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AUGUST 7, 2015

Lower crude oil prices and strong demand for petroleum products, primarily gasoline, both in the United States and globally, have led to favorable margins that encourage refinery investment and high refinery runs. Since May 20, Gulf Coast gasoline crack spreads have averaged 17 cents/gal higher than for distillate crack spreads.

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APRIL 20, 2013

Crude oil imports from the top five foreign suppliers to the United States—which in 2012 were Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Iraq, in that order—accounted for almost 72% of total US net crude oil imports, the highest proportion since 1997, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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APRIL 27, 2012

The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. Earlier post.). —Dr.

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APRIL 20, 2012

in March compared with March 2011, gasoline deliveries were up 3%, according to the latest report from the American Petroleum Institute (API). This marked the second month in a row gasoline demand increased while total petroleum demand declined. US gasoline production of 9.3 Crude oil production rose by 4.7%

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JULY 7, 2012

The Nikkei reports that the nationwide average price in Japan for regular gasoline was ¥139.8 Prices at the pump are falling in Japan not only due to lower crude oil prices, but also because the widespread popularity of fuel-efficient vehicles has lowered demand for gasoline.A per liter ($6.65

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Grangemouth, one of Scotland’s largest manufacturing sites, is owned and operated by INEOS and Petroineos, a joint venture formed between INEOS and PetroChina in 2011. INEOS FPS operates the Forties Pipeline System landing and processing approximately 40% of North Sea oil and gas production for onward domestic and international sales.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

In part-load operation, the indirect injection supplements direct gasoline injection to improve fuel economy and to reduce the output of particulates from the engine. Thomas Heiduk, Michael Kuhn, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Florian Unselt (2011) “The new 1.8L Earlier post.). Earlier post.) smooth running.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

million barrels a day) compared with August a year ago, with demand for gasoline and distillates moving in opposite directions, according to figures from the American Petroleum Institute (API). Gasoline demand fell by 1.3% On a year-to-date basis, gasoline demand was 2% lower than in 2010. from June 2011 levels.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Dynamic Fuels, LLC Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 10 by the U.S. Advanced Biofuel, or D5, RINS for each gallon of its renewable gasoline blendstock when blended into petroleum gasoline at up to a 10% concentration.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Shell has developed a lead-free replacement for aviation gasoline (Avgas 100 and 100LL); the replacement fuel will now begin a strict regulatory approvals process. Shell is the first major oil company to do so. Leaded gasoline for automobiles was phased out of use in the US by 1995 due to its environmental and health impact.)

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formed in 2011 to produce renewable base oils and lubricants from Amyris’ Biofene—Amyris’s brand of a renewable, long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (trans-ß-farnesene). Base oils, currently derived from the crude oil refining process, are the building blocks of lubricating oils.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Simo Honkanen, Senior Vice President, Sustainability and HSSE, Neste Oil.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., million (US$12.8

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MARCH 13, 2015

Lest we be too quick to forget whence we came, America is now 9-months into lower gasoline prices, which started their swoon the week of June 30, 2015 from a lofty national average just under $3.70, tumbling almost every subsequent week before bottoming and bouncing from $2.02 by Thomas Miller for Oilprice.com. Bernard Weinstein, Ph.D.,

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The current plunge in oil prices will likely negatively affect plug-in and hybrid vehicle sales in the short term; automakers such as BMW are already warning of lower sales of plug-in vehicles given the market context. Anticipated price of oil and forecast plug-in sales. Lux on the price of oil. Source: Lux Research.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Motor gasoline demand reached a low for any July over the past decade. Consumers aren’t spending, and jobless claims have increased, so it isn’t surprising gasoline demand was down and overall demand slipped a bit. US refinery gasoline production fell for the first time this year, down by 2.3% over July 2010, led by a 15.1%

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MAY 18, 2011

liter gasoline engine. features a high compression ratio (for a regular gasoline mass production automobile engine) of 14.0:1 to the Japanese market in the facelifted Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) during the first half of 2011. direct-injection 1.3-liter The SKYACTIV-G 1.3 It will be the first 1.3-liter

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JANUARY 28, 2015

China’s apparent oil demand in December rose 5.3% China’s apparent oil demand in 2014 rose 3% from a year before to an average of 10.1 China’s apparent oil demand in 2014 rose 3% from a year before to an average of 10.1 Total oil product imports in 2014 tumbled 24.2% Exports of oil product from the country increased 4.1%

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MAY 25, 2011

The Iraq State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell’s UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of domestic crude oil into gasoline and diesel fuel at a new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq.

