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Chevron Sanctions Development of Deepwater Jack/St. Malo Project in the Gulf of Mexico; Initial Development Cost of ~$7.5B

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Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of the Jack/St. The initial development of the Chevron project will require an investment of approximately $7.5 Chevron, through its subsidiary Chevron USA Inc., Malo project, its first operated project located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Source: Chevron. Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e.,

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Western Lithium Commences Additional Drilling in Nevada to Support Long Term Lithium Carbonate Production

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According to the original Chevron data, the Stage II lens is approximately seven times larger than Stage I lens, so only a portion of the lens will be drilled at this time. This drilling program is intended to continue to confirm the earlier Chevron work and support our staged development plan for the project.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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around 17 million in the US—China became the top market in 2009), it only requires a 4 percent growth rate to reach that target in fifteen years. The cost to operate an EV, per mile, is already well below the cost to drive a standard ICE-age model, and the advantage is likely to widen. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

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Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

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Chevron Technology Ventures and the Institute for Energy Economics of Japan provided support for the study. “We We believe that such an assessment would find that the extremely high costs of implementing this program outweigh the indirect benefits to consumers of the small, marginal reductions in US oil imports.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. Energy Markets in a State of Change. Billion vs. $28.3

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DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

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In 2009, NREL expanded this CDP to include a comparison of the efficiency at full power, for which DOE’s target was 50% net system efficiency. Daimler and BP; GM and Shell; Chevron, UTC Power and Hyundai-Kia; and Ford and BP.) 3/gallon gasoline equivalent (gge) hydrogen production cost (based on volume production).

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