Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2012
Exxon Mobil Corporation’s affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited, will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa. These exploration rights and the affiliate’s participating interest in them are subject to South African government approval. Source: Petroleum Agency SA.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2014
Australia-based Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL says it has verified that its recently completed Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has intersected an oil column—the first such discovered off the East African coast. The gross oil column is assessed to be 14m thick beneath a gross gas column of 29.6m Location map.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2017
At the company’s Capital Markets Day 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sasol management said that the company will no longer pursue its proposed ) project in the US ( earlier post ) and furthermore will not invest in additional greenfields gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. —Stephen Cornell.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2014
In Limpopo province, company representatives and industry stakeholders visited commercial and community farms where 123 acres (50 hectares) of Solaris have been planted. Oil from the plant’s seeds may be converted into bio-jet fuel as early as next year, with a test flight by SAA as soon as practicable. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2016
In 2013, Boeing and SAA launched their sustainable aviation fuels collaboration and in 2014, Project Solaris became the first focus project that converted oil from the Solaris plant seed into bio-jet fuel. The oil can be used for biodiesel, electric generation, bio-jet fuel and marine diesel. Sunchem and Solaris.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 2, 2010
South Africa-based Sasol recently provided the synthetic jet fuel for the first passenger aircraft flight fully fueled by a synthetic fuel; demonstrations of aviation synfuels have so far been using 50% blends with petroleum-based jet fuel.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2015
Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology. Shell will design the motor oil that complements and enhances the overall efficiency of the vehicle. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.
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