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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Phillip Savage at the University of Michigan has found that with appropriate parameters, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can convert 65% of wet algae (a Nannochloropsis species) into biocrude in one minute. They saw their best results, with about half of the algae converted to biocrude, after treating it for 10 to 40 minutes at 570 degrees.

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JULY 9, 2012

Researchers from Institut Charles Gerhardt (France) report the development of an original two-step process for converting light olefins into long-chain hydrocarbons in the distillate range. 2012), Distillate-Range Products from Non-Oil-Based Sources by Catalytic Cascade Reactions. Lacarriere, A., Robin, J., ?wierczy?ski,

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MARCH 13, 2012

Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have quantified the transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Converting from units of carbon to CO 2 equivalents, this is between 41.8 Schindler (2012). —Rooney et al.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Neste Oil plans to use yeast and fungi to convert waste into oil for NExBTL feedstock. Neste Oil has completed the first phase of its project to build a pilot plant for producing microbial oil for use as a feedstock for NExBTL renewable diesel. Commercial-scale production is expected by 2015 at the earliest.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oil sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Neste Oil, the world’s largest producer of premium-quality renewable fuels, is working with DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe, to develop an integrated process to produce renewable diesel and aviation fuel derived from agricultural residues. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 10, 2013

The technology also increases corn oil extraction by 13%, while saving 8% energy. A typical US ethanol plant uses around 36 million bushels (900,000 tons) of feed-grade corn per year to produce 100 million gallons of fuel ethanol, 300,000 tons of animal feed (DDGS) and 8,500 tons of corn oil. Avantec was introduced in October 2012.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Audi will start series production of the A8 hybrid in 2012. The permanent magnet synchronous motor is mounted in the space usually occupied by the torque converter in front of the modified eight-speed tiptronic. A multi-plate clutch that operates in an oil bath connects or disconnects the electric motor and the TFSI engine.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

According to an analysis by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), planned additions over the next two years to the US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve the bottleneck at Cushing, Oklahoma which has been caused by the oversupply of oil resulting from the growth of crude oil production in the US mid-continent and Canada.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Average of product distribution from the fast pyrolysis of pine without and with torrefaction pretreatment. Researchers at Auburn University and North Carolina State University have shown that using a simple pretreatment process—torrefaction—improves the quality of bio-oil produced via catalytic fast pyrolysis.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Fuel for the flight was produced from Carinata seeds by AltAir Paramount LLC using Honeywell UOP’s Renewable Jet Fuel process technology, which converts non-edible animal fats and oils into renewable fuels. Carinata requires no specialized production or processing techniques.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. Its expanding production is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities. Indonesia is the leading producer of palm and palm kernel oil.

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MAY 1, 2012

about 10 miles southwest of downtown Philadelphia, the Trainer complex has a crude oil processing capacity of 185,000 barrels per day and processes mainly light, low-sulfur crude oil. Trainer received crude oil by tanker from West and North Africa and Canada. Other products include home heating oil and low-sulfur fuel oil.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. The facility is projected to start up in 2012.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

The advance paves the way for researchers to convert biomass molecules such as glucose into hexanes, which are significant components of gasoline currently derived by refining crude oil. Unlike other technologies that use large quantities of hydrogen gas to convert biomass to biofuels, the team’s process is driven by electricity.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, will this month launch a pre-production phase of Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use large amounts of flash-based SSD (solid state drive) memory.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

The company will build Japan’s first demonstration plant for the production of biojet/biodiesel fuels in Yokohama, with operations planned to begin in 2018. drop-in hydrocarbon) renewable diesel production from Euglena since June 2014. ARA has developed a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g.,

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APRIL 17, 2015

Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. The central focus of Total’s plan for our French refining business is to realign our operations and products to changing markets. European demand for petroleum products has declined 15% since 2008, shrinking outlets for the continent’s refining industry.

