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IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

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Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Click to enlarge.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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Dutch/Russian effort to commercialize new process to convert flared gas to gasoline via a DME pathway

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Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis ( TIPS ) on marketing a new technology developed by TIPS to convert flared gases into hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline. The new method will lead to innovations in industry, new cleaner production processes and less harmful emissions. Flaring gas is a growing problem worldwide.

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Global refinery catalyst market forecast to grow 34% to $4.3B by 2018

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Market growth comes in large part from demand for cleaner diesel fuel and the availability of newer technology and nanotechnology. Efforts by Brazil, China, India and Russia to improve their air quality by the introduction of low-sulfur fuels are ongoing. higher sulfur) nature of the crude petroleum supplied to the market.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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We need a way of producing alternative cleaner fuels, minimizing use of hydrocarbons, or at a minimum recycling the carbon dioxide to form these more useful fuels. Batteries Fuel Cells Power-to-Gas Russia' The Russian economy is currently heavily dependent on selling carbon-based fossil fuels, principally oil and gas. Energy Mater. ,

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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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Another 11% is associated with the company’s downstream businesses that manufacture, transport and sell gasoline, diesel fuel and other refined products, fuel and lubricant additives, and petrochemicals. Kazakhstan/Russia: Caspian Pipeline expansion. Spending of $28.5 China: development of the Chuandongbei natural gas project.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Units from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, and the United States will participate. The end product is more like a mixture of 50% gasoline, 40% distillates, 10% LPG, and potentially C 4 chemicals, things like that. —Al-Sabawi and Chen (2012). Earlier post.).

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