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JANUARY 16, 2012

Industry appetite for oil-rich resource plays, particularly the North Dakota Bakken shale, Texas Eagle Ford shale and Ohio Utica shale, drove deal activity in the unconventional sector to a record $62 billion. We expect continued strong activity in oil and liquids-rich resource plays in 2012. —Ronyld W.

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MAY 26, 2009

The brief is based on the book, Acting in Time on Energy Policy (Brookings 2009), edited by Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. Oil security policy. If the price later rose above $90, the tax would disappear.

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In December 2009, Syncrude submitted an update report to the regulators further to the conditions for approval received for Aurora South in 1998. Decisions regarding further upgrading capacity will be considered in the future in the context of evolving heavy/light crude oil price spreads.

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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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AUGUST 15, 2010

Debate about the future of oil sands development is so contentious that even the name of the resource is disputed: proponents typically use oil sands while opponents use tar sands. A growing supply of unconventional transportation fuels would tend to moderate oil prices and would drive up emissions on a life cycle basis.

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MAY 15, 2012

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a follow-on study to its 2009 evaluation of the economic and environmental performance of Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) and CTL with modest amounts of biomass mixed in (15% by weight) for the production of zero-sulfure diesel fuel. This equates to diesel prices in the range of $2.70

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This work builds on the Clinton Project Pre-Feasibility Study outcomes released in April 2009 by Syngas. Syngas projects about a 10% ROI at US$60/barrel of crude, which higher returns at higher oil prices. The Project is located 120 km north west of Adelaide, in South Australia.

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JULY 20, 2012

savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. tonnes per capita.

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JULY 14, 2009

Becker (2009). In two other scenarios considered, a high oil price scenario (using EIA projections) and a battery swap operator-subsidzied scenario, EV new vehicle sales penetration reaches 85% and 86% respectively by 2030. Becker (2009). Becker (2009). EV penetration with a battery swap model in three scenarios.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Background colors of the cells represent the crude oil price required for economic feasibility. 2009) Click to enlarge. 2009) Affordable, Low-Carbon Diesel Fuel from Domestic Coal and Biomass (DOE/NETL-2009/1349) Lifecycle GHG emissions of CTL/CBTL/BTL compared to 2005 petroleum diesel baseline. Tarka et al.

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The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Source: IRENA. Click to enlarge. kWh in Africa.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Although EPA included a partial assessment of water and effects in the preamble of its May 2009 RFS proposed rulemaking, EISA does not require EPA to determine what fuels are eligible for consideration under the RFS based on their lifecycle environmental effects, apart from greenhouse gas emissions. specifies this year.

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MARCH 8, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. The RBAEF involves experts from 12 institutions, and is jointly led by Dartmouth College and the Natural Resources Defense Council and sponsored by the US Department of Energy, the Energy Foundation and the National Commission on Energy Policy. 2009) Click to enlarge. Volume 3 Issue 2 (March/April 2009).

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MAY 24, 2009

Oil sands supply chain. Source: Levi 2009. A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)— The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs Climate Change — claims that prudent greenhouse gas regulations can limit emissions from Canadian oil sands while still enabling robust development of the energy resource.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (Small Business Award) for its BioForming process—a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass.

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JUNE 16, 2009

In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and the organizer of last week’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009. California Air Resources Board. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

These charges echo those in a complaint against the LCFS filed by two ethanol trade groups—the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy—in December 2009. It will protect us from volatile oil prices and provide consumers with cleaner fuels and provide the nation with greater energy security. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 9, 2010

The Electrification Coalition (EC) has released a long-term macroeconomic analysis of the policy proposals put forward in its November 2009 Electrification Roadmap ( earlier post ). Global Demand for Oil. World demand for oil would fall, leading to lower world oil prices. Resilience to Future Price Shocks.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

When oil prices rose to new highs in the 1970s, Brazil invested in ethanol created from the its sugar cane crops. Researchers from Duke University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina, and Brazil have sequenced the genome of PE-2, a strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that thrives on turning sugarcane into ethanol.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. For world crude oil prices in the range of $100 per barrel, this amounts to a price impact of roughly $5 to $13 per barrel. million bpd. Hileman, David S. Ortiz, James T.

