affiliates, which do not require cash outlays by Chevron. By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3

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Chevron 2012 Angola Saudi Arabia

Chevron, YPF sign to develop Vaca Muerta Shale; initial outlays of $1.2B

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JULY 17, 2013

A subsidiary of Chevron Corporation signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. that furthers the development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province. Earlier post.) The agreement calls for initial outlays of approximately $1.24 Earlier post.).

Chevron

Chevron Argentina Oil Corporation

Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips partner to explore 24 leases in Paleogene trend in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Chevron Corporation’s subsidiary, Chevron USA will now work with BP Exploration and Production Inc. (BP) Chevron has acquired an interest in Tiber and Gila from BP. Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips already held interests in the Gibson prospect. Malo project.

Chevron

Chevron Mexico Oil Louisiana

Chesapeake selling Permian and midstream assets for $6.9B; Chevron, Shell and EnerVest acquiring Permian assets for combined $3.3B

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

billion of term loans during the 2012 fourth quarter. The Permian Basin assets being sold produced approximately 21,000 barrels of liquids and 90 million cubic feet of natural gas per day during the 2012 second quarter, or approximately 5.7% a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. in June 2012 for approximately $2.0

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Chevron Delaware Oklahoma City Purchase

In aftermath of Chevron fire, California to tighten regulations on oil refineries

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JULY 15, 2016

The two regulations implement key recommendations of the Governor’s Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety, and are the result of a multi-year effort, including extensive consultation with workers, industry, NGOs, and communities, following a serious chemical release and fire at Chevron’s Richmond oil refinery in August 2012.

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Oil California Chevron Sacramento

GE Oil Gas Awarded $400+M Contract for Gorgon Natural Gas Projects; GE Turbomachinery to Drive LNG Production and World’s Largest CO2 Injection Project

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Artist’s rendering of a GE Frame-7 gas turbine, similar to the units that GE Oil & Gas is supplying for the Gorgon project. The Greater Gorgon Area—comprising the Jansz and Gorgon fields—has projected natural gas resources equivalent to 6.7 First gas is planned for 2014. First gas is planned for 2014.

Gas

Gas Oil Chevron South Korea

Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be; doubles stake in YPF SA

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

One of the world’s legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina’s shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production in South America’s largest unconventional prize—and a big boost for both supermajors and smaller players making big waves in the heart of new discovery areas. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

Argentina

Argentina Chevron Oil Gas

MIT researchers develop surface coatings to inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas pipelines

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APRIL 11, 2012

Clathrate hydrate formation and subsequent plugging of deep-sea oil and gas pipelines represent a significant bottleneck for deep-sea oil and gas operations. — Methane hydrates can freeze upon contact with cold water in the deep ocean, are a chronic problem for deep-sea oil and gas wells. Resources. David Smith, Adam J.

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MIT Oil Gas Chevron

Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky ‘Autopia’ ride, and quick

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park is “evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.” Just imagine how much more fun the ride could be if it were electric.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric Honda Pollution 2016

Disneyland announces Autopia will be all-electric within the next 30 months (Updated)

Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park was considering ditching gas engines soon. But the ride was sponsored by Chevron from 1998-2012, and that company is pretty dedicated to poisoning small children anyway, so it was apt.

All-Electric

All-Electric Gas-Electric Honda Gasoline-Electric

NREL/Chevron team characterizes chemical composition and properties of renewable diesels derived from FT, hydrotreating, and fermentation of sugar

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevron Corporation has examined the chemical composition and properties of several diesel fuels and blendstocks derived from Fischer?Tropsch McCormick (2012) Hydrocarbon Renewable and Synthetic Diesel Fuel Blendstocks: Composition and Properties. Christison, Rachel E.

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Chevron Diesel Renewable Oil

Oxford Catalysts sues CompactGTL for patent infringement on small-scale GTL

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

the US subsidiary of Oxford Catalysts Group, a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology,filed a case in the UK High Court against CompactGTL Limited alleging infringement of a number of the Group’s patents. Velocys, Inc., The Group continues to patent, with 87 patents having been granted in the past 12 months.

Chevron

Chevron Legal Gas Grant

ESP artificial lift company ZiLift secures £4M capital investment led by GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips JV

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Oil and gas services company Schlumberger defines artificial lift as any system that adds energy to the fluid column in a wellbore with the objective of initiating and improving production from the well. Artificial-lift systems use a range of operating principles, including rod pumping, gas lift and electric submersible pumps.

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Oil-Sands Companies Chevron Energy

California oil producer applies for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar-generated power

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

Seneca Resources Corporation is the exploration and production (E&P) segment of National Fuel Gas Company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Seneca explores for, develops and produces natural gas and oil reserves in California, Kansas and the Appalachian Region including the Marcellus and Utica Shales.

Oil

Oil Solar California Chevron

$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Prices for light oil are set at $67 per barrel and natural gas prices fixed at $7.50 According to the EIA , Argentina has over 800 trillion cubic feet of unproved technically recoverable shale gas reserves (more than the 622 tcf located in the US) and 27 billion barrels of shale oil, which is less than only the US, Russia, and China.

