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MAN D3876 engine ensures high thrust and future-proofing in PistenBully 800; engine basis for possible H2 variant

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In addition, the specialists for off-road engines from MAN Engines optimized the oil pan and oil pump of the MAN D3876. —Werner Kübler, Head of Engineering MAN Engines Specifically, the MAN D3876 in the PistenBully 800 offers one third more thrust than all snow groomers currently available on the market.

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US BLM issues draft PEIS for oil shale and oil sands; significantly scales back public land available for commercial leasing

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The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

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IHS Markit: 10 MMb/d of oil production cuts coming

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IHS Markit Crude Oil Markets service expects up to 10 MMb/d of world oil production will be cut or shut-in from April to June 2020 as oil storage fills up and output from financially strapped companies begins to fall. If oil cannot be sold or stored, it cannot be produced. Something has to give. And it will.

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European aviation sector and NGOs agree on sustainability of future fuels

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One of the key elements is a regulatory framework that guarantees future-proof sustainability requirements. In the first phase of SAF deployment through 2025, waste oils are the likeliest source of low-carbon fuel due to their low carbon intensity and ease of conversion.

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Biden Administration greenlights ConocoPhillips Willow project in Alaska

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The Record of Decision (ROD) reduces the size of the project by denying two of the original five drill sites proposed by ConocoPhillips, which is seeking to develop oil and gas leases it acquired beginning in the late 1990s. The Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak. Earlier post.)

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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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Due to the collapse in oil prices, IHS Markit expects US producers are in the process of curtailing about 1.75 This resumption of production may accelerate if WTI remains above $30 per barrel—a price that allows operators to cover their operating costs and that reflects improved storage availability. However, nearly 1.4

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Department of Interior awards initial $560M to 24 states to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells

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The Department of the Interior awarded an initial $560 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $4.7-billion billion to plug orphaned wells. The $560 million is part of an overall $1.15