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UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

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Researchers at the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (CMI) discovered a major new lithium resource near Rock Springs during a geological carbon dioxide storage site characterization project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. By comparison, the lithium reserves at Silver Peak, Nev.—the

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2020 Thanksgiving week gasoline consumption in US lowest since 1997

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Year-on-year comparisons are even more significant at the regional level, with some regions seeing declines of 20% or more from Thanksgiving Week 2019. Only two states—Wyoming and Utah—are outliers with gasoline consumption rising year-on-year by 0.2% The Midwest was off 23.3% and 1.1%, respectively.

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Converting Oil Shale to Gasoline via Alberta Taciuk Processor Results in Full Fuel Cycle GHG Emissions 1.5-1.75 Larger Than From Conventionally Produced Gasoline

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Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen—a solid organic precursor to oil and gas—from which hydrocarbon gases and liquids (HCs) can be obtained through the application of heat. Mbbl of shale oil from 2.7 More recently, OSEC has proposed using the Petrosix process, another oil shale retorting technology.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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These gases come from human activities such as combustion of coal and oil as well as natural sources such as emissions from plants. A comparison of regional to global model projections shows that the global model is biased high in surface ozone compared to the regional model and compared to observations.

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Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a) a) A comparison of the process energies for ethylene production from ethane. (b) b) A comparison of the carbon footprint for ethylene production from ethane. The NDP was carried out at 400 °C whereas the steam cracking was performed at 850 °C.

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