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MARCH 7, 2023

The cement-free EcoShield system is a breakthrough that delivers industry-standard zonal isolation capabilities while significantly minimizing impact from upstream oil and gas production. —Jesus Lamas, SLB’s president of Well Construction In well construction, cement is used to fill the space between well casing and the wellbore.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Animal fats and used cooking oil are increasingly joining the likes of lithium, cobalt and copper as energy transitional materials where supply constraints are of growing concern, according to a new analysis of trade flows by S&P Global Commodity Insights Agribusiness Consulting group.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

The composite blocks can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including the excavated soil at the construction site, but can also utilize waste materials such as mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and fiberglass from decommissioned wind turbine blades. barrel per ton of feedstock.

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JUNE 17, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Worley is providing engineering to implement the Axens North America renewable jet and diesel technology at the Riverbank site. Aemetis, Inc.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The extra waste heat generated from buildings, cars, and other sources in major Northern Hemisphere urban areas causes winter warming across large areas of northern North American and northern Asia. At the same time, the changes to atmospheric circulation caused by the waste heat cool areas of Europe by as much as 1 degree C (1.8

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APRIL 13, 2011

A new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) study shows finds that oil from algae grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could replace 17% of the United States’ imported oil for transportation. —Mark Wigmosta, lead author and a PNNL hydrologist.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its NExBTL renewable diesel refinery in the Port of Rotterdam. The facility is capable of using Neste Oil’s wide feedstock base consisting of a variety of vegetable oils, by-products of vegetable oil refining (e.g. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MARCH 2, 2022

million tons by the end of 2023 and we will be the only global provider of renewable products with a production footprint in North America, Asia and Europe. Neste’s regional headquarters in North America is in Houston, Texas, and the company employs more than 500 people across the US.

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 8, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its ISCC-certified renewable diesel plant in Singapore. It uses a variety of renewable feedstocks to produce NExBTL, including palm oil and side stream products of palm oil production from Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as waste animal fat from Australia and New Zealand.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Planned feedstocks include a mix of waste fats, oils and greases, including regionally-sourced vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil. This includes REG Geismar, a 75-million-gallon nameplate capacity plant located in Louisiana that was the first renewable diesel plant built in North America.

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AUGUST 8, 2014

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy —a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel ( earlier post )—as part of the airlines biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Based in Houston, Texas, Archaea Energy is a leading RNG producer, operating 50 RNG and landfill gas-to-energy facilities across the US, producing around 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d) of RNG. bp is a leading marketer of natural gas in North America, with many customers looking to decarbonize.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It is the company’s largest complex to send zero waste to landfill. When a facility is given landfill-free status, it means absolutely no manufacturing waste from the facility goes to any landfills. —Gary Johnson, Ford North America manufacturing vice president.

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JUNE 7, 2013

liter engine with Valvematic—a further development of VVT-i—a valve train technology which appears for the first time in North America with Corolla. The Corolla’s new LE Eco trim level is equipped with a 1.8-liter

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota Motor North America announced that it will build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach. When it comes online in 2020, Tri-Gen will generate approximately 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Waste generated by the facility, which manufactures all Volvo trucks sold in North America, is now recycled, composted or converted to electricity. NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant. Conserving 9,348 barrels of oil, or.

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JUNE 21, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Worley is providing engineering to implement the Axens North America renewable jet and diesel technology at the Riverbank site. Earlier post.) 200-million offtake agreement.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This transaction represents Fulcrum’s fourth major corporate investment and partnership following similar deals with United Airlines, Waste Management and Cathay Pacific. Entering into this strategic relationship with a global oil and gas company enhances the value of Fulcrum’s waste to fuel platform.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama proposed “ we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. American innovation has given us the greatest industrial capacity on Earth.

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JUNE 30, 2016

A key element of that partnership is a goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025. The three are also urging the G-20 to make commitments to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas sector and to improve the environmental performance of heavy-duty vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Super-emitters are facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure, typically in the fossil-fuel, waste, or agriculture sectors, that emit methane at high rates. Over its mission, EMIT will collect measurements of surface minerals in arid regions of Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Australia.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Paulo Sergio Kakinoff, chief executive officer of GOL, and Van Rex Gallard, vice president of Sales for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, signed a memorandum of understanding for biofuel collaboration at the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Forum 2013.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The backhoe loader is perfectly suited for electrification as the varied use cycles, from heavy to light work, provide an excellent opportunity to convert wasted diesel engine hours into zero consumption battery time—yet provide the operator with instantaneous torque response when needed.

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MARCH 6, 2013

The Energy Department also announced today that three new corporate partners—AMP Americas, Kwik Trip and Waste Management—are joining the National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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MARCH 12, 2013

DIBANET focuses on the conversion, by non-biological means, of the lignocellulosic biomass residues and wastes of Europe and Latin America to platform chemicals, such as levulinic acid and furfural, and biofuels. More specifically, DIBANET is advancing the art in the production of ethyl-levulinate from organic wastes and residues.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Sinopec has developed its own technology for producing aviation fuel from biomass and waste oil and has already produced aviation fuel meeting international standards. Airbus currently supports alternative fuel value chains in Australia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

A partnership with Cetrel, the largest provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, is focused on the production of biogas from sugarcane bagasse using enzymes. We live in a world where oil is limited and expensive, and the chemical industry is looking for alternatives to its petroleum-based products.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

As a result, microchannel Fischer Tropsch (FT) processes can operate economically when producing just 500 barrels per day of oil equivalent (boe) from a wide variety of carbon-containing wastes, while achieving greater productivities than for conventional FT reactors ( earlier post ).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Volvo Trucks North America unveiled an innovative SuperTruck demonstrator whose combination of advanced aerodynamics, vehicle and powertrain technologies achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 88%—exceeding the 50% improvement goal set by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Supertruck I program. for the D11 and 2.5% for the D13.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The two ships, with a length of 200 m and a capacity of about 4,500 vehicles, are to be used for vehicle shipment between Europe and North America. The two LNG ships will replace two of nine conventional freighters in the Siem fleet powered by heavy fuel oil from 2019 onwards. —Wolfram Thomas, Head of Group Production.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Subsequent to the SOTU address, the White House issued a “ Blueprint for an America Built to Last ” as an outline of the points the President made in his speech. Right now—right now—American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years. But with only 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

An EU-funded research project is seeking to develop new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels (DMB) from cellulosic biomass wastes in Europe and Latin America. Pyrolysis of some or all of the SR to produce a bio-oil and a biochar. Gasoline has an LHV of about 44 MJ/kg.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

The goal is to select a number of feedstocks including used cooking oil (which would otherwise be waste) and also algae. So far Airbus has value chains in Latin America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and with the Chinese value chain, Asia. Phase two will narrow down the most promising alternative fuel solutions.

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JULY 23, 2014

According to Sustainable America , the average American driver spends 16 minutes each day idling in his or her vehicle. Vehicle idling also results in Americans wasting approximately 3.8 A unique, two-piece oil pan made of aluminum and stamped steel offers a stiff structure and noise reduction.

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