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Chevron-led consortium executes Mexico deepwater contract

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An international consortium operated by Chevron Corporation’s subsidiary, Chevron Energía de Mexico, S de R.L. The consortium, which also includes partners Pemex Exploración y Producción and INPEX CORPORATION, was awarded the block on 5 December 2016, during Mexico’s 1.4

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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Saudi Arabia’s ambitions for an EV supply chain are part of the diversification of the national economy away from oil, a project guided by the government’s Vision 2030 reform plan announced in 2016.

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

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Chevron Corporation announced a $32.7 Included in the 2012 program are $3 billion of planned expenditures by affiliates, which do not require cash outlays by Chevron. First production is expected in 2016. Additional investments are expected to be funded by Chevron affiliates.

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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. By far the largest and the most consequential change in the input assumptions between the 2016 study and this current update is in battery costs for BEVs.

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euglena planning commercial production of biojet and renewable diesel from algae in Japan

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In June 2015, the company signed a Technology License Agreement for the ISOCONVERSION process with Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates (ARA). Construction is estimated to start in summer 2016 and to be completed by the end of 2017, with the planned start of operations in the first half of 2018. Earlier post.).

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

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Until 2016, Autopia vehicles were noisy, polluting two-stroke engines. 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. 2016 was also notably after EVs had proven themselves in the automotive realm.

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GlobalData: best performing wells in Permian break-even at as low as US$22 per barrel

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Well lateral lengths in the Permian have increased in average by more than 1,500 feet (ft) since 2016 to approximately 7,500 ft by the end of 2017, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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