Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2017

A new class of materials which are suitable agents for displacing oil in enhanced oil recovery operations has been developed by scientists at Swansea University (UK) and scientists at Islamic Azad University in Iran. Barron reported their find in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. —Prof.

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JUNE 25, 2014

GE Oil & Gas has received an order for the offshore oil and gas industry’s first 20,000-psi (20-ksi)-rated deepwater blowout preventer (BOP) stack and riser systems from Maersk Drilling. It was the failure of the BOP stack on the Macondo well that enabled the massive oil release from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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Oil Gas Maintenance Houston 210

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AUGUST 20, 2019

The financing was co-led by The Engine and by The GOOSE Society of Texas. Other participants include angel investors from the Creative Destruction Lab program and the Houston area. The development of the reactor incorporates expertise from chemical engineering, optics, materials science, theoretical physics, and nanophotonics.

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Manufacturer Fuel Clean Cleaning 371

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JANUARY 30, 2016

Shell Oil Company has signed an agreement with Ryder System for 15 liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty vehicles supporting oil and gas logistics operations in Lafayette, La. and Houston, Texas. facility, which is being engineered to meet the unique compliance requirements for natural gas.

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Louisiana Texas Oil Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Enterprise Holdings, owner and operator of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, is piloting a program with Mansfield Oil Company to use renewable synthetic diesel fuel in its airport shuttle buses at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans and Houston Hobby Airport in Texas.

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Renewable Oil Diesel Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is awarding $10.8 million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. University of Houston.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Topsoe is providing engineering and design services currently and will supply catalyst and proprietary hardware to the facility. The captured CO 2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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Gasoline Turkmenistan Gas Carbon 221

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AUGUST 20, 2011

These preliminary experiments demonstrated the potential for Solix’s algae oil to be converted into a range of valuable specialty chemicals through GlycosBio’s suite of proprietary biocatalysts. Solix’s crude algal oil was found to be non-toxic and easily metabolized and upgraded by GlycosBio’s proprietary biocatalysts.

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Oil Houston North America Convert 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

Weir Oil & Gas and the Rolls-Royce Power Systems company MTU have signed an agreement to develop power systems specifically engineered for hydraulic fracturing. Weir is the leading manufacturer of hydraulic fracturing pumps, and MTU is a market leader in heavy-duty industrial diesel engines.

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Power Powered Houston Oil 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The selections include $10.3

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Oil Gas Oil-Sands Illinois 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2022

As announced in Neste’s Financial Statement Release 2021, the project for a possible next worldscale renewables refinery in Rotterdam is in the engineering phase and we are approaching readiness for a final investment decision during the next months. —Peter Vanacker, Neste’s President and CEO.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

As a leader in US crude oil export ports and a major economic engine of Texas and the nation, Port of Corpus Christi is the largest port in the United States in total revenue tonnage. The company has corporate offices in San Antonio, Houston and Monterrey, Mexico.

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San Antonio Hydrogen Convert Mexico 170

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MARCH 26, 2017

Schlumberger will provide the joint venture with access to its industry-leading surface and downhole technologies, efficient operational processes and advanced geo-engineered workflows. Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry.

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America Houston North America London 150

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Bioenergy is one of five strategic transition growth engines that bp intends to grow rapidly through this decade. It will accelerate our key bioenergy growth engine, creating a real leader in the biogas sector, and support our net zero ambition. billion in cash, as well as around $800 million of net debt.

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Gas Waste Renewable Houston 259

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MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. More efficient gasoline engines. Clean diesel. —Dan Akerson. Vehicle electrification. Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy Economy GM Gasoline 210

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MAY 14, 2015

awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. The project scope covers: Project management and engineering. BP Exploration & Production Inc.

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Mexico Mississippi Alabama Houston 150

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MARCH 17, 2017

Forge is conducting preliminary engineering to determine the site’s suitability for the facility, which it expects to complete by the spring of 2017. Renewable diesel and biodiesel are both produced from fats and oils. BIOX owns and operates 287.5 BIOX’s biodiesel meets North American (ASTM D-6751) quality standards.

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Renewable Diesel Houston Oil 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2013

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, in partnership with FTS International (FTSI) and Caterpillar Global Petroleum, is using Marcellus Shale natural gas to fracture wells via dual fuel technology. FTS International is a leading provider of well completion services for the oil and gas industry. Caterpillar Global Petroleum is Caterpillar Inc.’s

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Gas Power Powered Houston 186

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JANUARY 5, 2017

ExxonMobil has licensed cMIST technology to the Chemtech division of Sulzer, a leading player in separation technologies, to facilitate deployment across the oil and gas industry. The two organizations employ more than 1,000 PhD scientists and engineers. —Torsten Wintergerste, president of Sulzer’s Chemtech division.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 26, 2023

Get a car accident lawyer in Houston, TX , to protect yourself and your finances on the road! One simple yet vital way of keeping up is getting regular oil changes and tune-ups–something which not only prolongs your vehicle’s longevity, but can also boost fuel efficiency , increase performance and decrease emissions.

