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Canada Officially Opens Integrated CO2 Technology Facility

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

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

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The oil company, E&B, (who would rather you call them E&B Resources) is obsessively pimping their oil wells, promising to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for Hermosa, enough to pay for the schools and just about anything else the community needs if they vote ‘yes.’

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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 Quest Project is being advanced on behalf of the AOSP, a joint venture among Shell Canada (60%) Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Canada Corporation (20%). Resources. Winkler et al. 2010) The Dynamic Aspect of Formation Storage Use for CO 2 Sequestration. SPE 139730-MS) doi: 10.2118/139730-MS.

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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 Earlier post.). billion barrels of oil (boe). First gas is planned for 2014.

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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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350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 450 gCO 2 e/mi (grams of carbon dioxide equivalents per mile), while C2G emissions from HEVs, PHEVs, H2 FCEVs, and BEVs range from 300–350 gCO 2 e/mi. The team expects future vehicle efficiency gains to reduce emissions to ?350 250 gCO 2 e/mi for HEVs, PHEVs, FCEVs, and BEVs. —Elgowainy et al.

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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. Clients include government agencies, petroleum companies, automobile companies, chemical and biofuel companies, professional service firms and law firms. 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.