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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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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. —MITEI Director Ernest J.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

announced a significant natural gas discovery at the Leviathan exploration prospect offshore Israel. The Leviathan field is estimated to cover approximately 125 square miles (325 square kilometers) and, as a result of its size, will require two or more appraisal wells to further define total gas resources, according to Noble.

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JULY 25, 2011

BMW Manufacturing has launched the first phase of an integrated program of work with the intent to validate the economic and technical feasibility of converting landfill gas (LFG) into hydrogen. The project team will include BMW, Advanced Technology International (a subsidiary of SCRA), the Gas Technology Institute, Ameresco, Inc.,

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MARCH 27, 2014

It also introduces an update of natural gas pathways, taking into account the addition of a European shale gas pathway. The report aims to establish a consensual well-to-wheels (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions assessment of a wide range of automotive fuels and powertrains relevant to Europe in 2020 and beyond.

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MARCH 14, 2014

Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Brigham Young University have devised a new and more efficient method to convert natural gas into liquid products at much lower temperatures than conventional methods. At the core of technologies for converting the alkanes in natural gas is the chemistry of the carbon-hydrogen bond.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Hydrogen can be produced both from natural gas and from renewable sources through electrolysis. Together with the Konkraft partners, Equinor earlier this year launched a joint ambition to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas operations in Norway by 40% by 2030, and to near zero by 2050.

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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. Honda also plans to construct and test its Honda Smart Home System in Saitama in the spring of next year. Interior structure of MCHP1.0K2. Earlier post.)

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Current global total liquids oil demand growth is at similar levels to what was recorded during the 2003 to 2007 commodity super-cycle, referred to as the “golden age” of refining. Refined product demand growth has averaged 1.2 At present, current global total liquids oil demand is approximately 100 million barrels per day, the report says.

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JUNE 5, 2012

billion) of the funding of the action plan will finance measures in the transport sector—specifically developing public transportation, supporting the purchase of equipment that reduces consumption of fossil fuels, and encouraging the use of hybrid trucks and conversion to natural gas. Almost 63% (C$1.7 above the level of 1990.

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JULY 15, 2009

Oil and gas drilling in the US in the second quarter of 2009 fell 46% year-on-year to an estimated 8,038 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Quarterly Well Completion Report: Second Quarter. This activity corresponds to levels in 2003-2004.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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JUNE 23, 2014

JDC) and INPEX Corporation (INPEX) have concluded a contract to support Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation’s (JOGMEC’s) medium and long-term offshore production test of methane hydrate. In FY 1999 and 2003, exploratory test wells were conducted in the offshore Nankai trough and in the Tokai Oki-Kumano Nada area respectively.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Relative contribution of major greenhouse gases to the overall change in radiative forcing between 1979 and 1984 (a) and from 2003 to 2008 (b). Atmospheric levels of major greenhouse gases continue to increase, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) 2008 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin (no.

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Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean. —Joel Johnson.

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MAY 9, 2013

The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Over the past few years, we’ve been following with interest the ongoing legal battle between Honda and owners of its 2003-2008 Civic Hybrid. That Honda sold the Civic Hybrid on the basis of a claimed 50 mpg gas mileage that no-one could achieve. Now a proposed Californian class-action settlement between Honda and Civic hybrid.

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JULY 9, 2010

NREL Research Review 2003 Certain green alga such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii use sunlight to produce hydrogen directly from water. The alga also produce oxygen—which inhibits the function of algal hydrogenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the release of hydrogen gas. New Horizons for Hydrogen ”, NREL 2003 Research Review.

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MAY 24, 2019

At the end of last year, RATP ordered 18 gas-powered Urbino 18 CNG, deliveries of which will soon begin. Solaris vehicles have been present in France since 2003. The orders realized by Solaris correspond with a long-term RATP policy in the field of reducing air pollution and switching towards low-emission and zero-emission vehicles.

