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VinFast Unveils Latest EVs At Geneva International Motor Show 2023 In Qatar

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 7, 2023

DOHA, QATAR — Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is showcasing four of its electric vehicle models at the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS), Qatar 2023, ongoing in Doha, until October 14, 2023.

Qatar

Qatar International Motor Motors

Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, have signed a joint research agreement on “Process Optimization of CO 2 and Sulfur Components Removal from Natural Gases.” QP develops/operates onshore and offshore oil and gas fields in Qatar, including exploration, field development, production, refining, transport, and storage.

Qatar

Qatar Gas Mercury Oil

Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Ongoing market and strategic analysis.

Qatar

Qatar Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels

Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. In September, ASTM International released a new specification that fully and unconditionally approved the use of Gas-to-Liquids Kerosene blends for powering commercial aircraft. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Qatar

Qatar Commercial Malaysia Fuel

EIA: US exported more LNG than any other country in the first half of 2023

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Bcf/d, followed by Qatar at 10.4 Data source: International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (2018–2021) and CEDIGAZ (2022–1H23) Note:1H23=first half of 2023. US LNG exports averaged 11.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) during this period, 4% (0.5

Spain

Spain Qatar Europe Finland

GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sentyurin also acknowledged the role of Turkmenistan as one of the founders of the Forum, the 20 member countries of which today represent 71% of proven gas reserves, 45% of its marketed production, 53% of pipeline, and 60% of LNG exports across the world. It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Equatorial Guinea United Arab Emirates Gas

EIA: US became the world’s largest LNG exporter in the first half of 2022

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

US LNG exports continued to grow for three reasons: increased LNG export capacity, increased international natural gas and LNG prices, and increased global demand, particularly in Europe. International natural gas and LNG prices hit record highs in the last quarter of 2021 and first half of 2022. billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d).

Russia

Russia Qatar United States Gas

Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel to be delivered under this agreement is 40% SAF and 60% Petroleum Jet A to meet international blending standards. The blended sustainable aviation fuel is 40% sustainable aviation fuel and 60% petroleum jet fuel to meet international blended sustainable aviation fuel standards.

San Francisco

San Francisco Fuel Qatar Tax Credit

Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

That’s why we are working to develop the market and a broader understanding of the effectiveness of SAF, which can reduce lifecycle emissions up to 80 percent when used in pure form compared to fossil jet fuels. —Kelly Nodzak, Delta’s Director of Global Jet Fuel Procurement.

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Williams F1 and UK Transport Research Laboratory sign simulator-based driver training MOU

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The MoU between Williams F1 and TRL will see the two companies collaborate on joint research, marketing and business development initiatives and use Williams F1’s simulator technology to help improve road safety, fuel efficiency and other aspects of driver behavior in Qatar and internationally.

Qatar

Qatar Transportation Environment International

Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2021

million flights in 2019, while international flights suffered an even more precipitous drop as they were 68% below the 11.7 Surplus aircraft will be retired and the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 are projected to support the rising demand in the denser leisure markets. million flights to just 16.8 million (to 20 December).

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2020 Asia Insight South Korea

ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2014

The kerosene and diesel will be off-taken by Uzbekneftegaz under a long term off-take agreement at international linked prices; fuel products will be sold mainly to the domestic market, while naphtha will be exported to downstream refiners. The technology used is similar to that of the pioneering ORYX GTL plant in Qatar.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Cost Of Qatar Diesel

Borgward expanding to the Middle East; westwards from China

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2017

Borgward will systematically continue to globalize its activities by entering the markets of Middle Eastern countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran. In accordance with this roadmap, the company will expand westwards from China before entering the European market.

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Iran China Bahrain

Suncor Energy sells majority of conventional natural gas business in Western Canada for $1B

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2013

Suncor Energy has reached an agreement to sell the conventional portion of its natural gas business in Western Canada for $1 billion to a newly established partnership between Centrica plc and Qatar Petroleum International. Suncor’s view of market access for its oil sands products. Source: Suncor. Click to enlarge.

Canada

Canada Oil-Sands Gas Qatar

The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2017

The Kingdom has the same challenges as its current main political adversary, Qatar. The latter’s national oil company, Qatar Petroleum, has only been able to maintain crude oil production on its main offshore oilfield Al Shaheen through heavy investments from its former joint-venture partner Maersk Oil.

Oil

Oil Libya Nigeria Qatar

Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

The companies plan to develop demonstrator plants in several countries in the region, namely Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar. We are delighted to be partnering with the CCC to open this new market. It can be combined with a high-efficiency solar cell and attached to a specifically designed concentrated photovoltaic solar panel.

