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growth in the industry over the next decade, Pike expects production volumes to fall short of an estimated 71.8 continue to pour into the industry. Key trends identified in the report include: Oil prices are expected to climb over the next decade, driving increased interest in. growth in the global biofuels industry.

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in 2014 as a result of industrial overcapacity and weakness in the real estate sector. million units—a 10% drop from 2013; with politics impairing Argentina and Venezuela, and the economic climate weighing down markets like Brazil, Chile and Peru, where it may take a few years for demand to recover to previous highs.

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between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. drive increased investment in the industry, the report finds. After healthy growth over the past decade, the global biofuels industry is entering a new era marked by feedstock flexibility, product neutrality, and sustainability, the report notes.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6 Such an increase in capacity could prompt a plunge or even a collapse in oil prices, he suggests.

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With prices expected to increase in the long term, however, the world oil price in real 2011 dollars reaches $106 per barrel in 2020 and $163 per barrel in 2040, according to IEO2013. In the Reference case, all the growth in liquids use is in the transportation and industrial sectors. Source: IEO2013. Click to enlarge.

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Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil. The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc.

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Researchers from Duke University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina, and Brazil have sequenced the genome of PE-2, a strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that thrives on turning sugarcane into ethanol. When oil prices rose to new highs in the 1970s, Brazil invested in ethanol created from the its sugar cane crops.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. Click to enlarge. mmbpd by 2030 from 1.8

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Our findings are significant for the future biofuel industry, and the ultimate goal is to make poplar coppice biofuel a step closer to the pump. We have the environmental incentives to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, but right now, they aren’t enough to compete with low oil prices. That’s the problem.

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Biofuels grow at a slower rate due to lower crude oil prices and. The decline reflects increased domestic production of both petroleum and natural gas, increased use of biofuels, and lower demand resulting from the adoption of new vehicle fuel efficiency standards and rising energy prices. Biomass and biofuels growth is slower.

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World oil prices have fallen sharply from their July 2008 high mark. As the world’s economies recover, higher world oil prices are assumed to return and to persist through 2030. In the IEO2009 reference case, world oil prices rise to $110 per barrel in 2015 (in real 2007 dollars) and $130 per barrel in 2030.

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JULY 20, 2012

savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita—within the range of 6 to 19 tonnes per capita emissions of the major industrialized countries. Weak economic conditions, a mild winter, and energy.

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Some other key findings of the AEO2014 Reference case include: Low natural gas prices boost natural gas-intensive industries. Industrial shipments are expected to grow at 3.0% Bulk chemicals and metals-based durables account for much of the increased growth in industrial shipments. annual growth through 2040.

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OPEC next gathers December 4 in Vienna, just over a year since Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi announced at the previous OPEC winter meeting the Saudi decision to let the oil market determine oil prices rather than to continue Saudi Arabia's role of guarantor of $100+/bbl oil.

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JULY 4, 2009

Winterkorn made the remarks during a presentation at the 17 th Handelsblatt-Jahrestagung in Munich on 3 July, during which he outlined VW’s approach to future mobility in the current context of the economic crisis, pessimism about the industry and technology potential. And the auto industry doesn’t hold back on announcements.

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High oil prices, persistent differences in gas and electricity prices between regions and rising energy import bills in many countries focus attention on the relationship between energy and the broader economy. However, this does not imply a new era of oil abundance, the report cautions.

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Concerns about carbon emissions and their impact on climate change plus high and volatile oil prices are increasing the popularity of hybrid and electric vehicles despite their higher costs. Toyota uses nickel-metal-hydride batteries for the current Prius hybrid but has decided on lithium-ion batteries for future plug-in models.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron is taking its technology learnings from Kern River and apply them to Duri and other major heavy oil fields globally, such as Wafra in the onshore Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and in the Orinoco in Venezuela. Using thermal recovery processes in heavy oil reservoirs depends largely on.

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APRIL 15, 2010

The results are based on Evogene’s objectives for castor bean varieties, aimed at increasing crop yields to 4-5 ton/ha on semi-arid lands—at present focusing on Texas and Brazil—and therefore providing the additional benefit of not competing with food use of arable land. Assaf Oron, Evogene’s EVP Strategy and Business Development.

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Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 Another challenge was, at first sight, the impact of the 50%-plus collapse in the oil price in the second half of last year. Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 Investment in developing countries, at $131.3 billion), India ($7.4

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The 450 Scenario works back from the international goal of limiting the long-term increase in the global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius (2 °C) above pre-industrial levels, in order to trace a plausible pathway to that goal. But the average oil price remains high, approaching $120/barrel (in year-2010 dollars) in 2035.

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