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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 total consumption volume in 2009, followed by carbon black raw oil sharing 28.1% Flow diagram of coal tar hydrogenation process.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has partnered with the Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy, a joint venture between Indian Oil Corporation, Ltd. LanzaTech has developed gas fermentation technology that can directly convert waste CO 2 gases into acetates. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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JULY 29, 2011

and Chemtex, a global technology and engineering company wholly-owned by Italy’s Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, are collaborating to develop and produce sustainable detergent alcohols for use in the household products market. They are widely used in laundry detergents, shampoos and other consumer products. Codexis, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Canada-based Dynamotive and Genting Bio-Oil Sdn Bhd (GBO) of Malaysia have extended their August 2011 memorandum of understanding (MOU) through December 2012. In August 2011, the MOU was developed to explore the cooperation for the development of pyrolysis oil market in the South East Asia Region for a period of six months.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

In 2012, researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) engineered Escherichia coli ( E. In subsequent tests, these methyl ketones yielded high cetane numbers, making them promising candidates for the production of advanced biofuels or blendstocks. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Goh et al.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Staff proposes to convert the current application process into a certification program to facilitate more expeditious reviews of Method 2A/2B submittals. High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO). High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO). Among the amendements currently under consideration are: Opt-In and Opt-Out Provisions.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Cumulative capital investment in biorefinery infrastructure by generation, world markets, 2012–2022. Pike Research forecasts that biorefineries globally will attract $170 billion in new capital investment between 2012 and 2022, reaching 81 billion gallons per year (BGY) of installed capacity. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The project aims to demonstrate that co-production of high volume commodity fuels and low volume, high value co-products enables profitable biorefineries at commercial scale. million award from the Department of Energy. Earlier post.). Patented technologies and intellectual property will be provided by AVAPCO, Byogy and Petron.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Corn is still the key raw material in biofuel production in the US, and by far the biggest cost component for an ethanol plant. Enzymes convert the starch in the mash to sugar, which can then be fermented to ethanol. After the corn is harvested, the kernels are ground into corn meal, and water added to make a mash.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

On 27 June 2012, the Defense Production Act Title III Program published a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for an “Advanced Drop-in Biofuels Production Project.” This blend was successfully demonstrated during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) demonstration in 2012 for ships and planes. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 25, 2011

Diversified Energy’s license agreement was terminated, according to Dr. Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. Step 2: deoxygenation.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium ( SBRC ), affiliated with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, will test these findings in a project that could support biofuel crop production in arid countries, such as the UAE. its lignocellulosic biomass as well as the the oil) can be turned into biofuel effectively.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Lima Energy Company, a subsidiary of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation in Washington, DC, has signed a contract to supply up to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of its “Ultra Clean Synthetic Crude” (UCSC) to Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio Refinery over ten years. The Lima Refinery currently supplies about 25% of Ohio’s total gasoline needs.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In August 2012, BASF, Cargill and Novozymes announced their joint agreement to develop a process for the conversion of renewable raw materials into bio-based acrylic acid. In July 2013, the partners successfully demonstrated the production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), one possible precursor to acrylic acid, at pilot scale.

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APRIL 16, 2014

Solena’s IBGTL solution consists of five integrated processing “islands”: (i) Solena’s proprietary high-temperature gasification; (ii) BioSynGas conditioning; (iii) Fischer-Tropsch processing; (iv) FT wax upgrading; and (v) Power production. Power Production. Click to enlarge. High Temperature Gasification. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

In a report for IEA Bioenergy, two University of Copenhagen researchers noted that: Commercial production of bioethanol is almost twice as much as biodiesel, with the majority of the fuel used for automotive transportation. Neither lignin nor ethanol separately are currently major biofuel options for the shipping industry.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The Medicine Bow project will use Carbon Basin coal optioned from DKRW partner (and coal mine operator) Arch Coal to produce refined hydrocarbon liquid products. MBFP says it plans to sequester the CO 2 that is captured from the facility by selling the CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). We have received front end.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) and Air Force researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have ramped up production of a new research fuel formula and a fuel derived from seed oils, and now have enough fuel to move from lab testing to testing in engines and auxiliary power systems. —Heinz Robota.

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JULY 2, 2012

The refinery, the oldest continuously operating one on the east coast, processes 330,000 barrels of oil per day into various refined products and was scheduled for shut down in August of 2012. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2012. Global asset manager The Carlyle Group L.P. and Sunoco, Inc.

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