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AUGUST 15, 2018

The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. sanctions on Iranian oil. The Saudis are also cutting their prices to the prized Asian market to lure more customers as they increase supply. efforts to curb Iranian production.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a significant move to protect customer interests and maintain the credibility of the Honda brand, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has successfully cracked down on counterfeit engine oil production and distribution in West Bengal.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

a renewable oil and bioproducts company, announced the continuation and expansion of its relationship with Unilever. The two companies have been collaborating since 2009 on the research and development of tailored oils utilizing Solazyme’s technology platform and Unilever’s broad knowledge in the consumer goods space. Solazyme, Inc.,

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MAY 9, 2020

through a subsidiary, has purchased Alon Bakersfield Properties, Inc., The total cash consideration paid to Delek US Holdings for the purchase was $40 million. Alon Bakersfield Refinery is an existing oil refinery located in Bakersfield, California. Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings, Inc.

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JULY 16, 2023

Shell will then purchase high-quality, independently verified carbon credits to compensate for carbon emissions which are not currently being avoided or reduced. Using more recycled content in product plastic packaging, in support of Shell’s ambition of reaching 30% PCR use by 2030.

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MAY 19, 2023

Oleo-X can process low-carbon, inedible oils—including poultry fat—without blending in high-quality oils taken from the food industry. The company purchased its site, the former home of Chemour’s First Chemical plant, in June 2022. Over the past 11 months, Oleo-X invested to revamp and expand the facility.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. Increased pressure is created as the belt passes over rollers which decrease in diameter.

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MARCH 19, 2012

US crude oil imports during 2011 fell to their lowest level in twelve years and were down 12% from their peak in 2005, as higher domestic oil production and decreased consumption of petroleum products reduced American refiners’ purchases of foreign crude, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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JANUARY 30, 2014

announced that commercial production of its renewable algal oils has begun at both Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Solazyme, Inc.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Velocys plc, a developer and supplier of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, announced a new manufacturing partnership with and new share purchase by Shiloh Industries, Inc. Shiloh will also purchase 601,326 new ordinary shares in Velocys at a price of 200p (US$3.33) per share.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% of the total diesel supplied to California that quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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MARCH 15, 2023

JetBlue and Shell Aviation are collaborating to bring additional supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), targeting commencement of delivery in the first half of 2023. Shell has announced its ambition to have 10% of its aviation jet fuel sales as SAF by 2030.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

million Valicor corn-oil separation system (COSS) at its Nebraska Energy LLC plant in Aurora, Nebraska. Since corn oil has a higher market value, removing the oil improves dried distillers grain processing properties. Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. has installed a $2.4-million The system began operations in early January.

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JUNE 24, 2023

This agreement connects two key elements of the supply chain needed to achieve the use of clean ammonia as a shipping fuel—a global supplier of clean ammonia and the largest bunker supplier today in terms of end users. Revenues and EBITDA for the full year 2022 were US$4.422 billion and US$249 million respectively.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held.

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APRIL 17, 2017

US-based biotech startup Amfora and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the federal government agency for scientific research in Australia) signed an agreement to advance development and commercialization of technology to produce oil in the leaves and stems of plants as well as the seeds. Source: CSIRO.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

U-Haul—the largest US retailer of propane—has purchased one million gallons of renewable propane to sell at its company-owned and -operated stores across California for the second year in row. to continue supplying the fuel at more than 60 propane-dispensing stores in the state. Earlier post.) gCO 2 /MJ to 43.50

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

India consumes about 25 billion gallons per year of diesel, but India does not have a meaningful amount of domestic oil production and is dependent on imported crude oil to supply its petroleum refineries. The Kakinada Plant also distills the crude glycerin byproduct from the biodiesel refining process into refined glycerin.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

have entered into a long-term strategic offtake and market development agreement that will see bp, or its affiliates, purchase Nuseed Carinata oil to process or sell into growing markets for the production of sustainable biofuels. bp is already an active participant in the biofuels supply chain.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Beyond maybe a tank of gas (two if you’re lucky) at time of purchase, the job of fueling the vehicle wasn’t something manufacturers or dealers participated in. Oil companies, refiners, and retailers had their own supply chain for gasoline and/or diesel, and you […]

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JUNE 17, 2022

Avfuel Corporation is making a multimillion-dollar investment in Alder Fuels—a company that is developing technologies for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale by converting abundant biomass into sustainable low-carbon, drop-in replacement crude oil that can be used in existing refineries to produce aviation fuel.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

U-Haul has purchased its first million gallons of renewable propane, which is available to customers at U-Haul autogas facilities across Southern California. to supply the fuel. Renewable propane is derived from renewable sources such as beef fats, vegetable oils, grease residue and other biomass feedstocks. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 4, 2013

United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels ( earlier post ) for cost-competitive, sustainable, bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosene at commercial scale. AltAir has partnered with an existing oil refiner for the operation of its first commercial facility. —AltAir CEO Tom Todaro.

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

JetBlue announced a ten-year renewable jet fuel purchase agreement with SG Preston , a bioenergy company. The airline will purchase renewable jet fuel made from rapidly renewable, bio-based feedstocks that do not compete with food production. The fuel will consist of 30% renewable jet fuel blended with 70% traditional Jet-A fuel.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., million (US$12.8

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JUNE 16, 2014

The Honeywell Green Jet Fuel was made from inedible corn oil and used cooking oil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights. United Airlines will purchase 15 million gallons of this fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more.

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JUNE 8, 2011

developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, and Catchlight Energy LLC (CLE), a 50-50 joint venture between subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company focused on providing liquid transportation fuels from sustainable forest-based resources, have signed a feedstock supply agreement.

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MAY 12, 2011

developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass ( earlier post ), has signed a ground fuel supply agreement with FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. Under the agreement, KiOR may supply renewable diesel blendstocks for purchase by affiliates of FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 16, 2019

As global demand for distillate fuel oil has increased and sulfur content regulations have become more stringent, refineries have needed to use more hydrogen. Refineries typically fulfill incremental hydrogen demand by either producing it on-site through steam reforming of natural gas or by purchasing it from merchant suppliers.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

SAF, which currently must be blended with conventional jet fuel to meet regulatory requirements for use within the aircraft, is being made from used cooking oil and agricultural waste, and, in the future, could be made from other feedstocks including household trash or forest waste.

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JUNE 16, 2014

The Honeywell Green Jet Fuel was made from inedible corn oil and used cooking oil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights. United Airlines will purchase 15 million gallons of this fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more.

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JUNE 16, 2014

The Honeywell Green Jet Fuel was made from inedible corn oil and used cooking oil. UOP supplied nearly 92,000 liters (24,000 gallons US) of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel for the flights. United Airlines will purchase 15 million gallons of this fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The notification triggers a new series of payments under a purchase order from the Australia-based customer. We look forward to now using the equipment we’ve purchased from OriginOil to finalize preparations for our 1 hectare Bio CCS algal synthesizer test facility we’re about to construct at Tarong Power Station in Queensland.

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JULY 21, 2015

FedEx joins Southwest Airlines, which signed a purchase agreement with RedRock in November 2014 for about 3 million gallons per year, in purchasing Red Rock’s total planned available volume of jet fuel. The agreement runs through 2024, with first delivery expected in 2017. Earlier post.).

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