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OCTOBER 6, 2013

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022 projects that global ethanol production will increase 67% over the next ten years, with biodiesel increasing even faster but from a smaller base. Global ethanol production has fallen in calendar year 2012 for the first time since 2000, due to declines in the United States and in Brazil.

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MAY 20, 2013

Reflecting the concentration of lithium-ion battery manufacturers and associated cathode material producers in China, Japan and South Korea, the East Asia region has become an increasingly important consumer of lithium products over the last decade.

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JUNE 17, 2010

EADS; Eurocopter, a division of EADS; and BioCombustibles del Chubut will evaluate the creation of an aviation biofuel production facility in Brazil under terms of a cooperative agreement signed at this month’s ILA Berlin Air Show. The feasibility of helicopter flight tests with the biofuel is currently under assessment.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

The 2010 Agile. The Agile is the first model of the Viva family; Project Viva represents a US$400 million investment by GM un Brazil and Argentina. The Agile is targeted for emerging markets such as Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (Mercosur). Click to enlarge. GM began doing business in Brazil in 1925.

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JULY 23, 2010

EU biodiesel production increased 16.6% This increase is well below the increases in production in three of the four prior years (35% in. Despite this lower production increase, the EU remains the. In 2009, biodiesel represented about 75% of biofuels produced in Europe (bio-ethanol fuel production last year being.

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JULY 17, 2011

Domestic natural gas production was 57.317 million cubic meters per day in June. more than the same month in 2010, and 0.7% Figuring in the exclusive production of oil from domestic fields, the company had an increase of 2.2% over June 2010. Compared with June 2010, there was a 5.6% This was 6.9% above last May.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Orocobre Limited , an Australian minerals exploration company with a focus on developing “best of class” Lithium, Potash and Boron resources in Argentina, and a Toyota Group Company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, will establish a joint venture to develop Orocobre’s flagship Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In January, Petrobras’s average oil and natural gas production in Brazil and abroad reached 2,661,843 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), 5.4% higher than the volume registered for January 2010. on the figure for January 2010, but shows a of 2.5% on output for December 2010, when Petrobras monthly output hit record levels.

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APRIL 23, 2011

billion bushels of corn in 2010-11 and USDA projects that 5 billion bushels will be used by the ethanol industry. When you consider this, corn used for ethanol drops to 23 percent of US corn production, a big difference. US corn farmers produced 12.5 The change does not reflect the relative proportions.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Rising global vehicle sales and profitability have encouraged automakers to continue to increase vehicle production, providing the global economy with some positive offset to the dampening impact of the recent surge in energy prices, according to the latest Global Auto Report released on Friday by Canada-based Scotia Economics.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

BASF broke ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. Sodium methylate is an efficient and reliable catalyst for the production of biodiesel. It is the second BASF plant for this product, in addition to a plant in Ludwigshafen.

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MAY 26, 2010

Tests will be carried out to assess the productivity of these reservoirs and to analyze the possibility of interconnecting the well to platform P-48, which is currently in operation in the Caratinga Field, seeking to take advantage of the production and offloading infrastructure already installed in the area. Production up 3.2%

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

However, there are issues associated with the present supply chain of raw materials for battery production, particularly the security and supply of lithium. The majority of known lithium reserves are located in China, Chile, Argentina and Australia. —Ona Egbue. The US is a major importer of lithium.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Galp Energia’s Brazilian portfolio included, at the end of 2010, 3P reserves (proven plus probable plus possible) of 554 million boe, 3C contingent resources of 2,135 million boe and risked prospective resources (mean estimate) of 188 million boe, as certified by DeGolyer and MacNaughton. billion bbl and 4.41 Tcf, respectively.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Another milestone was establishing the first joint production facility COMPAS. Construction will be completed in 2017, followed by preparation for pilot production of Infiniti vehicles. The Nissan Decherd plant in Tennessee, USA, is an example of this success with joint engine production.

