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API: US petroleum demand edges up in May

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Gasoline demand was up 0.4%, but, for the first five months of 2012, was 0.6% Weak growth in the United States, stubborn unemployment, and a world economy doing little better than treading water are contributing to this. US gasoline production of 9.092 million barrels per day was above 9.0 below the same period a year ago.

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EERC Awarded Subcontract to Help Produce 100% Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae

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The Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce renewable jet fuel from algae. Isomerization and cracking to achieve a jet fuel specification-compliant mix of branched hydrocarbons.

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Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

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The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota. g CO 2 eq/MJ for gasoline blendstock, 5.0 g CO 2 eq/MJ for gasoline blendstock, 10.2 for jet fuel.

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Diversified Energy Hits Gasifier Development Milestones in DOE-Sponsored Program

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The reactor will then be transported to the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota for integration with upstream and downstream processing equipment, before proceeding into testing next summer. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).

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Syntec Biofuel and EERC Enter Joint Development Program to Convert Biomass and Waste to Bio-Butanol

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has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. Overview of Syntec’s B2A process. Click to enlarge. Syntec Biofuel Inc.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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64 to ‘fill up’ monthly Removing gasoline expenses is an excellent method to recover lost spending power during a recession, and driving an EV for five years will save you $8,939 on fuel expenditures. The cost of gas over the first 5 years of the car @ $3.58/gal gal would be $12,785.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Varying pipeline availability has little impact on the prices that US consumers pay for refined products such as gasoline or for heavy crude demand in the Gulf Coast. For the Bakken crude portion of this Scenario, one new rail terminal would be necessary in both Epping, North Dakota, and Stroud, Nebraska.

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