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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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Oklahoma City, Okla.; Since 2009, UPS has invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations globally. UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Commerce City, Colo.; El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Orleans, La.; Omaha, Neb.;

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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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It happened , and I found one of those machines in a car graveyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few weeks back. The Hyundai Genesis showed up here as a 2009 model and sold quite well. Back at home, Hyundai had been selling credible luxury machinery (admittedly, often based on Mitsubishi hardware) for quite some time.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles.

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PHEV Day Off in Edmond. Wednesday, 4 March 2009. Visiting with Cousins, "Spirit's" Charging, "Showing & Shining" for the Central Oklahoma Mensa Grp

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Early in the evening, the "Spirit" moveth EVJerry for a dinner engagement with the Central Oklahoma Mensa Group of LOCSEC Louanne Stewart with TJ, Bruce and Mary. The "Spirit" is primed for a 101MPG aided by electricity on Thursday's run to the Oklahoma Capital, the Air Museum, Anadarko, and on into Texas and Bonham.

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Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

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Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. The transaction value includes $10 billion of existing XTO debt and is based on the closing share prices of ExxonMobil and XTO on 11 December 2009.

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DOE-Sponsored Seismic Project Helps Identify Untapped Oil in Developed Reservoirs

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In 2009, the company drilled a well into a 6-foot-thick tight formation in Gove County, Kan., A research team from the University of Kansas Center for Research, the Kansas Geological Survey, the University of Houston Allied Geophysical Laboratories, and the University of Oklahoma developed the seismic technologies.

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PHEV Day 147 - Tuesday, 3 March 2009. Onward to Oklahoma City

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Stand by.!