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JUNE 3, 2011

HE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in which HE agreed to purchase GE’s newest gas turbine featuring FlexEfficiency technology. As part of the MOU, HE plans to purchase four 9FB gas turbines from GE before the end of 2013, including two that will incorporate FlexEfficiency technology. GE and Harbin Electric Co.,

China

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

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JUNE 5, 2013

in 2001 -- was the first five-seat family car to offer hybrid-electric drive and unimaginably high gas mileage. It was small, unassuming, almost a shrinking violet, really. The first-generation Toyota Prius hybrid -- launched in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Seven exploration and appraisal wells have been successfully and safely drilled at these fields since 2003. It will include three subsea centers tied back to a hub production facility with a capacity of 170,000 barrels of oil and 42.5 Startup is anticipated in 2014. The Jack and St.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

The ERD process enables onshore drilling beneath the seafloor to the offshore oil and gas reservoirs in one of the most challenging sub-arctic environments in the world. Since the first Sakhalin-1 well was drilled in 2003, six of the world’s 10 record-setting ERD wells have been drilled at the project.

Russia

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35,055 feet (10,685 metres) making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry. BP is the largest producer of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico with net production of more than 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

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MAY 31, 2010

Australia-based Eden Energy Limited has successfully tested a production-ready 6-liter engine that will enable India’s largest bus manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, to power buses with Eden’s low-emission Hythane blend of hydrogen-enriched natural gas (usually 20% hydrogen by volume). Tags: Engines Heavy-duty Hydrogen India Natural Gas.

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JULY 6, 2020

In an open-access study in the EGU journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , an international team of researchers reports that the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) is rapidly accumulating in the atmosphere, driven by the demand for SF 6 -insulated switchgear in developing countries. Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

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JULY 18, 2012

The maximum number of hours a first-generation fuel cell stack (2003–2005 stack technology) accumulated without repair is 2,375—the longest stack durability from a light-duty FCEV in normal use published to date of which the NREL team was aware. 2,000-hour fuel cell durability. Results from version 2.1

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Natural gas engine and vehicle company Westport Innovations Inc. Founded in 1986, Prins is a leading developer of high quality alternative fuel systems powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty applications.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Sinochem Group has operated in the international oil business for several decades and started making its first overseas oil and gas investments in 2003. It has more than 35 years of experience from oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf and has currently operations in 40 countries.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

per year since 2003, excluding the credit crunch years). The emissions increase in the United States in 2013 (+2.5%) was mainly due to a shift in power production from gas back to coal together with an increase in gas consumption due to a higher demand for space heating.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The facility was designed to process 80,000 barrels of oil and 60 million cubic feet of gas per day. Oil and gas are transported to existing shelf infrastructure via the BP-operated Caesar (oil) pipeline and Cleopatra (gas) pipeline systems. The prospect is operated by Chevron USA Inc.,

Mexico

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Hess Corporation will proceed with the development of Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas project operated by Hess in the Gulf of Mexico. Discovered in 2003, Tubular Bells is located approximately 135 miles southeast of New Orleans in the Mississippi Canyon area. The development is estimated to cost $2.3

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MARCH 5, 2010

seismic image showing gas charged sediments and gas release from the bottom. Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane can also be stored in the seabed as methane gas or methane hydrates and then released as subsea permafrost thaws. Bottom left. bathymetry lines. Bottom right.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It is the first European system with highly efficient gas engine technology for use in single-family homes. Aside from a Honda mCHP module and a heat recovery module, the system also consists of a 300-liter multi-function storage cylinder and a wall-hung gas-fired condensing boiler for peak loads and system controls.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. trillion cubic feet of natural gas from these coal seams. gigatons to 2.3

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Wi-Fi went mainstream with the 802.11g standard in 2003, which improved performance and reliability over earlier 802.11a/b standards. That’s nearly 40 percent as fast as the Wi-Fi 5 standard and more than 175 times as fast as the 802.11g connection I used in 2003. Yet the standard isn’t letting off the gas.

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