Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2015
Responding to press articles saying that the collapse of the global oil price is threatening oil and gas production in the off-shore Brazil pre-salt layer, Petrobras countered that it is expanding its production capacity “in an economically viable manner.”
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2013
The horizontal red lines show the comparable price of gasoline (before tax, refining margin 0.3 $/gal, exchange rate: 1 € = 1.326 $) with crude oil prices 100 $/bbl and 150 $/bbl. This Ultra-Clean Gas (UCG) process has been at the focus of VTT’s biomass gasification R&D since 2006. Source: VTT. 0.7 €/liter (app.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2010
While oil sands emissions have more than doubled from 1990 to 2006, the absolute increase in emissions from oil sands over the same period is less than the absolute increase in Canadian electric or transportation sector emissions, and far less than the increases in these sectors on a North American basis, they note.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2009
Oil production reached 10.7 Mtoe per day in 2008, representing 39% of fossil energy production and slightly above the level in 2006, the next-highest production year. Nonetheless, high oil prices pushed production from the Canadian oil sands to 1.2 million barrels per day (Mbpd) in 2008, up from 1.0
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Biofuels grow at a slower rate due to lower crude oil prices and. The decline reflects increased domestic production of both petroleum and natural gas, increased use of biofuels, and lower demand resulting from the adoption of new vehicle fuel efficiency standards and rising energy prices. Biomass and biofuels growth is slower.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JULY 14, 2009
It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. “By the time the electric car comes on line in 2012, the economy in California will be in a better place,&# says Driebe, the 2006 chairman of the Nissan Dealer Advisory Board. Pricing isn’t set. Oil vs. electrons. I’m guessing close to 50/50.
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