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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The US Geological Survey has released its first estimate of the potential of undiscovered, technically recoverable onshore shale oil and gas resources in Alaska’s North Slope. Northern Alaska province showing boundaries of assessment units (AU). However, these shales also likely retain oil and gas that did not migrate.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Underground coal gasification company Linc Energy has completed the drilling of the LEA #1 exploration well in the Point Mackenzie Block of the Cook Inlet Basin in Alaska, USA. LEA #1 encountered a number of gas bearing horizons and 7" casing has been run and cemented. Earlier post.). —Linc Energy CEO Peter Bond.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Concept of the Alaska Southcentral LNG Project. The partners in the Alaska Pipeline Project (APP)—ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, and TransCanada— submitted a letter to Alaska Governor Sean Parnell describing their companies’ progress in advancing an Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced that $7 billion of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) supply agreements have been signed with 10 airlines for a total of 916 million gallons of blended SAF. Aemetis, Inc.,

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

The US Department of Energy; the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation; and ConocoPhillips will work together to test technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits on the Alaska North Slope. Methane hydrate consists of molecules of natural gas trapped in an open rigid framework of water molecules.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar outlined a proposed plan that will allow for additional access for oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) while also protecting wildlife and coastal resources. trillion cubic feet of discovered and undiscovered economically recoverable natural gas.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Renewable isobutanol company Gevo announced that the ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and Subcommittee D02.J As previously announced, Alaska Airlines is now poised to fly the first commercial test flight using Gevo’s renewable ATJ-SPJ fuel. J Ballot”). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Using existing fish processing plants, kelp and fish waste can be turned into a diesel-like fuel to power generators or fishing boats in rural, coastal Alaska, according to a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). —“ Kelp Energy Products and Marine Renewable Energy for Coastal Alaska Communities ”.

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MARCH 25, 2011

Alaska state senator Lesil McGuire has introduced a bill ( Senate Bill 109 ) that would grant $475 million in state investment tax credits toward development of plants converting natural gas-, coal- or biomass-to-liquids products (GTL, CTL or BTL = xTL) on the state’s North Slope. —Senator McGuire.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Map of Arctic Alaska Province (outlined in black) showing boundaries of the platform and fold-and-thrust belt assessment units in red. Arctic Alaska Province. The Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province encompasses all lands and adjacent continental shelf areas (i.e., Source: USGS. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 18, 2011

A fully instrumented well that will test innovative technologies for producing methane gas from hydrate deposits has been installed on the North Slope of Alaska. The “Ignik Sikumi” (Iñupiaq for “fire in the ice”) gas hydrate field trial well will be available for field experiments as early as winter 2011–12.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Every year, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posts an Annual Crude Average carbon intensity calculation, using the the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimator (OPGEE) Model. Crude oil from California, Alaska and 11 countries account for 95% of the volume supplied to California in any given year. Source: CARB.

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JULY 27, 2018

BP has agreed to acquire a portfolio of world-class unconventional oil and gas assets from BHP. The acquisition will bring BP extensive oil and gas production and resources in the liquids-rich regions of the Permian and Eagle Ford basins in Texas and in the Haynesville gas basin in Texas and Louisiana. billion boe.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, is supplying Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways with sustainable aviation fuel for flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

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JULY 11, 2010

The Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold a lease sale for oil and gas parcels in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) on 11 August, offering 190 tracts of land, totaling about 1.8 Currently, there are 310 authorized oil and gas leases totaling 3,026,633 acres in the NPR-A. million acres. Source: EIA.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, is proposing an underground coal gasification (UCG) project that would use the resulting syngas to fuel a new 100 MW combined cycle power plant. The syngas could also be upgraded to synthetic natural gas or synthetic liquid fuels. Power production could begin in early 2014. Source: CIRI.

