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Sinopec purchasing 50% of Chesapeake Energy leasehold in Mississippi Lime unconventional play for $1.02B

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (Sinopec) executed an agreement which provides for Sinopec to purchase a 50% undivided interest in 850,000 of Chesapeake’s net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Mississippi Lime play in northern Oklahoma (425,000 acres net to Sinopec).

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BioJet forms strategic alliance with Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT); envisioning up to $1B in joint projects over 10 years

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The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) and BioJet International have formed a strategic business relationship. CERT members collectively own and manage more than 30% of the coal west of the Mississippi; 40% of domestic uranium; and 10% of known national oil and gas reserves in the United States.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. This investment expands the pilot program to new projects in Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. O’Bryan, C. Patton, N.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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Mississippi State University. Siemens PLM Software; Denso International America; Horiba; Delphi Technologies; California Air Resources Board; Proterra, Inc; tesa Tape; Vector North America, Inc.; The participating universities include: Colorado State University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers look to fire ants for sources of biodiesel feedstock

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Researchers at the University of Mississippi are looking to imported fire ants (IFA) ( Solenopsis sp.) In a paper in the journal Fuel , they note that the yield of ant oil is 16% dry weight and contains most of the fatty acids also found in other biomass resources. —Bowling et al. Bowling, James B. Anderson, Kevin L.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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Denbury Resources Inc. has initiated a comprehensive feasibility study of a possible long-term CO 2 pipeline project which would connect proposed gasification plants in the Midwest to Denbury’s existing CO 2 pipeline infrastructure in Mississippi or Louisiana. Denbury Resources Inc.

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