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APRIL 29, 2020

The ULTIMATE program will develop and demonstrate ultrahigh-temperature materials that can operate in high temperature and high stress environments of a gas turbine blade. Projects will specifically target gas turbine applications in the power generation and aviation industries. for high-temperature components in gas turbines.

Gas

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APRIL 4, 2011

Gas-flaring countries and trends. A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2021

Aker Solutions has been awarded a major contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide a subsea gas compression system for the Jansz-Io field, offshore Western Australia. The scope covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the all-electric subsea gas compression system. Earlier post.)

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JULY 1, 2015

The California Air Resources Board released the latest edition of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory , which shows that emissions fell by 1.5 Bar chart of 2000 to 2013 GHG emissions by category as defined in the Scoping Plan. Over the 2000 to 2013 period, per capita GHG emissions in California dropped from a peak of 14.0

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MARCH 14, 2011

FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, will exhibit a lean burn engine concept at the SAE 2011 World Congress that has been modified to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Stommel (2000) Fuel Efficient Natural Gas Engine with Common-Rail Micro-Pilot Injection ( SAE 2000-01-3080 ).

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APRIL 18, 2012

USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. Many new areas were included in the current study, defining and assessing 313 assessment units throughout the world, as compared to 246 in 2000. Geological Survey (USGS) released today.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Map of 48 major shale gas basins in 32 countries. Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. Source: EIA.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will begin test drilling for oil and natural gas in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Niigata Prefecture in April 2013. METI is outsourcing the test drilling, which is scheduled for April through June, to JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2011

Under van Wijk’s concept, a plant would produce methanol from natural gas on the North Slope using the proposed GigaMethanol technology. If the entire daily output of North Slope gas (4.5 van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues.

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MAY 11, 2012

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division will purchase 100 Newton Series 2000 all-electric commercial vehicles in 2012 from Smith Electric Vehicles, bringing the total number of its electric fleet to more than 280. Compressed natural gas (CNG) tractors will be introduced this spring, and will be used to haul large loads.

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JUNE 2, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has issued a request for information ( DE-FOA-0001331 ) to obtain feedback and opinions from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on the report findings from the Gas Clean-up for Fuel Cell Applications Workshop.

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JULY 22, 2013

Ford Motor Company became the first automaker to join a voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program recently established in India. As the first automaker to participate in the program, Ford’s role will be to assist in the establishment of credible and verifiable greenhouse gas inventories. million metric tons, since 2000.

India

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APRIL 23, 2012

The HSHS installed in this demonstration test house consists of CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) thin-film solar cell panels; a home battery unit (rechargeable battery); household gas-engine cogeneration unit and hot-water supply system; and the Smart e Mix Manager.

Honda

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JULY 8, 2014

After a critical review of the literature on the air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use, a team of US researchers has determined that that actual measurement data on various individual segments of the natural gas life cycle are sparse or critically lacking. well production end-of-life.

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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. This is equivalent to a total of 2.4 billion barrel of oil equivalent.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

With this new transmission, Allison continues to demonstrate its commitment to help achieve standards regarding fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It has been designed to utilize the same OEM interfaces as its six-speed predecessor, providing ease of integration into vehicles currently released with the Allison 2000 Series.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

EMT, the transport company of the Spanish capital Madrid, is set to receive another 276 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT urban buses with natural gas drive in the next two years. The vehicles now on order are two-door, 12-meter solo buses powered by the Mercedes-Benz OM 936 G natural gas engine. The fleet comprises 2000 buses.

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MAY 17, 2016

What will Elon Musk think of this? There is now a second company named after inventor Nikola Tesla—and it too plans to build electric vehicles. Unlike Tesla Motors, though, the first products of the newly-revealed Nikola (pronounced Neek-oh-la) Motor Company won't be a sports car or a luxury sedan. DON'T MISS: Recovered Energy And.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. mpg US (5.87 L/100km) in model year 2021, and 49.6 L/100km) in model year 2025.

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MAY 15, 2014

While natural gas can reduce greenhouse emissions when it is substituted for higher-emission energy sources, abundant shale gas is not likely to substantially alter total emissions without policies targeted at greenhouse gas reduction, according to a new study by two researchers at Duke University. —Newell and Raimi.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. —Secretary General Sentyurin.

