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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the Perdido regional DVA (direct vertical access) spar is the deepest spar production facility in the world. The well, at 9,627 feet (2,934 meters, 1.82

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APRIL 22, 2014

The HELMETH (“Integrated High-temperature ELectrolysis and METHanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion”) project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT) is targeting power-to-gas (PtG) system efficiencies of more than 85% through better synergies with existing process steps. Power-to-gas (e.g.,

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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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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. The interim report analyzed the economics of natural gas project development options in Cyprus with a focus on exports. Click to enlarge. Background.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Statoil and partner ExxonMobil report a large gas discovery (Lavani) in the Statoil-operated Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. The logging results from the Lavani well confirm a new high-impact discovery for Statoil, with a preliminary resource estimate of 3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in place. Earlier post.). Source: Statoil.

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MAY 2, 2012

Conceptual rendering of CO 2 – CH 4 exchange methodology for the production of natural gas from hydrates. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the completion of a successful test of technology in the North Slope of Alaska that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates. Source: NETL.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) created the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. In 2007 the company developed Mission One, a high performance electric motorcycle. Natural gas-powered vehicle fueling. Natural gas will displace 1.5

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania. Statoil announced on 17 February that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. —Tim Dodson, executive vice president for Exploration in Statoil.

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MARCH 23, 2011

Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. The synthesis gas enters one of 24 reactors. Construction at the massive Pearl GTL project, Qatar, 2010. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Lease Sale 216/222 is the last remaining sale scheduled in the 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Program. The Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program schedules 12 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Central Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale attracted $1,704,500,995 in high bids for tracts on the US outer continental shelf offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. trillion cubic feet of natural gas. billion barrels of oil and 3.3 in previous Central lease sales.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, says it strongly disagrees with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary conclusions on fracking in its draft report related to the groundwater study in the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming. Earlier post.)

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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. It assessed the deposition of the methane hydrate and the volume of the original methane gas in the eastern Nankai Trough area.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Promoting the use of zero-emission vehicles will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution at the nation?s Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (Nùñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), created the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP). s second-busiest container port.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Log scale plot of illustrative water consumption by energy-related activity. Business leaders from some of the world’s biggest companies called for water, energy and climate change issues to be linked in global negotiations, such as the international climate talks due to culminate in Copenhagen in December. Data: WBCSD (2009).

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JUNE 10, 2010

GE has developed the first two-stage turbocharged gas engine and is applying this technology to its Jenbacher J624 gas engine. GE two-stage turbocharged gas engine. Introduced by GE in 2007, the J624 is the first 24-cylinder gas engine for commercial power generation, used in various applications. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 21, 2013

It is with great pleasure, I note that we were able to attract the largest oil companies in the world to explore for oil and gas in our area. It increases our belief that they are able to find oil and gas in commercial quantities. billion barrels oil equivalent of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Gautier, D.L.,

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

Tel Aviv, Israel) and Gas Technologies LLC (Walloon Lake, MI), will develop scalable production of a novel methane dry reforming catalyst and its implementation into a synthetic fuel plant. BIRD Energy began in 2009 as a result of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.

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JULY 4, 2010

is participating in a project to extract lithium from the produced water from geothermal power generation at a site in California. a company founded in 2007 to produce commodity minerals and metals—specifically lithium, manganese, and zinc—from geothermal, oil and gas, and other brines. The Nikkei reports that Itochu Corp.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Now, a study by researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) has found that energy sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) behaves more like miscanthus in the way it efficiently captures light and uses water to produce abundant biomass. Energy sorghum falls somewhere in between.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The first generation of the Golf BlueMotion made its debut five years ago at the Geneva Motor Show; the car was launched into the market at the end of 2007. This third generation Golf BlueMotion will be launched into the market in summer 2013. At that time, the Golf BlueMotion offered fuel consumption 4.5 l/100 km (52.3

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, albeit a distant second. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

billion for leases during Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193. The 2008 sale was included in the previous Administration’s 2007-2012 Five-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program to cover leasing for oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf for that five-year period. In 2008, Shell’s subsidiary paid $2.1

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MAY 29, 2009

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has completed a geologically-based assessment of the oil and gas resource potential of the Arctic, the Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA). Undiscovered natural gas is three times more abundant than oil in the Arctic and is largely concentrated in Russia, the researchers concluded. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. This is despite the fact that natural variation will partially offset the warming signal from greenhouse gas emissions. per year from 2000-2007.

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AUGUST 18, 2013

the thickness of the zone in which the oil or bitumen resides—in presence of bottom water zone and/or with high water saturation in the pay zone, the thermal methods tend to be neither effective nor economical due to significant heat loss and large heating and water source requirement. 2013.07.043. Meyer, R.F.,

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APRIL 17, 2009

BASF Fuel Cell GmbH —formed in March 2007 by merging the fuel cell activities of PEMEAS and Engelhard with those of BASF—will introduce a new high-temperature membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and a new fuel cell electrode catalyst product line at Hannover Fair 2009 next week. Celtec is BASF’s family of high temperature MEAs.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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MAY 20, 2011

The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc has made the final investment decision on the Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Project in Australia (100% Shell); Shell will now start detailed design and construction of what will be the world’s first FLNG facility. This helps to cool the gas from below the facility, saving deck space.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The well, located in Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) south east of Houston, is in 4,132 feet (1,259 metres) of water. 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.

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APRIL 6, 2011

WVO collects and removes water, food particles and other impurities from waste vegetable oil then ships the bio feedstock to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel blend (B20) that will be used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the US Foodservice-Columbia Division in Lexington, SC.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Neste has been exploring ways to contribute to improving palm oil industry’s environmental performance, particularly how to further reduce greenhouse gas emission from palm oil production. A belt filter dewaters by applying pressure to solids to squeeze out the water.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The second half of the year will be dominated by placing the plant that will mix the sodium borohydride granules with pure water, creating hydrogen. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter. The construction of the ship at Next Generation Shipyards in Lauwersoog is also innovative. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 27, 2012

This would increase the annual carbon emission to somewhere between 380 and 920 Mt CO 2 e by 2020 depending on water management practices and the extent of plantations. The new study used the satellite imagery to map the encroachment of oil palm plantations onto peatlands from 1990 to 2000, from 2000 to 2007, and finally 2007 to 2010.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas in a spontaneous, “one-pot” process using an enzyme cocktail, cellulosic materials from non-food sources, and water.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The discovery well is located nearly 120 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and at a water depth of 976 meters. In waters at a depth of 1,300 meters and at 120 km off the coast, this well identified a reservoir with a recoverable volume of some 345 million barrels of recoverable 28° API. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Marlim Sul.

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