Argentina

Argentina Oil Oil Prices Chevron

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Chevron Oil

Hess plans to develop Tubular Bells field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico for estimated $2.3B

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Hess Corporation will proceed with the development of Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas project operated by Hess in the Gulf of Mexico. Drilling is scheduled to begin in 2012 and initial production is expected in 2014, subject to the receipt of necessary government permits. The development is estimated to cost $2.3

Mexico

Mexico Chevron Mississippi 2003

Rice study: higher ethanol blends require different approach to deal with vapor intrusion in buildings; extreme event, low probability

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

However, if methanogenic activity near the source zone is sufficiently high to cause advective gas transport, the methane indoor concentration may exceed the flammable threshold under simulated conditions. As liquid ethanol degrades into gaseous methane, it expands, driving advective flow and forcing the gas outward and upward.

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Building Chevron Gas Houston

Shell Starts Up 100K Barrel per Day Expansion in the Canadian Oil Sands

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

This AOSP expansion is one of a sequence of major projects that Shell intends will raise its global oil and gas production by 11% over the 2009 - 2012 period. Shell Canada Energy is 60% owner and operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) along with Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Corporation (20%).

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Oil-Sands Oil Chevron Canada

UK Government approves Statoil’s US$7B development of North Sea Mariner heavy oil field

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

North Sea oil and gas is a vital asset. billion commitment over 40 years from Statoil is a vote of confidence in the future of UK oil and gas. The Government is working hard with industry to ensure North Sea oil and gas continues to provide energy security and jobs. The oil is heavy with API gravities of 14.2

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Mariner Oil Climate Change 2007

Opinion: Can Argentina Capitalize On Its Vast Shale Reserves?

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

Experts have kept a watchful eye on Argentina ever since the US Energy Information Administration identified the nation as holding the world’s second largest shale gas and fourth largest shale oil reserves. This translates to an estimated 802 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas and 27 billion barrels of oil.

Argentina

Argentina Oil Oil Prices Environment

Heidi On The Hot Seat

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.

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Los Angeles Climate Change Climate Obama

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

2012, Reaction Design is continuing the research and assembly of the most complete and accurate fuel mechanisms available today through the Model Fuel Library subscription service. With the MFC coming to an end in Dec.

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Fuel Design Engine Emissions

Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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MARCH 17, 2012

This framework includes electricity and natural gas used in the production of hydrogen. The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company. Kolb (2012) Analysis of Energy Use and CO 2 Emissions in the US Refining Sector, With Projections for 2025. Hirshfeld and Jeffrey A.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Emissions CO2

DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

Daimler and BP; GM and Shell; Chevron, UTC Power and Hyundai-Kia; and Ford and BP.) of the H2A Production model indicated that on-site natural gas reformation could lead to a cost range of roughly $8–$10/kg and on-site electrolysis could lead to a hydrogen cost of $10–$13/kg. Saur (2012) National Fuel Cell Electric. Resources.

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Gasoline Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

So we set out to show the industry what needed to be done so that the Flying Js, the Chevrons, the BPs of the world would understand that this needs to be built and that they had some support in doing so. To me, hydrogen is a way that the oil and gas industry can stay relevant. Rustam Kocher: There is. What are they good at?

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Fleet Portland Charging Building

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Auerbach’s calculations project that “ In order to meet the administration’s renewable energy goals, $217 billion will be required by 2012. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy

The Curious Case of Buying A New State Senator From The South Bay

Creative Greenius

MAY 21, 2014

Billy’s no doubt spreading his Benjamins (try not to visualize that) because he wants less regulation, more development and someone who won’t stand up for the climate against greenhouse gas emitters and polluters. The joke will be on Chevron and Oxy oil then, won’t it!? But Billy Bloomfield isn’t alone.

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Chevron Buy Climate Change California

EV Driven

Chevron approves next major Tengiz expansion project in Kazakhstan

Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

Chevron, YPF sign to develop Vaca Muerta Shale; initial outlays of $1.2B

Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips partner to explore 24 leases in Paleogene trend in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Chesapeake selling Permian and midstream assets for $6.9B; Chevron, Shell and EnerVest acquiring Permian assets for combined $3.3B

In aftermath of Chevron fire, California to tighten regulations on oil refineries

GE Oil Gas Awarded $400+M Contract for Gorgon Natural Gas Projects; GE Turbomachinery to Drive LNG Production and World’s Largest CO2 Injection Project

Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be; doubles stake in YPF SA

MIT researchers develop surface coatings to inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas pipelines

Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky ‘Autopia’ ride, and quick

Disneyland announces Autopia will be all-electric within the next 30 months (Updated)

NREL/Chevron team characterizes chemical composition and properties of renewable diesels derived from FT, hydrotreating, and fermentation of sugar

Oxford Catalysts sues CompactGTL for patent infringement on small-scale GTL

ESP artificial lift company ZiLift secures £4M capital investment led by GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips JV

California oil producer applies for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar-generated power

$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Hess plans to develop Tubular Bells field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico for estimated $2.3B

Rice study: higher ethanol blends require different approach to deal with vapor intrusion in buildings; extreme event, low probability

Shell Starts Up 100K Barrel per Day Expansion in the Canadian Oil Sands

UK Government approves Statoil’s US$7B development of North Sea Mariner heavy oil field

Opinion: Can Argentina Capitalize On Its Vast Shale Reserves?

Heidi On The Hot Seat

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

The Curious Case of Buying A New State Senator From The South Bay

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