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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. Modern Truck Scenario.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

stake in Biojet AS , a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions biofuels and biofuel components. The company anticipates commercial production to begin in 2025 at a manufacturing plant to be built in Follum, Norway. ExxonMobil is acquiring a 49.9%

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

IHS Markit places the global peak for oil demand (gasoline and diesel) from LVs in 2019 when the demand averaged 29.1 When it comes to oil demand from light vehicles, it’s the latest sign that the 2019 peak is permanent. —Jim Burkhard, vice president, oil markets and mobility and energy future, IHS Markit.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

billion barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. This is a doubling of the previously announced PL265 volumes of between 400 and 800 million barrels of oil equivalent. Statoil previously confirmed that there is communication between Aldous in PL265 and Avaldsnes in PL501, and that this is one large oil discovery. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Pending confirmation through future appraisal drilling, the total hydrocarbons initially in place in the Mad Dog field complex are now estimated to be up to four billion barrels of oil equivalent. interest, Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Union Oil Company of California, has a 15.6% BHP Billiton has a 23.9%

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Through the swap, BASF aims to further expand its production of oil and gas via its wholly owned subsidiary Wintershall —Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer—and to exit the gas trading and storage business. billion barrel of oil equivalent. This is equivalent to a total of 2.4

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MARCH 26, 2020

Launched in 2000, the Folding@home project is a distributed computing project for simulating protein dynamics, including the process of protein folding and the movements of proteins implicated in a variety of diseases. It brings together citizen scientists who volunteer to run simulations of protein dynamics on their personal computers.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. —Secretary General Sentyurin.

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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”. Conventional oil uses 0.1

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Opened in 1955, Autopia was originally sponsored by Richfield Oil (which later merged into ARCO), and then by Chevron from 2000 to 2012. Since 2016, the attraction has been sponsored by Honda. EV production. Honda says battery-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles will make up 100% of its global sales by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Eni has signed an agreement with the Pakistani Authorities and the state oil and gas company OGDCL for the acquisition of 25% and the operatorship of exploration license Offshore Indus Block G, located in Pakistan’s Indus Basin. Oil and gas blocks offshore Pakistan. Source: Pakistan Petroleum Information Service.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Chempolis’ formicobio is a technology for the co-production of advanced biofuels, cellulosic sugars, lignin, platform biochemicals and biocoal from non-food biomasses such as bagasse, corn stover, rice straw, wheat straw, palm oil residue etc. MMTPA Refinery at Numaligarh in the District of Golaghat, Assam, India since 2000.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

m 3 (2,510 gallons US) in 2000 to approximately 3.5 Ford’s latest water reduction initiatives are designed to build on the success the company has had with its Global Water Management Initiative that launched in 2000. Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5 m 3 (925 gallons US) in 2015.

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APRIL 15, 2009

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University have developed a unique method that uses sponge-like mesoporous nanoparticles to harvest biofuel oils from algae without harming the algae. The nanofarming technology promises lower production costs and shorter production cycles.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

The RFS has been controversial from its beginnings in the early 2000’s. The oil industry would seem to be understandably upset about it. The oil industry responded. Larger companies such as BP , Exxon , and Valero have all sold or attempted to sell their refineries in the state. Earlier post.) This is all understandable.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Indian Oil Corporate (IOC) State-owned oil marketing company aims to install 10,000 charging stations for electric vehicles in the country over the next three years. The Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) announced that it plans to set up two ethanol plants in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at an investment of about ?600

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JANUARY 27, 2012

Specialty chemical company Rhodia, member of the Solvay Group, and Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a range of new bio-based polyamides targeting a variety of applications. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 14, 2014

This reduces drag losses because both vaned wheels that provide braking power when rotating in oil are disengaged. Separately, the Volkswagen Group has acquired more than 90% of the shares in Scania, enabling it to enact squeeze-out provisions to take full control of the company. reduction is taken as the rule of thumb.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced that by utilizing REG’s patented fermentation technology, the companies’ joint research program has demonstrated the ability to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into biodiesel. Earlier post.). In June 2017, ExxonMobil and partner Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

Vehicle penetration 2000 to 2040. China will see the largest increase—more than 4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day. Lower-sulfur fuel regulations for marine vessels expected over the next decade may attract some shipping companies to invest in LNG capability. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge. Source: ExxonMobil.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Ford Motor Company has added its near-dry machining process—Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)—to six plants globally, a number that will nearly double in the next few years. MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting.

