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Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility; Springboard for Full-Scale Commercial Rollout

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The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. On average, approximately 3.0 Earlier post.).

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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REGULATORY RISKS In Oklahoma, which has several brine deposits, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission – which oversees oil and gas development – said it has no jurisdiction over lithium production and royalties, and referred comment to the state’s Department of Mines, which said it also does not oversee lithium.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content. DOE grant: $4,462,162). Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery (LighTER) System. DOE grant: $4,519,259).

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