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Canada Officially Opens Integrated CO2 Technology Facility

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This integrated pilot-scale carbon dioxide capture facility simultaneously removes pollutants while purifying and compressing CO 2 for transport, storage or use. The CanCO 2 is located at the Natural Resources Canada Ottawa Research Centre in Bells Corners. Canada officially opened the CanmetENERGY CO 2 Research Facility (CanCO 2 ).

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

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Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.

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Shell secures C$865M funding for Canadian CO2 storage project; >1M tonnes/yr from oil sands

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The carbon capture process at the Scotford oil sands upgrader will capture about 35% of emissions. Shell has signed agreements with the Governments of Alberta and Canada to secure C$865 million (US$876 million) in funding for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in Canada. Resources. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions

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The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. 350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 automotive and energy industries. 250 gCO 2 e/mi for HEVs, PHEVs, FCEVs, and BEVs.

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GE Oil Gas Awarded $400+M Contract for Gorgon Natural Gas Projects; GE Turbomachinery to Drive LNG Production and World’s Largest CO2 Injection Project

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The Greater Gorgon Area—comprising the Jansz and Gorgon fields—has projected natural gas resources equivalent to 6.7 Six Compression Trains required to drive Gorgon’s pioneering carbon dioxide sequestration project, the world’s largest—injecting up to four times more carbon dioxide than any other project worldwide.

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company. This framework includes electricity and natural gas used in the production of hydrogen. and incidental energy losses due to flaring, fugitive emissions, etc. Hirshfeld and Jeffrey A. Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es204411c.

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Heidi On The Hot Seat

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The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.