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AUGUST 5, 2016

Under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), crude oil producers may generate credits for oil that has been produced using innovative methods and delivered to California refineries for processing. Seneca Resource Corporation (Seneca) has applied for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar generated electricity.

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Oil Solar California Chevron 150

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MARCH 13, 2016

Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Shell invested in multiple rounds and formed a JV with Iogen, but terminated the JV in 2012.

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Alternative Fuels Oil Chevron Fuel 225

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MAY 14, 2012

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a 50-50 joint venture between Chevron Products Company and Lummus Technology, has joined ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative to develop drop-in biofuels. ARA has developed a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) are partnering with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. Resonance is a member of the mustard oilseed crop family, and was introduced into commercial production in Canada in 2012.

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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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AUGUST 9, 2016

France-based Total is the first oil supermajor aggressively to enter new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, notes Lux Research in a new report : “Superpower Darwinism: What Big Oil Can and Cannot Do About Total’s Billion-Dollar Battery Move.”.

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APRIL 10, 2013

US DRIVE (Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability), a non-binding and voluntary government-industry partnership focused on advanced automotive and related infrastructure technology research and development (R&D), has released its 2012 Technical Accomplishments Report. Earlier post.).

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2012 Fuel Chevron Vehicles 231

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MAY 4, 2011

The 100,000 barrels-per-day expansion takes upgrading capacity at Scotford to 255,000 barrels-per-day of heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands. The Scotford Upgrader processes oil sands bitumen from the Muskeg River Mine and Jackpine Mine. The announcement marks the first commercial production from the upgrader expansion.

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Chevron 186

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MARCH 21, 2019

California air quality regulators released a report recommending actions to improve emergency and routine air monitoring at California’s major oil refineries and in the communities that surround them. The fire raised concerns related to refinery maintenance and safety, and emergency preparedness, at and near California’s oil refineries.

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California Chevron Pollution Oil 191

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approved the field development plan put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. The average production is estimated at around 55,000 barrels of oil per day over the plateau period from 2017 to 2020. Location of the Mariner field.

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Mariner Oil Climate Change 2007 225

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Shell, as operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), announced the successful start of production of a 100,000 barrels per day expansion of its oil sands operations in Canada. The Jackpine Mine adds capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day to the existing Muskeg River Mine capacity of 155,000 boe per day.

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Oil-Sands Oil Chevron Canada 210

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. Earlier post.]. Earlier post.].

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Argentina Chevron Oil Gas 319

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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 hydroisomerized camelina oil. hydroisomerized algal oil. hydroisomerized algal oil. In their paper, Smagala et al.

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Chevron Diesel Renewable Oil 231

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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 225

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

In June 2015, the company signed a Technology License Agreement for the ISOCONVERSION process with Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates (ARA). crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Japan Renewable Diesel Isuzu 150

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JUNE 25, 2011

The carbon capture process at the Scotford oil sands upgrader will capture about 35% of emissions. The signing of the funding agreement was announced as part of an event marking the earlier start-up of Shell’s 100,000-barrel-per-day expansion of its Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP), bringing total capacity to 255,000 barrels per day.

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Oil-Sands Oil CO2 Canada 186

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Opened in 1955, Autopia was originally sponsored by Richfield Oil (which later merged into ARCO), and then by Chevron from 2000 to 2012. Since 2016, the attraction has been sponsored by Honda. EV production. Honda says battery-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles will make up 100% of its global sales by 2040.

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Los Angeles Honda Gasoline-Electric Chevron 52

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MAY 12, 2011

developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass ( earlier post ), has signed a ground fuel supply agreement with FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. from KiOR’s first commercial production facility in Columbus, MS, which is scheduled to commence production in the second half of 2012. Earlier post.).

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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. ” What a no-brainer.

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Climate Change Climate Chevron Oil 358

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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. billion barrels of oil (boe). The award further strengthens GE Oil & Gas’ strategic role in the Gorgon project. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). First gas is planned for 2014.

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Gas Oil Chevron South Korea 210

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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. heavylift is intended to produce heavy oil and sand reliably at high temperatures. Source: Schlumberger. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Companies Chevron Energy 210

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JANUARY 8, 2013

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels or intermediates—with Chevron Lummus Global’s ISOCONVERSION process technology to create drop-in biofuels that will be ready to use at 100% levels in jet and diesel engines, eliminating the need for blending with petroleum-derived fuels. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Emissions Chevron Engine Fuel 225

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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

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Mexico Chevron Mississippi 2003 170

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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% The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions CO2 247

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MAY 3, 2011

KiOR expects to begin production at its Columbus facility in the second half of 2012. KiOR combines a proprietary catalyst system with a biomass-to-renewable crude conversion technology to produce a high-quality oil called Re-Crude using a process similar to Fluid Catalytic Cracking used in the oil industry.

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Gasoline Renewable Columbus Diesel 170

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MARCH 20, 2013

Oxford Catalysts says that its patents are high profile, having been cited more than 3,000 times in other patents, including those of: Air Liquide; Air Products; Chevron; ConocoPhillips; ExxonMobil; Linde; Marathon; Praxair; Shell; Texaco; Total / Fina; Uhde; and UOP.

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Chevron Legal Gas Grant 225

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APRIL 1, 2015

The question today is just how much Argentina is willing to change and how this plays into a low oil price environment that is already negatively impacting investment elsewhere. This translates to an estimated 802 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas and 27 billion barrels of oil.

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Argentina Oil Oil Prices Environment 150

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JULY 2, 2011

The capacity of the 900-mile (1,500-km) pipeline, which carries crude oil from western Kazakhstan to a dedicated terminal in the Black Sea, will increase to 1.4 The project will be implemented in three phases with capacity increasing progressively from 2012 to 2015. Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company: 15%. LUKARCO B.V.:

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Kazakhstan Chevron Oil Miles 210

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JULY 22, 2009

Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Details Behind the Conference.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

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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AUGUST 12, 2019

For 2011 and 2012, 24 small refineries were granted an exemption under this provision. There is simply no legal or economic justification for more handouts to oil giants like Exxon and Chevron -- especially when those exemptions come at the expense of families facing the worst rural downturn in modern memory.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 21, 2014

A Curious Question: Why does the right wing front group that helps Chevron and Occidental Petroleum launder its money for pro-oil candidates, the “Alliance For California’s Tomorrow, A California Business Coalition” keep pumping more and more money into Manhattan Beach Mayor, Amy Howorth’s campaign?

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