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JULY 20, 2010

Biotech drug therapy company Viral Genetics, Inc., Karen Newell discovered a method of increasing the amount of oil produced by algae while researching a cancer drug. Our team believes through preliminary work that we have uncovered a possible lipid trigger that dramatically increases oil yields in plants. —Dr. John Sheehan.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. From 2000 to 2008, Ford cut its global water use by 56%, or 9.5

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JULY 21, 2014

engine is coupled with an Allison 2000 Series fully automatic transmission which utilizes integrated stop-start for further emissions reduction, as well as increased fuel economy. As a company, we certainly pride ourselves on being a leader for technological innovations within our industry. liter displacement. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Hovensa is one of the 10 largest refineries in the world and has the capacity to refine more than 525,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Hovensa LLC became the owner and operator of the former Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. In addition, the company will set aside nearly $4.9 HOVIC) refinery on 30 October 1998.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

And yet this transformative invention took nearly two decades to make it out of the lab, with numerous companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia considering the technology and yet failing to recognize its potential. But by the late 1970s, Exxon’s interest in oil alternatives had waned. The first iteration, developed by M.

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APRIL 4, 2010

L&I most recently inspected Tesoro in 2009, citing the company for 17 “serious” process safety management violations, with fines totaling $85,700. Tesoro’s retail-marketing system includes more than 880 branded retail stations, of which more than 380 are company-operated under the Tesoro, Shell, Mirastar and USA Gasoline brands.

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JULY 11, 2011

Solvay and Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a next generation of green high-performance polyamides for engineering plastics. —Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium >.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The new booklet— Signals & Signposts —updates the company’s thinking by taking into account the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. The recession interrupted the oil and commodity price boom but it may return. Zone of uncertainty. Supply-demand tensions. Supply will struggle to keep pace with demand.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We have gathered statistical information on energy and energy demand drivers from all different resources, such as the China Environment Yearbook , the Transportation Yearbook , the Power Yearbook , the Iron and Steel Yearbook , the Cement Almanac , statistics of oil companies and power companies. It was underreported.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials, has begun construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands) to convert carbohydrates into furanic building blocks—which the company calls “YXY”—for making renewable materials and fuels.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

Deret Transport, one of France’s largest logistics companies, has recently opted for the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid. The Deret Group now has one of the largest hybrid fleets in Europe, comprising 22 Canter Eco Hybrids. The Canter is the flagship model of Daimler subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC).

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MARCH 23, 2012

stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state. Settlement.

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JUNE 9, 2011

Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), has raised €30 million (US$43.9 Part of the funding has been used to buy out shares held by DFJ Esprit, AlpInvest, Eastman, EDBI and Pfizer, aligning the company’s shareholder base with its strategy.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Since 2000, the BP Institute for Multiphase Flow has formed an important part of the relationship and in 2010 BP funded the new McKenzie Chair in Earth Sciences. In 2009 the start-up company Permasense, providing wireless corrosion and non-destructive monitoring technology, was formed based on BP-funded research.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

bushels per acre, which represents a 12% increase over the data (1998-2000 average) used in the current US LCI database; Each bushel of soybeans harvested reduces greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalents) by 32.6 kilograms per 1,000 kilograms of oil produced to 2.96 kg (for the 3.36 kilograms).

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JANUARY 3, 2011

Colorado-based American Electric Vehicles (AEV)—a company co-founded by Dr. Dan Rivers, who also co-founded Li-ion battery company Compact Power Inc. with LG Chem in 2000—is developing a 6.3m AEV is partnering with a company in China on the charger, and works with NVT Battery on the Li-ion pack.

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