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Thailand enters the Canadian oil sands; Statoil selling 40% interest to PTTEP for US$2.28B

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Statoil has agreed to sell a 40% interest in its oil sands project in Alberta, Canada (Kai Kos Dehseh) to PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) of Thailand. Production volumes from the partnership will continue to be handled and marketed by Statoil Canada Ltd.

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Mazda and Ford JV to Invest $350M to Build Next Generation Compact Pickup Truck in Thailand

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Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company’s joint venture, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. AAT), will invest US$350 million in its pickup truck plant to support the production of Mazda and Ford’s next generation pickup trucks. The investment will enable production of the new compact pickups to commence in mid-2011.

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UC Riverside and Thai Institute collaborating on thermochemical process for drop-in fuels from biomass

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The product gases from the SHR include mainly methane and hydrogen along with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and steam. Park, C S and Norbeck, J N and Singh, S P and Raju, A (2007) Recent Progress on Steam Hydrogasification of Carbonaceous Matter to Clean Synthetic Diesel Fuel. DEER 2007 poster). doi: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.09.011.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles. Toyota hit the 1-million mark for cumulative global hybrid sales at the end of May 2007 ( earlier post ), and has since rocketed past 4 million cumulative units. Earlier post.) Cumulative worldwide.

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Nissan Releases Sketch of Coming Global Compact Car; Qualifies as Eco Car for Thai Investment Incentives

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This model will be first launched in Thailand in March 2010 and will be available in more than 150 countries. . At the same time, Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., Honda is slated to begin production of its qualifying Eco-car in 2010 also, according to Frost and Sullivan. The new global compact. Click to enlarge.

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Ford to expand 3-Wet Paint capacity by 50% globally in 2013

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Ford was the first automaker to implement the 3-Wet high-solids solvent-borne technology in 2007; it now has eight plants in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe equipped to use the process to paint vehicles. The actions will reduce CO 2 emissions by an estimated 15-25% at those facilities. and Louisville Assembly Plant, Louisville, Ky.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. Source: Worldwatch Institute. Click to enlarge. Biofuels provided 2.7% —Sam Shrank.

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