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MARCH 26, 2010

In 2009, the European Union adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) which included a 10% target for the use of renewable energy in road transport fuels by 2020. The Commission decided to release this study immediately after its completion in order to ensure full transparency on this important issue. Background.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

A crude oil price of US$100/bbl results in an approximate cost of €0.56/L Edmund Henrich, Nicolaus Dahmen and Eckhard Dinjus, (2009) Cost estimate for biosynfuel production via biosyncrude gasification. With ±30% estimate error, this is between €0.56 per liter (US$2.72-5.03/gallon —Henrich et al. Biofuels, Bioprod.

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JUNE 23, 2011

the steam required, represented by barrels of water, to produce one barrel of oil) from a peak of almost 8.5 for the first quarter of 2011, according to data from the California Department of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). Worldwide heavy oil reserves by country. Oil production. Source: Chevron.

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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.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The report, Economic Viability of Electric Vehicles , was originally published in September 2009, and has been made available online. 2009, AECOM). AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets. Economic Viability of Electric Vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

A series of presentations at the SAE 2009 Hybrid Vehicle Technology Symposium held in San Diego (11-12 February) sketched a mixed outlook for mainstream consumer—i.e., Let’s talk about water quality, local emissions, natural resources and the wars that come from places that don’t have enough natural resources.

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JULY 4, 2009

Volkswagen is Europe’s largest automaker, and saw its global new vehicle market share increase to 11% during the first quarter of 2009. Limited fossil fuel resources. The perspective of rising oil prices is a turboboost for a change in customer behavior, he said. Although Volkswagen sales were down 5.1%

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APRIL 22, 2009

As oil prices fall, "the push for new energy technologies isbeing shoved aside by the nations other economic woes," Grove said. The 2009 ExtremeTech Case Mod Contest, sponsored by Newegg, is now accepting submissions. automakers. Enter Yours Today! All Rights Reserved. is prohibited.

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from its reliance on imported oil. So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 Oil prices are going to go up. Bush in 2003 committed$1.2 millionthis year from $211.9

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

Global use of biofuels will more than double between 2009 and 2015 – that is the verdict of Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (see article ). Further worries include the impact on water resources.

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JANUARY 23, 2011

In September 2009, the G-20 announced a commitment to phase out inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption. The conference report summarizes the presentations and discussions of the two-day conference and includes a resource list of relevant documents and research reports. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

They assumed an oil price of US$80/bbl, close to the short-term. projections in the World Energy Outlook 2009. Resources. They also assumed a shift from current central motor (CM) drivetrains to wheel motor (WM) drivetrains. from 2015 onwards because higher efficiency of wheel motor drivetrains allows for smaller.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Although the recovery in the world economy since 2009 has been uneven, and future economic prospects remain uncertain, global primary energy demand rebounded by a remarkable 5% in 2010, pushing CO 2 emissions to a new high. Short-term pressures on oil markets are easing with the economic slowdown and the expected return of Libyan supply.

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MAY 20, 2009

Factors that influenced the overall emissions decrease included record-high oil prices and a decline in economic activity in the second half of the year. Oil-related emissions declined by 6%, accounting for the bulk of overall reduction in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. —an average of 1.1%

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JULY 8, 2011

Syria’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has announced a tender for investing in oil shale in the Khanaser area, 103 km in southeastern Aleppo, over an area of 150 km 2 divided into 14 blocks with geological reserves of 2.3 Oil shale deposits in Syria. According to The Oil and Gas Journal , Syria had 2.5

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Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. DE (1) Agricultural offsets (1) Always On Going Green (1) Applied Materials (1) Appropedia (1) Aqua Resources Fund (1) Arnold Schwarzenegger (1) BMWG.F (1) The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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