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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., Its fuel performs better than traditional diesel and can be used without engine or infrastructure modifications. It can also yield a prime sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Renewable Diesel Long Beach Hyundai 221

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

Under the terms of the agreements, Chevron Canada Limited will acquire all of the interests currently owned by affiliates of EOG Resources Canada Inc. Operatorship of both facilities will transfer to Chevron Canada Limited. and Encana Corporation in the proposed Kitimat LNG Project and PTP.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

that Chevron Corp. Chevron supplied gasoline in violation of state regulations at its Montebello and Richmond terminals. The content of oxygen in gasoline must be within a specified range since too much oxygen causes the engine to produce excessive emissions of nitrogen oxide, a key ingredient of smog. An estimated 3.75

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APRIL 11, 2011

Chevron Corporation announced the signing of agreements with Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd to bring Shell into the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project as a natural gas supplier and equity participant. million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and a domestic gas plant. Shell will also assume a 6.4%

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Chevron Australia Gas Corporation 210

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Chevron Products Company, a Chevron USA Inc. division, maker of the Delo brand of heavy duty engine oils, lubricants and coolants, unveiled a new category of heavy duty motor oil designed to address the growth of severe duty applications in on- and off-highway markets. Improved fuel economy over SAE 15W-40 conventional oils.

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Chevron Fuel Economy Oil Economy 210

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA Inc. The solar demonstration generates about the same amount of steam as one gas-fired steam generator. Chevron contracted BrightSource Energy, Inc., as the technology provider and for engineering, procurement and construction. Earlier post.)

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Chevron Oil Solar Gas 186

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Source: Chevron. Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e.,

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Chevron Oil Oil-Sands Production 244

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JUNE 30, 2014

Researchers from QUILL —the Queen’s University (Belfast) Ionic Liquid Laboratories—will display a novel process for removing toxic mercury from natural gas using ionic liquids at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition. The exhibition opens to the public tomorrow, 1 July, at Royal Society headquarters in central London.

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Mercury Gas Chevron CO2 210

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. —Mark Zoback.

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MARCH 15, 2022

In 2021, Raven SR attracted funds totalling $20 million from global oil and gas major Chevron, Japanese trading house ITOCHU, hydrogen mobility leader and innovator Hyzon Motors, and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. The South Korean government recently announced plans to provide 27.9

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have, for the first time, been able to use laser measurement techniques and microphones to make highly precise, simultaneous measurements of the sources of noise in the air stream behind an aircraft engine. Click to enlarge.

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Engine Exhaust Chevron Light 231

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.

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Austin Gas Emissions Production 218

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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Fortistar and Paloma Dairy have begun construction on a dairy digester renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, the Sunoma Renewable Biofuel Project. TruStar Energy, a Fortistar portfolio company and leading developer of natural gas fueling stations, will market and deliver the RNG fuel. The new facility will produce 1.6

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Fuel Chevron Gas Renewable 170

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park is “evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.” Until 2016, Autopia vehicles were noisy, polluting two-stroke engines.

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Gas-Electric Honda Pollution 2016 52

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APRIL 11, 2012

Clathrate hydrate formation and subsequent plugging of deep-sea oil and gas pipelines represent a significant bottleneck for deep-sea oil and gas operations. — Methane hydrates can freeze upon contact with cold water in the deep ocean, are a chronic problem for deep-sea oil and gas wells.

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MIT Oil Gas Chevron 225

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APRIL 19, 2024

Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park was considering ditching gas engines soon. But the ride was sponsored by Chevron from 1998-2012, and that company is pretty dedicated to poisoning small children anyway, so it was apt.

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All-Electric Gas-Electric Honda Gasoline-Electric 52

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AUGUST 6, 2022

The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions.

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Fuel Vehicles PHEV Carbon 417

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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 Tropsch (FT) synthesis, hydroisomerization of lipids, and fermentation of sugar via the terpenoid metabolic pathway.

