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DECEMBER 24, 2009

has entered into an agreement with Clean Coal Ltd., an internationally based company whose technical team is based in the United Kingdom, for the development of an Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project in Nova Scotia. Clean Coal Ltd. Clean Coal Ltd. Clean Coal Ltd. Stealth Ventures Ltd. Stealth Ventures Ltd.

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

and are destined to rise significantly with the use of heavy oils, tar sands, and bitumen as combustion sources. Vanadium is a trace metal found in many earth materials, including petroleum and coal. Human emissions of vanadium to atmosphere now exceed natural sources by a factor of 1.7 —lead author William H.

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MAY 2, 2010

CO 2 emissions from US coal-fired power plant could be phased out entirely by 2030 using existing technologies or ones that could be commercially competitive with coal within about a decade, according to a paper published online 30 April in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The study was commissioned by the European Oilseed Alliance (EOA), the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) and the European Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry (FEDIOL). Even for conventional oil production fields, because larger existing fields get depleted, the extraction efforts increase while smaller fields are taken in operation.

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MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. Click to enlarge. pure methane).

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Gasoline section shows results for fuel derived from both conventional oil and oil sands. The development of this resource has generated interest in expanding NG usage in areas such as electricity generation and transportation. Expansion bars show the components of fuel production. Credit: ACS, Burnham et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. Canadian oil sands and Venezuelan VHOs have the largest potential of several hundred thousand barrels per day of jet fuel, but their use would result in increased GHG emissions.

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

PRELIM uses a more comprehensive range of crude oil quality and refinery configurations than used in earlier models and can quantify energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with detail and transparency the better to inform policy analysis, the duo suggests. Click to enlarge. —Abella and Bergerson.

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JUNE 20, 2012

However, the US military can play an important role in promoting stability in major oil producing regions and by helping protect the flow of energy through major transit corridors and on the high seas, the reports suggest. Earlier post.). Unless addressed, pipeline security issues will impede investment in Turkey, Bartis suggested.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

China will see the largest increase—more than 4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day. As conventional production declines, more of the world’s oil demand will be met by emerging sources that only recently became available in significant quantities: oil sands, tight oil, deepwater, NGLs and biofuels.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Based on Anellotech’s innovative proprietary CFP technology, patents licensed from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Axens’ proprietary post-treatment hydrotreating process, this new technology will open the way to a competitive production of bio-aromatics from renewable resources with lower energy consumption and lower CO 2 emissions.

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JUNE 5, 2010

Additional resources of approximately C$1.2M For dewatering the company has agreements in place with two technology providers and, through inVentures, has access to an organic sieve technology for removing water from the algae oil. In parallel, scientists are also working to develop technology to effectively extract the oil.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

California’s LCFS also would have little or no impact on GHG emissions nationwide and would harm our nation’s energy security by discouraging the use of Canadian crude oil—our nation’s largest source of crude—and ethanol produced in the American Midwest. By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e., NPRA President Charles T.

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JULY 28, 2009

Of the installed capacity of just above 12,000 MW, approximately 49% (5,893 MW) is coal fired, 39% (4,686 MW) is gas-fired, 7% (869 MW) is hydro, and 4% (497 MW) is wind powered. More than 90% of electricity in Alberta is produced by methods that emit greenhouse gases: burning coal, oil or natural gas.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

not reformulated) gasoline; and (4) crude oil production is 100% conventional crude (most oil sands production occurs outside of our spatial modeling domain—i.e., the contiguous US). Vehicle energy-efficiency and emissions are the same for all fuels, except SO x emissions, which are lower for ethanol vehicles.

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MAY 27, 2009

World oil prices have fallen sharply from their July 2008 high mark. As the world’s economies recover, higher world oil prices are assumed to return and to persist through 2030. In the IEO2009 reference case, world oil prices rise to $110 per barrel in 2015 (in real 2007 dollars) and $130 per barrel in 2030.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 2, 2008

That’s because coal-fired and nuclear power plants that use steam to drive a turbine typically use water—vast amounts of water—to cool and condense the steam at the exhaust." The number varies greatly, but the ConocoPhillips refinery in Billings, Montana processes 62,000 bbls of crude oil , or 2.6 million gallons per day.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Rather than relying as extensively on oil as the source of energy to power vehicles—most of it imported to the United States and Europe from other countries—we will use increasing amounts of ethanol and other potentially renewable fuels as well as electricity. Thomas Cackette, California Air Resources Board.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. Stop pretending and sticking your head in the sand – you’re only exposing a large target when you do that. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Overview of the bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. By adding a catalyst to the coal gasification system, GreatPoint Energy is able to reduce the operating temperature in the gasifier, while directly promoting the reactions that yield methane, (CH 4 ). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Crude and lease condensate includes tight oil, shale oil, extra-heavy crude oil, field condensate, and bitumen (i.e., oil sands, either diluted or upgraded). oil shale), and refinery gain. OPEC oil producers are the largest source of additional liquid fuel supply between 2010 and 2040.

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MARCH 18, 2009

million) toward a $30-million underground coal gasification (UCG) project with Swan Hills Synfuels of Calgary. Swan Hills Synfuels expects the project to demonstrate the ability to manufacture synthetic gas from Alberta’s coal resources, with the future potential of utilizing the coal seams for carbon capture and storage.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

While oil will remain the most widely used fuel, overall energy demand will be reshaped by a continued shift toward less-carbon-intensive energy source as well as steep improvements in energy efficiency in areas such as transportation, where the expanded use of advanced and hybrid vehicles will help push average new-car fuel economy to 48 mpg (4.9

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

million barrels per day of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, natural gas liquids and crude oil through more than 8,000 miles of pipelines. Carbon dioxide is used in enhanced oil recovery projects. Second largest oil producer in Texas, producing more than 50,000 barrels per day. billion cubic feet per day. and Washington state.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents per kWh.

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MAY 29, 2009

Map of the assessment units (AUs) of the CARA is color-coded for mean estimated undiscovered oil. The US Geological Survey (USGS) has completed a geologically-based assessment of the oil and gas resource potential of the Arctic, the Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA). Black lines indicate AU boundaries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases. In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7%

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Geologic storage is currently focused on five types of formations:(1) depleted oil and gas reservoirs, (2) deep saline formations, (3) unmineable coal seams, (4) oil- and gas-rich organic shales, and (5) basalts. The selected projects are described below: Advanced Resources International, Inc. Arlington, Va.)

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APRIL 21, 2009

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. Stop pretending and sticking your head in the sand – you’re only exposing a large target when you do that. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. Then we are done! Email Neal.

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