Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since forming in 2013, Argent Materials, a San Francisco Bay Area recycler of concrete and asphalt, and supplier of aggregate such as crushed rock, entry, cutback, sand, backfill and base rock for construction projects, has diverted more than a billion pounds of waste from local landfills. —Bill Crotinger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. USOS bitumen extraction process. Source: USOS.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

(JAPEX), will postpone making a final investment decision (FID) for the Hangingstone Oil Sands Expansion Project ( earlier post ) in Alberta Province, Canada, based on a longer-than-expected approval process with the Alberta authorities. operations by more than 300%. bitumen pipelines and power transmission (by other parties).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Osum Oil Sands Corp. Osum will produce bitumen utilizing the in-situ, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process beginning production in 2013. This produced water treatment system consists of AutoFlot Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) and Power Clean Oil Removal Filter (ORF) technologies for the secondary de-oiling process.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oil sands. These land-use change emissions have not previously been measured nor reported by governments and industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Made from the residue left behind after production of gasoline, plastics, and other materials, asphalt still commands $700-800 per ton, or half the price of gasoline at $1,500 per ton, Wen estimates. In Iowa, for example, scientists are making a corn-based bioasphalt from residue left after the production of ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2011

between 2008 and 2009 due to the global financial crisis, global oil consumption recovered by 3.1% About one third of this growth came from China, which now uses more than 10% of the world’s oil. of total oil consumption in 2010. of total oil consumption in 2010. After falling 1.5% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 87.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2019

In the Netherlands there are now test roads and cycle paths that are paved with a bitumen-like product made from the natural binder lignin. Most of this is mixed with aggregates such as crushed rock, sand and gravel to create asphalt—the sticky bitumen binds it all together—to build roads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, will invest $16 billion in a planned joint venture project with Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA to develop the Carabobo 2 block in the southern Orinoco extra-heavy crude belt in Venezuela, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. oil sands).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2015

This release includes the following expansions and updates: Major expansions and updates: Water consumption of fuel production pathways: developed and updated water consumption for hydrogen from various sources, petroleum fuels, biofuels, and hydro-electric power. Shale oil: developed energy and GHG emissions intensities of U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Flowback water treatment is a critical sustainability issue for the oil and gas industry. One to five million gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals are required for the fracking of each well. Using biochar could help oil and gas companies save money and responsibly treat flowback water for reuse.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

RTP rapidly heats biomass at ambient pressure to generate high yields of pourable, liquid pyrolysis oil. The pyrolysis oil—essentially a bio crude oil—will then be upgraded to green transport fuels using technology developed by UOP working with DOE, the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Lab and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

times as energy intensive to produce as conventional diesel, which restricts the current financial and environmental feasibility of algae production, according to a new life cycle analysis by a team from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Currently, algae-derived-biodiesel is up to 2.5 tons/ha/year).

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MARCH 8, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. The oil is sent to refineries for further processing. Coke-forming asphaltenes are sequestered.

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Oil Commercial Emissions Water 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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JUNE 20, 2012

However, the US military can play an important role in promoting stability in major oil producing regions and by helping protect the flow of energy through major transit corridors and on the high seas, the reports suggest. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) of Canada are working together to develop advanced gasification technology aimed at decreasing the cost and environmental impact of processing Alberta’s oil sands. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp.

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JUNE 8, 2019

liter M 139 engine is the world’s most powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engine in series production. This product policy logic has already proved successful in the V8-powered AMG Performance models. Fresh air is used in addition to oil and water to cool the turbocharger. NANOSLIDE cylinder coating.

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JUNE 17, 2012

Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells. The majority of waste water disposal wells do not pose a hazard for induced seismicity though there have been induced seismic events with a very limited number of wells.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 Depending on the feedstock and with the cogeneration of bioelectricity or steam export, the Coskata process can result in up to a 96% reduction of CO 2 in the production of the fuel and is up to 7.7 We will have the lowest production cost of ethanol in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates. Harmonize global LCFS policies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

Although EPA’s review of data sources available to the agency found specific instances where well integrity and waste water management related to hydraulic fracturing activities did impact drinking water resources, these were small compared to the large number of hydraulically fractured wells across the country. Well injection.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

More information about the next Cruze diesel will be available closer to the start of production. Variable-flow oil pump enhances efficiency. Piston-cooling oil jets contribute to optimal performance, efficiency and refinement. That helps ensure the oiling system maintains full pressure during extreme driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Then we are done! Email Neal.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

That’s why we’re launching #TheGreenReset – a national initiative challenging householders worldwide to swap their wasteful ways for environmentally friendly alternatives. Reduce food miles & minimise waste. Cut costs, cut waste and saves on washing up! Invest in sustainable products. What’s not to like?

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

These underwater sand dunes adorn the seafloor between Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas. 52Impact , a consulting company in the Netherlands, identified undisclosed waste dump sites by training an algorithm to recognize their telltale spectral signature. But it’s just now starting to appear in commercial products.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? It is 12 years later.

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