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MAY 9, 2013

Speaking at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston , Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Silva Foster said that the Brazilian oil and gas company’s reserves will double in size by 2020. million barrels of oil equivalent (oil and natural gas) per day in 2012, is expected to reach 5.7 per year since 2000 and reached US$42.9

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MAY 23, 2011

This comprehensive energy management system features several Honda-developed energy production technologies, for example, a gas engine cogeneration unit and a solar power system. Through the E-KIZUNA Project, Honda aims to reduce household CO 2 emissions to half of year 2000 levels by 2015. Interior structure of MCHP1.0K2.

Honda

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MARCH 4, 2016

Augsburger Stadtwerke has taken delivery of twelve Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT buses (Natural Gas Technology). For more than one year, Augsburg’s bus fleet has been using renewable natural gas 100% of the time and is the first city Germany-wide with an almost CO 2 -neutral regular service. With a displacement of 7.7

Mercedes

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Effects of early and late peaking of global greenhouse gas emissions. finds expected global greenhouse gas emissions to be between 48.8 The study estimates that global emissions reductions of 48% to 72% below 2000 levels will be required by 2050 to close the gap between existing commitments and the 2 ºC upper warming limit.

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MAY 30, 2016

Transport operator EMT in Madrid, Spain, has ordered 82 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT (Natural Gas Technology) buses. The order includes 40 Mercedes-Benz Citaro natural-gas-powered 18m articulated busesand 42 Mercedes-Benz natural-gas-powered rigids with a length of 12 meters. liter Mercedes-Benz M 936 G natural-gas engine.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

Natural gas vehicles were first promoted starting in about 2000 as a way to reduce reliance on imported oil and cut tailpipe emissions. Their promise appeared to grow near the height of the global financial crisis, when gas prices hovered around $4 per gallon across much of the United States.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Volkswagen’s view of powertrain technologies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In January, total imports were at their lowest level for the month in 13 years, since 2000. The number of oil and gas rigs decreased from 1,784 in December to 1,756 in January, according to the latest reports from Baker-Hughes, Inc., Kerosine-jet production and residual fuel production both declined compared with January one year ago.

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JULY 19, 2021

A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and WWF finds that nearly 20% of tropical Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) overlap with concessions for extractive industries such as mining, oil and gas. Intact forests are declining rapidly, with more than 7 percent of their total area lost between 2000 and 2013. Grantham et al.

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APRIL 23, 2013

UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS SLP is one of those cars I used to geek out on when I picked up a buff book back during my college days. It makes 435 horsepower, runs 93 pump gas, and the compression ratio is 11:3. So naturally, I picked this one for today's UCOTD. It also has a lot of mods.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

The gasoline engine delivers 105 hp (72 kW) at 5500 rpm and maximum torque of 145 N·m (107 lb-ft) at 2000 rpm/min, with combined cycle fuel consumption of 4.2 Turbocharged by means of exhaust gas turbocharger with engine load management by means of variable intake valve activation. Fiat is introducing a new two-cylinder 0.9

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. EIA research indicated that part of the reason for the underestimation of transportation sector consumption of liquid fuels stemmed from the use of methanol and its derivatives that were increasingly added into China’s gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) streams. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Historical analysis shows strong acceleration of plantation development in recent years: 70% of all industrial plantations have been established since 2000 and only 4% of the current plantation area existed in 1990. ICF Report: Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Petroleum. Earlier post.). GCB Bioenergy. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01172.x.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Map of basins with assessed shale oil and shale gas formations, as of May 2013. The report also estimates technically recoverable shale gas resources of 7,299 trillion cubic feet—10% higher than an estimate in an earlier 2011 report on recoverable shale gas resources. million barrels per day in 2000 to an average of 1.9

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Nanocubes made of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could serve as a medium for gas storage. MOFs produced by the new method are currently being trialed for natural gas storage in heavy duty vehicles. The larger gas quantity in the tank increases the vehicle’s range. Tags: Hydrogen Storage Nanotech Natural Gas. Photo: BASF.

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