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JUNE 9, 2012

Researchers in China report the production of gasoline and diesel from coal tar via an optimized catalytic hydrogenation using two serial fixed beds, the first with a hydrofining catalyst of MoNi/?-Al of the world’s total, according to a 2011 market research report; 9.94 Effect of pressure on properties of gasoline and diesel products.

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MAY 3, 2011

This is the second offtake agreement KiOR has signed for its Columbus, MS, facility, having announced an agreement with Hunt Refining Company in March of 2011. Re-Crude is refined into gasoline and diesel blendstocks that are compatible with existing fuel infrastructure. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. Jatropha oil produced the highest yield (wt %) of renewable diesel (83.5%), with 4.9%

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AUGUST 23, 2011

China’s apparent oil demand in July increased to 38.29 million barrels per day (b/d), as oil consumption appeared to have recovered after seasonal refinery maintenance, according to an analysis of recent Chinese government statistics by Platts. million mt of crude oil, or an average of 8.86 million b/d and 6.2% million mt.

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MAY 30, 2012

In 2011, Nissan launched a version of the Micra city car equipped with a new supercharged gasoline direct-injection engine (HR12DDR). Partly to address that issue, Nissan adopted the direct injection system and additional cooling items such as a piston oil jet and high thermal conductivity piston ring. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Global demand for oil may well peak before 2020, falling back to levels significantly below 2010 demand by 2035, according to a multi-client research study conducted by Ricardo Strategic Consulting launched in June 2011 in association with Kevin J. The world is nearing a paradigm shift in oil demand. Lindemer LLC.

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JUNE 13, 2012

in 2011, close to the historical average. Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% in 2011, broadly in line with the historical average but well below the 5.1% The fossil fuel mix continues to change with oil, the world’s leading fuel at 33.1% World primary energy consumption grew by 2.5% Source: BP.

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JULY 26, 2010

The 2011 Ford Explorer SUV. Ford has introduced the new 2011 Explorer. Combining direct injection of gasoline and turbocharging, the EcoBoost2.0-liter A relatively high compression ratio is enabled by the use of direct gasoline injection, operating at fuel pressures from 2,200 to 2,800 psi. Click to enlarge. EcoBoost 2.0-liter

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Ltd (SKE&C) leading to engineering, procurement and construction of its first US coal-to-gasoline plant—Adams Fork Energy—to be located in Mingo County, West Virginia. The Adams Fork Energy project will convert regional coal into premium-grade gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons US, 2.86

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JANUARY 1, 2011

” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. gallon gasoline. Click to enlarge. He also believes that sub-1.6L

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AUGUST 28, 2010

KiOR, developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, will receive a $75-million state-backed loan from Mississippi to bring the first three of its full-scale production facilities to the state. The first site will be built in Columbus, Mississippi and could open by the end of 2011. Clarion Ledger.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

9/19/2011: Bought 1993 Plymouth Laser for $300. Then towed the vehicle back to our hometown at the cost of $200 in rental and gasoline. 9/20/2011: Cleaned car. 9/21/2011: Sold above components to recycling center. 9/21/2011: Sold above components to recycling center. 9/23/2011: Worked at my real job.

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MAY 21, 2010

A new study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics concluded that the Kerry-Lieberman “American Power Act”—the energy and climate change legislation recently introduced in the Senate ( earlier post )—would reduced US oil imports by 33-40% below current levels and by 9-19% below projected business-as-usual levels by 2030.

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MARCH 26, 2012

The project, which commenced in January 2011, successfully demonstrated that Virdia’s deconstruction process generated high-quality sugars from cellulosic biomass, which were converted to fuel via Virent’s BioForming process. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 5, 2013

MCW Energy Group, a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction technology, announced successful results of processing random Alberta oil sands tailings ponds samples in a series of preliminary laboratory tests. Clean up and remedial fees from oil companies and/or governments.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Block flow diagram for the production of gasoline from lignocellulosic biomass by aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of a solution produced by the hydrolysis of biomass. The highest gasoline yield from this two-stage process was obtained from the stream produced by acid hydrolysis of maple wood with 0.5 Click to enlarge.

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