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APRIL 7, 2015

Production of Renault’s 1-ton truck will begin in 2016 at Nissan’s plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Mercedes-Benz 1-ton pickup truck will be built by Nissan in the Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina, along with the Nissan NP300 and the Renault 1-ton truck, for Latin America. —Carlos Ghosn, Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

DynaProTech will also provide servicing and parts for Balqon’s products throughout China. Our relationship with DynaProTech is a continuation of our localization strategy to have our drive systems integrated into products manufactured by regional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in major world markets. Verde in Spain.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When the Daimler-Alliance partnership was launched in April 2010, the scope of the original collaboration was limited to three projects, primarily in Europe. Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Alliance, described the partnership as “ one of the most productive in the auto industry. ”.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

These will complement ExxonMobil’s holdings in the United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Argentina. Completion of the transaction is expected in the second quarter of 2010. XTO’s resource base is the equivalent of 45 trillion cubic feet of gas and includes shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane and shale oil.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The production of the prototype will enable suitability testing to be carried out, looking specifically at the utilization of electrical energy for the transportation of goods and passengers. The first 10 Electric Dailys manufactured in the production centre of Foz do Iguaçu will be supplied to Itaipu Binacional and its associated companies.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. The US is second, with 862 Tcf, followed by Argentina with 774 Tcf and Mexico with 681 Tcf.

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JULY 20, 2011

The Long Lake SAGD Operation is expected to have through-put rates of approximately 72,000 barrels per day of bitumen at full production. It is anticipated that the Long Lake Upgrader will ultimately produce approximately 58,500 barrels per day of products, primarily Premium Sweet Crude (PSC).

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JULY 5, 2010

The paper in Science is a call to action as half the world’s growing population lives off marginal land at risk of being degraded by annual grain production. Perennial grain research is underway in Argentina, Australia, China, India, Sweden and the United States. 2010) Increased Food and Ecosystem Security via Perennial Grains.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

By 2018, ethanol production will account for about 35% of US corn use, and corn-based ethanol production will exceed 9% of annual gasoline consumption, according to the report. Ethanol production in the United States has increased to more than 9 billion gallons in 2008, most of it from corn.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

The first locomotives and kits are scheduled to be delivered in early 2011; locomotive assembly in country, with kits from Erie and engines from Grove City, should begin at the end of 2010. GE Transportation has an installed base of some 1,200 GE locomotives in Africa including approximately 900 in South Africa.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Indonesia and Malaysia will more than double production of palm oil biodiesel, while Germany will remain the largest producer of biofuels in Europe, according to the analysis. Nonetheless, despite India’s ethanol production expansion, Hart projects that Brazil will remain the leading global biofuels exporter.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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JUNE 10, 2011

Because of the lower carbon/hydrogen ratio of methane (CH 4 ) relative to gasoline, CO 2 emissions from the combustion of natural gas are approximately 75% of those of gasoline for a given amount of energy production. It also should include discussion of R&D needs for more efficient and lower-cost production. million bpd of oil.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Liquid fuels production (OPEC crude and lease condensate, non-OPEC crude and lease condensate, and other) and consumption (by OECD and non-OECD regions) under three price cases in 2040. Dashed red line shows 2010 consumption of 87 MMbbl/d. OPEC oil producers are the largest source of additional liquid fuel supply between 2010 and 2040.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina. The European Union, has however, banned products that use formaldehyde, while the US Environmental Protection Agency has labelled it a potential cause of cancer.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Emerging markets’ previous trends on carbon emissions reductions linked to growth and productivity have stalled, and their total emissions grew by 7.4%. Catch-up with US productivity levels (at varying rates).

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JANUARY 25, 2012

points of market share over the 2010 calendar year and advanced to become the Nº 2 Asian automotive brand in the Americas. During the initial phase of its development, the new complex will support production of up to 175,000 units annually of Nissan’s ‘B’ platform products. Nissan Argentina. 2011 sales in the Americas.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Petroleum geologists have known about the Canol (short for Canadian oil) shale play at least since 2010, when ConocoPhillips bid $66 million to secure the rights to explore an 87,000-hectare parcel known as EL470. The project was approved by the NEB in 2010. China, and Argentina, combined. But with U.S.

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