Fusion

Fusion Green Hydrogen Oman

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol currently uses aerobic microbes to treat GTL and coal-to-liquids (CTL) effluents in ORYX GTL, Qatar and Synfuels, Secunda facilities. Sasol pioneered the treatment of effluents from the GTL process in Ras Laffan, Qatar, where effluents are treated and recycled for use as irrigation water in the city of Ras Laffan.

Waste

Waste Water Gas Qatar

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Coal’s market share of 30.3% Fossil fuels still dominated energy consumption with 87% market share, while renewables rose fastest but are still only 2% of the global total. Output grew rapidly in Qatar (+25.8%), Russia (+3.1%) and Turkmenistan (+40.6%), more than offsetting declines in Libya (-75.6%) and the UK (-20.8%).

Coal

Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia

Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

As a member of the Argentine commercial vehicle industry, TATSA is engaged in an expansion process in both domestic and international markets. Eaton matches the system to an automated six-speed Eaton transmission and stores energy in a lithium-ion battery pack.

Eaton

Eaton Ecuador Uruguay Manufacturer

Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2015

OPEC next gathers December 4 in Vienna, just over a year since Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi announced at the previous OPEC winter meeting the Saudi decision to let the oil market determine oil prices rather than to continue Saudi Arabia's role of guarantor of $100+/bbl oil. Market” forces include many components.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Russia Oil 2015

Fisker reports more than $100M in revenue Jan-Apr 2012; more than $1B in funding since 2007

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

Pending completion of investment sourcing, we are poised to press ahead with further market expansion and development of our higher volume model, the Fisker Atlantic. Al-Futtaim and its network of experienced retailers will allow Fisker to reach customers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Egypt. 2012 Fisker Karma.

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Fisker 2007 Karma 2012

Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The first quote modifies a GEICO commercial describing a free-range chicken (If you’re a free range chicken, you roam free, that’s what you do), the second, the famous John Maynard Keynes quote about markets (The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent), the third, another famous Keynes quote (In the long run, we’re all dead).

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Oil Saudi Arabia UAE 2015

Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Control over the transportation assets in this region together with vast gas reserves make Russia the key element of this new market.”. The Saudi decision to let the market set prices and to pursue market share, has led to steep declines in crude and petroleum product prices. The emergence of the U.S.,

Russia

Russia Saudi Arabia Iran Iraq

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market’s swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor of existing ($100+ per barrel) prices. In other major export markets, demand is stagnant. is no longer a growth market for oil exporters.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Oil Iraq Iran

Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

A common approach in LCA and net energy analysis, known as the “system expansion” method (also known as the “substitution” or “displacement” method) credits saved energy and emissions burdens to co-products associated with the products displaced in the market. Using a co-product displacement method (i.e., GTL Naphtha.

Diesel

Diesel Emissions Oil-Sands Production

Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented its proposals for December’s climate change talks to the UN Secretary General’s Summit on Climate Change in New York. Principles of IATA’s global sectoral approach include: International aviation should be included in the post-Kyoto framework.

Climate Change

Climate Change 2005 Climate Emissions

ABB charges into the future with Formula E

Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, for ABB and the many other companies involved with Formula E, it’s by no means all about marketing—there’s some important product development going on. A lot of what we do with Formula E, we’ll pull the lessons learned and the improvements to our mass-market chargers or equipment. From the racetrack to the street. “A

Charging

Charging Future Fleet DC

The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

s top class Zeekr emblem have began promoting in Israel and planning to make bigger into extra international locations within the patch, together with Qatar and Bahrain. per gallon in Saudi Arabia and Qatar — it’s financially savvy to have an EV in some countries. Chery Car Co. and Zhejiang Geely Keeping Staff Co.’s

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Chinese Asia Oil

EV Driven

VinFast Unveils Latest EVs At Geneva International Motor Show 2023 In Qatar

Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

EIA: US exported more LNG than any other country in the first half of 2023

GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

EIA: US became the world’s largest LNG exporter in the first half of 2022

Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

Williams F1 and UK Transport Research Laboratory sign simulator-based driver training MOU

Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

Borgward expanding to the Middle East; westwards from China

Suncor Energy sells majority of conventional natural gas business in Western Canada for $1B

The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

Fisker reports more than $100M in revenue Jan-Apr 2012; more than $1B in funding since 2007

Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

ABB charges into the future with Formula E

The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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