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Occidental Petroleum and Chevron invest in direct air carbon capture and synthetic fuels company Carbon Engineering

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Canada-based Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) CE) has received equity investment from two global energy companies: Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation; and Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital arm of Chevron Corporation. —Steve Oldham, CEO of CE.

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Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

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Participating investors include Williams, Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and the George Kaiser Family Foundation. This funding adds to additional funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) that the team received earlier this year. T in 2025, according to the Hydrogen Council.

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UH researchers developing autonomous robot for subsea oil and gas pipeline inspection

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While most oil spills in US waters are small, spilled crude oil can still cause damage to sensitive areas such as beaches, mangroves and wetlands. Additionally, Chevron, a major oil and gas operator, will evaluate the technology’s future commercialization. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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Aker Solutions awarded subsea gas compression contract for Jansz-Io

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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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Chevron Technology Ventures launches world’s largest solar enhanced-oil-recovery project

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Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA Inc. The process steam cools and becomes water. The water is directed back to the. Chevron contracted BrightSource Energy, Inc., as the technology provider and for engineering, procurement and construction. Earlier post.) it will repeat the cycle.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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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 Lummus Global joins ARA ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative to develop 100% drop-in diesel, and jet kero biofuels

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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 scientists developed the CH PROCESS using high temperature water to create biocrude.

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