Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2015

Exxon Mobil has started production at its Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, Canada ahead of schedule; the expansion is expected to double overall capacity to 220,000 barrels of bitumen a day, with the expansion itself ultimately expected to reach 110,000 barrels per day. wt% Conradson carbon, making it an attractive coking crude.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

Simplified palm oil biofuel lifecycle system diagram. Consequently, neither palm oil-based biofuel qualifies as meeting the minimum 20% greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction performance threshold required for renewable fuel under the RFS program. Palm oil lifecycle GHG emissions summary. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. Source: EPA.

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EPA Oil Renewable Diesel 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2018

Although increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets have driven increased biomass-based diesel demand in recent years, imports fell in 2017 largely because of US Department of Commerce (DOC) import duties imposed on foreign biodiesel volumes sourced from Argentina and Indonesia, two of the leading exporters of biodiesel, EIA said.

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Green Car Congress

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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Singapore Oil Renewable Diesel 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

A lifecycle study by consultancy thinkstep, commissioned by SEALNG and SGMF, has found that greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 21% are achievable now from LNG as a marine fuel, compared with current oil-based marine fuels, over the entire life-cycle from Well-to-Wake (WtW). Source: thinkstep.

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JUNE 15, 2019

A wide variety of fuels are able to produce hydrogen, including renewables, nuclear, natural gas, coal and oil. That’s the equivalent of the annual carbon emissions of the United Kingdom and Indonesia combined. It can also help to improve air quality and strengthen energy security.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Through this partnership, the organizations will work together to promote biodiversity conservation, raise environmental awareness and accelerate the move toward a “zero carbon” society. The project will take place in WWF priority places Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra in Indonesia. The agreement went into effect on 1 July 2016.

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Toyota Global Indonesia Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

Biomass-based diesel fuels also qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The LCFS sets annual carbon intensity (CI) targets for fuel providers, to reduce the carbon content of gasoline and diesel fuels through 2020. US renewable diesel imports reached 210 million gallons in 2013, eight times more than in 2012.

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2013 Diesel Tax Credit Renewable 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

(ERS) has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar), one of the largest global agribusiness groups, to construct a biorefinery based on Elevance’s core olefin metathesis technology for the production of high-value performance chemicals, advanced biofuels and oleochemicals from renewable oils.

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International Renewable Building Oil 199

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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Energy Global 2010 Oil-Sands 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

The Japan-GTL consortium, formed in 2006 to commercialize a lower-cost gas-to-liquids GTL) process for the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals that does not require first removing carbon dioxide from the feedstock, has completed construction of its demonstration plant which will produce 500 barrels (about 80 kiloliters) per day.

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Japan Gas South Africa Oil 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Indonesia and Malaysia will more than double production of palm oil biodiesel, while Germany will remain the largest producer of biofuels in Europe, according to the analysis. First generation ethanol, palm oil biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel from Europe continue to be the dominant biofuels produced.

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2015 Global Brazil Malaysia 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

The alternative scenario assumes that Asia’s fast-growing economies—the PRC, India, Indonesia, and Viet Nam—will fall into the middle income trap of slowing growth rates and stagnating income levels over the next 5 to 10 years. —Asia 2050.

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Asia Indonesia Financing Bangladesh 186

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APRIL 24, 2009

billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )—a byproduct of fossil fuel burning—and 12.2 molecules of carbon dioxide entered the atmosphere last year and stayed there—slightly less than the 2.2 Emerging from that natural variability is a consistent upward trend produced by burning coal, oil, and gas for transportation and industry.

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2008 CO2 Emissions Climate Change 150

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MAY 13, 2011

Celanese uses a methanol carbonylation process (reaction of methanol and carbon monoxide); the reaction utilizes a catalyst and the resulting product (acetic acid) is purified through distillation. Suitable catalyst supports include without any limitation, silica, alumina, calcium silicate, carbon, zirconia and titania.

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Future Production Coal Hydrogen 210

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OCTOBER 2, 2011

Currently the vast majority of capacity is concentrated in just seven countries, but additional support from global financial markets and enhanced regional cooperation by institutions such as the World Bank and ARGeo, in Africa, will drive the development of new capacity in promising markets such as Kenya, Indonesia, and Turkey.

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MAY 18, 2020

Hydrogen—a more versatile commodity than electricity—can be stored and used for a wide range of applications, eliminating carbon emissions from maritime transport, agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, tourism, leisure, Petro-chemicals, road transport, rail transport and grid balancing.

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Hydrogen Production Power Powered 459

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received. Biofuels are generally accepted to improve net carbon output, even when local air pollution from the production of biodiesel is taken into account. So do biofuels have a role to play?

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Green Cars Green CO2 Cars 43

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

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Renewable Fuel Oil Diesel 247

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% The analysis is based on a carbon budget that would stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at 450 ppm and give a 50% probability of limiting warming to 2 °C. per year through 2050. Click to enlarge. a year from now to 2050.

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

He had contributed to the invention of Shell mineral oil, which is still being used in our cars. The fashion industry is responsible for 10 percent of carbon emissions, textile dyeing alone for 3 percent. gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2050. It is no coincidence that the customer turned to Hudd.

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Water Energy Pollution Bangladesh 67

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

As one example, while Elevance’s olefin metathesis platform can deliver renewable diesel and jet from renewable oils ( earlier post ), the company’s primary initial commercial focus is on higher-value chemicals. Olefin metathesis swaps molecular fragments on either side of a carbon-carbon double bond. Earlier post.)

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Renewable Fuel Range Diesel 186

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

As of 12 February, a new bushfire threatened the Yarra Valley’s Thompson Reservoir, which supplies water to the city, as well as the Longford oil and natural gas plant. Bushfires can produce their own volatile gases and oils, adding fuel to the fire. Warmer weather and lightning strikes are expected in the area next week.

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Australia Climate Change Water 2009 150

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MAY 5, 2014

Reform of energy subsidies in oil-exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University''s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Indonesia, for example, after failed attempts in 1997 and 2003, successfully raised fuel prices in 2005 and 2008.

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