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MAY 2, 2012

Conceptual rendering of CO 2 – CH 4 exchange methodology for the production of natural gas from hydrates. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the completion of a successful test of technology in the North Slope of Alaska that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates. Source: NETL.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

In its latest edition of the Short-Term Energy Outlook , the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that US crude oil production will average 10.3 million b/d in 2018—the highest annual average production in US history, surpassing the previous record of 9.6 US crude oil production averaged an estimated 9.3

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Under the contract, New Flyer can provide a wide range of products on its proven Xcelsior platform, including thirty-five-foot and forty-foot buses offered in electric, low-emission diesel-electric hybrid, low-emission compressed natural gas (CNG), and clean diesel propulsions. —Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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MAY 8, 2013

Methane hydrate—molecules of natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—represents a potentially vast methane resource for both the United States and the world. In addition, methane is itself a potent greenhouse gas, remaining in the atmosphere for about a decade before it is converted to carbon dioxide. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 25, 2012

The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017 (earlier post ) includes one potential special-interest lease sale in the Cook Inlet Planning Area (Sale 244). Currently, there are no active oil or gas exploration or development facilities in the federal waters there.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Development of unconventional energy resources in Alaska—including heavy oil and methane hydrates—could be accelerated under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2016

The Proposed Final Program offers 11 potential lease sales in four planning areas—10 sales in the portions of three Gulf of Mexico Program Areas that are not under moratorium and one sale off the coast of Alaska in the Cook Inlet Program Area. The vast majority of US offshore oil production occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

The four airlines—United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and Cathay Pacific—represent nearly 70% of all flights at SFO, while the four fuel producers include SFO’s two primary suppliers, Chevron Corporation and Shell Oil Company along with Neste and LanzaTech, Inc. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

The F-150 Lightning spent two weeks with Ford engineers in Alaska, providing the vehicle with some of its toughest and trickiest tests to date. Alaska was an ideal choice, especially as it offered extreme scenarios of what the truck will see on a daily basis.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Prior programs in Alaska have explored gas hydrate reservoir potential and alternative production strategies, and additional testing programs are in development. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 31, 2010

The Obama Administration will expand oil and gas development and exploration on the US Outer Continental Shelf, while protecting fisheries, tourism, and places off US coasts that it says are not appropriate for development. And the only way this transition will succeed is if it strengthens our economy in the short term and the long term.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Alaska Native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. The Anchorage, Alaska-based joint venture is developing syngas for power generation, synthetic liquid fuels and other industrial applications. Stone Horn Ridge’s production site will be on CIRI-owned land on the west side of Cook Inlet in Southcentral Alaska.

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MARCH 16, 2012

The steep decline in residual fuel demand related to users switching to natural gas. Supplies for refined products remained ample, with gasoline production of 9.1 Distillate fuel production also set a monthly record. Imports of crude oil and refined products fell in February by 0.7% Crude oil production rose 2.9%

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JANUARY 26, 2015

million acres of land and water in northeastern Alaska and is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System). This area of the coastal plain, also known as the “1002 Area,” was opened to limited oil and gas exploration. Source: FWS. Click to enlarge. Background.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. In 2012, seven new geothermal projects and additions came online in three different states.

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JUNE 22, 2012

Supplies of refined products were ample. US refinery production of all four major products—gasoline, distillate, jet fuel and residual fuels—outpaced domestic demand. US gasoline production of 9.092 million barrels per day was above 9.0 Exports of refined products increased 19.3% for the month, up 0.4

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge), US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has authorized the cancellation of the remaining seven oil and gas leases issued by the previous administration in the Coastal Plain. Protections in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Should EV charging stations be allowed where gas stations aren’t? However it has indicated that production models based on these concepts will include a mix of hybrid and internal combustion powertrains. GMC Hummer EV The 2024 GMC Hummer EV is in the company of gas-guzzlers on the latest list of “meanest” vehicles for the environment.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

US refinery gasoline production fell for the first time this year, down by 2.3% However, gasoline production remained at a record level on a year-to-date basis. Total imports of petroleum products were down for the month of July from last year by 14.7% oil and gas rigs reached a three-year high to 1,900.

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