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Purchase Gasoline-Electric Maintenance Fuel 84

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JULY 12, 2017

million to 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine emission control technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems (EEMS). An additional two projects will research and develop novel emission control strategies for advanced combustion engines. University of Houston.

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Carbon Fiber Li-ion Mercedes GM 150

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Interfacial-Engineered Membranes for Efficient Tritium Extraction - $1,397,973. Colorado School of Mines will develop and demonstrate engineered composite membranes for efficient tritium extraction for fusion applications. University of Houston. Colorado School of Mines.

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Fusion Energy San Diego Los Angeles 249

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JULY 22, 2011

In the Permian Basin, approximately one additional barrel of oil can be recovered for each 6,000 cubic feet (6 Mcf) of compressed CO 2 injected into the oil field. In oil fields such as Whiting’s, the injected CO 2 mixes with the oil that is left behind in the primary oil-well production and the secondary water-injection stage.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2 186

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

SG Preston, a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, is partnering with IHI E&C , a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of Japan’s IHI Corporation , to develop and to construct a series of commercial-scale renewable diesel and jet fuel manufacturing plants, initially in the US Midwest and Canada.

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Renewable Diesel Philadelphia Houston 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

BP and Maersk Drilling will collaborate to develop conceptual engineering designs for a new breed of advanced technology offshore drilling rigs that will unlock the next frontier of deepwater oil and gas resources.

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Azerbaijan Egypt Houston Denmark 247

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MAY 16, 2011

The California data were compared to ship-plume measurements made by NOAA near the Port of Houston, Texas in 2006. One finding was that container ships encountered off the Port of Houston, where no clean-fuel use is required, emitted four times as much sulfur dioxide.

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Pollution California Clean Cleaning 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. Sam Houston State University. University of Colorado.

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West Virginia Houston Arkansas Wyoming 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2015

In an open access paper published in the journal Algae , the researchers reported that they easily grew high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90% of nitrates and more than 50% of phosphorous from municipal wastewater. Various formulations of algae were tested in each tank. Resources.

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Houston Kansas Production Oil 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2011

Air Products will increase the supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La. Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics.

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Supplies Louisiana Production Hydrogen 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2014

If the oil and gas industry does not respond to concerns about carbon dioxide and other emissions, it could well face new regulations. This will enable companies to pump carbon dioxide directly back downhole, where it’s been for millions of years, or use it for enhanced oil recovery to further the release of oil and natural gas.

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Carbon Gas Energy Polymer 210

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

However, the oil and gas industry is changing with more complex technological challenges. UT has for many years been an important partner for Statoil within research and technology development, especially in the areas of geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering. Statoil technology is world leading in many areas.

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Universal Texas Norway Houston 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

a process engineering and design firm ( earlier post ), has filed a patent application for a new technology for making biofuels from microalgae that focuses on the production of fatty acids rather than the extraction of algal oil. de-oiled algal biomass. de-oiled algal biomass. Unitel Technologies, Inc., Serge Randhava.

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Renewable Fuel Production Oil 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

Earlier, the Obama Administration outlined the “round-the-clock” scientific support from the Department of Energy and National Labs to help inform strategies to stop the BP oil spill. The DOE laboratories are providing on-the-ground technical, engineering and scientific support at BP’s Houston Headquarters.

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Light Green Houston Obama 199

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Rice University and Houston-based M-I SWACO, the world’s largest producer of drilling fluids for the petrochemical industry, recently signed an agreement for research funds to develop a graphene additive that will improve the productivity of wells. But the fluids themselves can clog pores in the shaft through which oil should flow.

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Production Houston Oil Mexico 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics. Removing these components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels needed by current internal combustion engines.

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Hydrogen Supplies Louisiana Production 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

million 13 projects aimed at reducing risks while enhancing the environmental performance of drilling for natural gas and oil in ultra-deepwater settings. Stress Engineering — Ultra-Deepwater Riser Concepts for High Motion Vessels. Stress Engineering — Effects of Fiber Rope - Seabed Contact on Subsequent Rope Integrity.

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Mexico Water Concept Oklahoma 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In addition to its work at highway speeds, the engine also charges an onboard energy storage system, which provides power to the electric motor when demand is high. The Peterbilt/Eaton hybrid provides electric power to assist the engine and also serves as the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), delivering a significant reduction in engine idling.

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Peterbilt Eaton Hybrid Fuel 150