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APRIL 28, 2023

The round included participation from one of North America’s largest commercial fleets, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, and Pittsburgh regional investors including: Idea Foundry, Inc., The Vector System is an advanced fuel system upgrade that integrates into existing engines without significant modifications. out of Tokyo, Japan.

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Engine Chevron Wisconsin North America 259

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JUNE 3, 2021

UrbanX Renewables Group of Long Beach, CA, executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd—an essential step for building the state’s first facility producing ultra-low carbon renewable diesel. It can also yield a prime sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Renewable Diesel Long Beach Hyundai 221

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JUNE 13, 2022

MOL signed a deal for biofuel supply with Chevron Singapore. About 500 tons of ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification)-certified biofuel will be bunkered on the vessel at Port of Singapore. Olive , chartered from Chugoku Sougyo, using biofuel in late June 2022.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

that Chevron Corp. Chevron supplied gasoline in violation of state regulations at its Montebello and Richmond terminals. Oxygenates are added to gasoline to help reduce the carbon monoxide and soot that’s created when fuel is burned. Chevron fully cooperated with ARB in this matter and took steps to correct the violations.

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JULY 7, 2021

Aker Solutions has been awarded a major contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide a subsea gas compression system for the Jansz-Io field, offshore Western Australia. The scope covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the all-electric subsea gas compression system. Earlier post.)

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Gas Chevron Australia Gas-Electric 243

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

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MARCH 14, 2023

The Series A was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and joined by Chevron USA. SAF and RD made from Viridos algae oil are expected to have a 70% reduced carbon footprint. SAF is proven, scalable, and the best tool we have to reduce our carbon emissions from flying, but we face a significant shortage of available feedstock.

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Diesel Fuel Oil Chevron 243

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MAY 14, 2012

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a 50-50 joint venture between Chevron Products Company and Lummus Technology, has joined ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative to develop drop-in biofuels. —Ed Coppola, ARA Fuels Principal Engineer. ARA has developed a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g.,

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AUGUST 6, 2022

Reflecting increased research interest in synthetic liquid fuels produced using renewable low-carbon electricity and CO 2 sources, e-fuels were added to the potential future fuel technologies that are evaluated. Selected fuel pathways were constrained to those deemed to be nationally scalable in the future.

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Fuel Vehicles PHEV Carbon 417

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Furthermore, additional tests performed on a static engine showed a significant reduction in particles (up to 25%) and in black carbon emissions (up to 49%) compared to conventional fuel. These tests also show a comparable engine performance, but an improvement of 1.5% in fuel consumption during the steady state operations.

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Emissions Chevron Engine Fuel 225

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevron Corporation has examined the chemical composition and properties of several diesel fuels and blendstocks derived from Fischer?Tropsch Paraffins around these carbon numbers are common bulk components of petroleum-derived diesel. In their paper, Smagala et al.

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JULY 22, 2022

TAE says that its non-radioactive approach represents the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant carbon-free energy to the grid. TAE’s safe, non-radioactive approach avoids carbon and particulate emissions, mitigating any impact on the environment or climate change.

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Fusion Companies Google Chevron 243

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Participating investors included CTTV Investments LLC, the venture capital arm of Chevron Technology Ventures LLC; Flagship Ventures; Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. LS9 has engineered a one-step process using to convert fatty acid intermediates into petroleum replacement products via fermentation of renewable sugars.

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Chevron Renewable Diesel Convert 186

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JUNE 30, 2014

There, QUILL researchers also will show a new process for trapping carbon dioxide from power plants and gas fields. make ionic liquids to trap carbon dioxide. The exhibition opens to the public tomorrow, 1 July, at Royal Society headquarters in central London. It’s also how we tailor?make

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Mercury Gas Chevron CO2 210

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Montrose Water and Sustainability Services, a division of Montrose Environmental Group, completed design and engineering for the project as well as equipment procurement. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits will be sold to Chevron under a long-term agreement. Financing was provided by Live Oak Bank.

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Fuel Chevron Gas Renewable 170

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AUGUST 9, 2016

ReadiDiesel was developed by Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global, as a drop-in replacement for petroleum F-76 marine diesel. The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. Earlier post.). The ex- Paul F.

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Renewable Diesel San Diego Fuel 150

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. A total of $100 million has been budgeted this fiscal year for engineering and design work. Quest public disclosure document.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Carbon 186

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JANUARY 8, 2013

We will evaluate the impact of adding moderate amounts of biomass to coal on CBTL products and process economics, and compare the carbon footprint of CBTL processes with petroleum-based fuel production processes. Gangwal, Southern Research principal investigator.