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Chevron Diesel Renewable Oil 231

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. These efforts aim to design initial engineering studies to develop technologies to capture CO 2 generated as a byproduct of manufacturing at industrial sites.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

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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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JULY 15, 2016

The proposed regulations incorporate advanced principles of safer engineering and management, as well as attention to the human and organizational elements of safety. DIR, Cal OES, and CalEPA have collaborated to ensure that the two regulations are aligned. Annual public reporting of refinery safety metrics.

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JANUARY 5, 2013

Source: Chevron. ExxonMobil Canada Properties (EMCP) had earlier awarded Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors (KKC), a 50/50 Partnership between Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co and Kvaerner Corporation, a contract for the Hebron Project Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and site preparation. Location of Hebron field. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Chevron Canada Corporation 356

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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.).

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Renewable Diesel San Diego Fuel 150

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As highlighted at the 2013 SAE International High Octane Fuels Symposium (HOF) last week, high octane fuels—combined with optimized engines—are viable enablers to higher efficiency operation. When ethanol is used as the octane enhancer, there is an added benefit due to the latent heat of vaporization of that fuel. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 23, 2024

As a result, Toyota ranks among the world’s top obstructive companies with Chevron and ExxonMobil. The brand, known for the Prius, continues pushing hybrids, fuel cell, and other gas-powered cars despite most governments moving toward all-electric. The remaining 70% will be HEVs, FCEVs, and hydrogen engines.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The central estimate of the future technology conventional ICEV is $2,110 more than the central estimate of the current technology version, due to advances in engine and materials technologies. petroleum, natural gas, ethanol, hydrogen, electricity), and functionality (e.g., Low-volume production is represented by black diamonds.

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Industrial Industry Gasoline-Electric PHEV 223

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JUNE 9, 2016

The US DRIVE Cradle-to-Grave Working Group has published the “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of US Light-Duty Vehicle-Fuel Pathways: A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment of Current (2015) and Future (2025–2030) Technologies” Argonne National Lab Report. Cost of avoided greenhouse gas emissions. Elgowainy et al.

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Cost Of Light Fuel Economy Vehicles 150

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APRIL 11, 2017

—Robert Armstrong, director of MITEI and a professor of chemical engineering. The study team will explore the potential for widespread deployment of advanced powertrains, such as advanced internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric vehicles, all-electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

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MIT Transportation Future Energy 150

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

However, if methanogenic activity near the source zone is sufficiently high to cause advective gas transport, the methane indoor concentration may exceed the flammable threshold under simulated conditions. As liquid ethanol degrades into gaseous methane, it expands, driving advective flow and forcing the gas outward and upward.

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Building Chevron Gas Houston 225

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JULY 22, 2010

Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell plan to build and deploy a rapid response system that will be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. It is being developed by a team of marine, subsea and construction engineers from the four companies.

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Mexico Oil Chevron Mariner 186

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MARCH 15, 2024

liter 4-cylinder engine that puts out 235 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque (on premium gasoline), driving either the front or all-four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. liter engine or 350 horsepower, but no, not even close. Let’s take a look. All come with a turbocharged 2.0-liter

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Cadillac Escalade SUV MPG 55

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country.

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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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JULY 22, 2015

Sabine Oil and Gas Corp. oil and gas industry in 2015. If oil prices remain in the range of $50 per barrel for longer than expected, even big operators such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips (who have so far not made any major layoffs) could start downsizing their workforce. is the latest, and the biggest, U.S.

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Oil Prices Oil Price India 150

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The province signed a Letter of Intent with Shell Canada Energy, on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project—a joint venture among Shell Canada (60%), Chevron Canada Limited (20%) and Marathon Oil Sands L.P. (20%)—to A total of $100 million has been budgeted this fiscal year for engineering and design work.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Carbon 186

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JULY 5, 2021

The Niro PHEV offers the best of both worlds–EV & gas. liter four-cylinder gasoline engine mated to an 8.9 The redesigned front has a new diamond-pattern grille and fascia that house chevron-shaped LED daytime running lights and fog lamps. Smooth Operator. kW electric motor. Stylish lines. The Niro scores your driving.

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PHEV Kia Plug-in Fuel Economy 94