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Coal North Carolina Chevron Alabama 231

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FEBRUARY 11, 2018

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. Utilizing low-carbon fuel pathways yields GHG reductions more than double those achieved by vehicle efficiency gains alone.

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Industrial Industry Gasoline-Electric PHEV 223

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MAY 4, 2011

With production capacity at the Athabasca Oil Sands Project now at 255,000 barrels-per-day, engineers will focus on improving operating efficiencies and adding capacity through debottlenecking. Design and engineering work also continues on the proposed Quest carbon capture and storage project at the Scotford Upgrader.

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Chevron 186

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JUNE 9, 2016

Co-authors are from Argonne National Laboratory; the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies, Fuel Cell Technologies, and Bioenergy Technologies Offices; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; the Electric Power Research Institute; Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; General Motors; Chevron; and Ford. Elgowainy et al. Click to enlarge.

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Cost Of Light Fuel Economy Vehicles 150

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

In previously conducted stationary locomotive engine testing, the B20 blend reduced hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide each by 10%, reduced particulates by 15% and sulfates by 20%. The trial has received support on fuel and engine component evaluation from Chevron Oronite. ( A hat-tip to R.M.! ).

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Fort Worth Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chevron 199

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APRIL 11, 2017

Our three-year ‘Mobility of the Future’ study is tackling complex questions of how technology advances, consumer choice, new business models, and government policies could change the trajectory of mobility to fundamentally alter the carbon intensity of the future transportation system.

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MIT Transportation Future Energy 150

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JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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Brazil Renewable Diesel America 218

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Examples of green technology NASA has developed in the past include winglets and chevrons. Chevrons are the scalloped edges on the engine nozzles of some models of commercial and cargo aircraft just now entering the market, and are designed to reduce noise.

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Green Future Chevron 2015 186

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JUNE 13, 2015

Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. Brandt, in Energy Resources Engineering, led a national study last year on methane leaks in the US natural gas system. Ritts, most recently with Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Co.,

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Gas Asia Mercury Chevron 150

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Reaction Design will develop gasification and reaction kinetics simulation software to help solve critical engineering and operating problems that arise throughout the lifecycle of a power plant. Reaction Design provides software to automate the analysis of chemical processes via simulation and modeling solutions. Earlier post.).

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Coal Design Chevron Grant 186

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist.

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Austin Universal Texas Gas 210

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The Model Fuel Library is a subscription-based library which includes more than 40 fully validated, self-consistent components that can be used to simulate fuel effects in virtually all types of automotive and aircraft engines, as well as engines used for electric power generation. We used that to validate our modeling in that area.

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Fuel Design Engine Emissions 225

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that the commercial viability of those disruptive technologies will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies. Next-generation agriculture.

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Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel 262

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JUNE 19, 2011

NREL performed dilute acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of both NABC feedstocks (harvest residues from Catchlight Energy LLC (a 50:50 joint venture between Chevron and Weyerhauser, earlier post ) and corn stover from ISU) and shipped the hydrolysate to Amyris for testing. Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Sugars. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Chevron Technology Ventures and the Institute for Energy Economics of Japan provided support for the study. Rather, it is uncertain whether existing biofuels production provides any beneficial improvement over traditional gasoline, after taking into account land use changes and emissions of nitrous oxide.

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Universal Congress Gasoline United States 257

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JUNE 29, 2015

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output.

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Solar Miles Gasoline-Electric MPG 150

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APRIL 20, 2020

Steels are made of iron and a small quantity of other elements, including carbon. The sudden cooling unnaturally confines carbon atoms within iron crystals, giving martensitic steel its signature strength. Ibrahim Karaman, Chevron Professor I and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Attendees believe that renewable energy needs two elements to be successful: technical progress leading to lower costs and a price on carbon. Earlier post.). Is tax equity dead?

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MARCH 2, 2012

The CO 2 Capture project (a partnership of six of the world’s major energy companies including BP, Chevron, Eni, Petrobras, Shell and Suncor), Cenovus, Devon, Statoil, MEG and Praxair are partnering to demonstrate Oxy-Fuel combustion in once-through steam generators (OTSGs). Greenhouse gas emissions.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Water 252

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MARCH 16, 2016

Values normalized to standard naturally-aspirated gasoline engine vehicle. The overall strategy should include conserving energy through changes in travel behavior, improving conventional technologies, and transforming the transportation system to increasingly use lower carbon energy sources. —John Heywood.

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MIT Transportation Climate Energy 150