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AUGUST 28, 2015

s Port of Honolulu facility, Sandia National Laboratories is leading the Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell project to test a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered generator as an alternative to conventional diesel generators. Hydrogenics Corp. Hydrogenics Corp. The hydrogen is produced by electrolysis. At Young Brothers Ltd.’s

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JUNE 6, 2011

Air Products will supply a combined additional supply of more than 200 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen for Valero’s refineries in St. As part of this award, Air Products has also proposed development of a new world-scale steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen production facility to be located in St.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, held a dedication ceremony for what is now the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. Air Products had operated two hydrogen pipeline systems in Texas and Louisiana before joining them with a new 180-mile segment.

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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 tonnes.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Air Products will increase the supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La. In all, Air Products will increase the current level of supply by approximately 25 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) (around 60,000 kg) per day.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Neste Oil—the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel—has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale. In a 2012 report on the hydroconversion of triglycerides (e.g.,

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

Technip has been awarded two lump sum contracts by Valero Refining Company and Diamond Shamrock Refining Company (both part of the Valero group) for two hydrogen plants at their refineries in Memphis, Tennessee and McKee, Texas. The two 30-million standard cubic feet per day hydrogen plants will produce high purity hydrogen and export steam.

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JULY 3, 2011

Wärtsilä was recently contracted by the STX Finland shipyard in Turku, Finland, to supply the main engines for a new multi-purpose cargo vessel. Common liquid biofuels approved for use in Wärtsilä engines are oils from various oilseeds, such as palm oil, palm stearin, rape seed oil, sunflower oil and jatropha oil.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy (HEI) for a proposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology. would be designed to capture up to 90% of its carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration in an adjacent oil field.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

In addition to managing travel demand and improving vehicle efficiency, the implied climate policy priority is limiting net GHG emissions in fuel supply sectors. ” 2012) also identified the challenges of achieving large GHG reductions with BEVs in comparison to improved efficiency gasoline vehicles.

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APRIL 29, 2010

This field is located at a water depth of 2,200 meters in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, approximately 300 kilometers offshore the Brazilian coast, and has estimated potential of 5 to 8 billion barrels of recoverable light oil and natural gas. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Daimler AG and leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Berlin, with the participation of the German Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, to evaluate and expand the setup of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany to support the series production of fuel cell electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

1 ] The average carbon intensity requirements for years 2011 and 2012 reflect reductions from base year (2010) CI values for CaRFG (95.85) calculated using the CI for crude oil supplied to California refineries in 2006. [ Diesel and Diesel Substitutes. 95.61 [ 1 ]. 94.47 [ 4 ]. 97.96 [ 2 ]. 97.05 [ 5 ]. 96.50 [ 3 ]. 99.97 [ 6 ].

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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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JUNE 11, 2015

India’s first solar-powered hydrogen fueling station, supplied by Air Products was inaugurated recently at an event with chief guest Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Power, Coal, and New and Renewable Energy, in conjunction with Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Minister of New and Renewable Energy.

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MARCH 7, 2013

GE’s Power Conversion business will supply Series 9000-RCM large electric motors to drive the reciprocating compressors for a new bitumen refinery under construction in Alberta, Canada, under a $14-million contract that includes related services. The project will not produce coke.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

(The US Air Force flew its first test flight using ATJ fuel in 2012. This testing is being performed as part of the previously announced contract with Gevo to supply more than 16,000 gallons to the US Army. Three pathways to SPK: FT (left); hydrogenated oil (center); ATJ (right). Earlier post.) Source: Gevo.

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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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JANUARY 29, 2014

QP develops/operates onshore and offshore oil and gas fields in Qatar, including exploration, field development, production, refining, transport, and storage. UOP’s separation technology and equipment remove contaminants such as water, carbon dioxide and sulfur compounds (hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, etc.)

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JUNE 2, 2013

Project VGV uses surplus electricity generated by renewable and nuclear sources to produce hydrogen via electrolysis. If this potential production supplied the Volt Gas Volt plants, the nuclear plants could operate at nearly 100% capacity. Dr. Pengg presentation at ASPO 2012. Financing Project VGV: the Green Redemption Fund.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. The European market is steadily contracting, a situation aggravated by the shale oil and gas revolution in the United States, which gives the US refining industry an advantage, and competition from refineries in Asia and the Middle East.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

It finds that California is making good progress in transforming the state’s transportation system to a low carbon, zero emission transportation system with nearly 120,000 plug-in electric vehicles on California’s roads, a growing hydrogen fuel cell market and significant biofuels investments. Oil-by-rail. Plug-in electric vehicles.

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MAY 14, 2012

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. The cost-efficient CH PROCESS uses water to reduce hydrogen consumption, catalyst consumption, and carbon footprint compared to other alternative fuel conversion processes.

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

PRELIM uses a more comprehensive range of crude oil quality and refinery configurations than used in earlier models and can quantify energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with detail and transparency the better to inform policy analysis, the duo suggests. Click to enlarge. —Abella and Bergerson. 110 kg CO 2 eq/bbl of crude).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

TMC plans to introduce 11 models by the end of 2012, consisting of all-new models and redesigned models. By early 2012, TMC plans to begin sales of a “Prius”-based PHV, mainly in Japan, the United States and Europe. In 2012, in addition to the US market, an iQ-based EV will also be introduced in Japan and Europe.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

During these thermochemical processes, the residual lignin is converted to fluid intermediates (gas or oil) which are then catalytically upgraded to hydrocarbon fuels, thereby upgrading low-value lignin to a transportable liquid bunker fuel. The process does not require addition of catalyst or a reducing agent such as hydrogen.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana. LNG-powered Offshore Supply Vessels. In the Gulf Coast Corridor, Shell plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit (0.25

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APRIL 21, 2015

The CO 2 used is currently supplied by a biogas facility. Production of Audi e‑diesel involves a series of steps: Water heated to form steam is broken down into hydrogen and oxygen by means of high-temperature electrolysis. The hydrogen reacts with the CO 2 in synthesis reactors under pressure and at high temperature.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) via the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop and demonstrate technology that will produce renewable jet fuel from isobutanol supplied by Gevo, Inc. UOP will deliver 100 gallons of renewable jet fuel derived from isobutanol to the government in 2012.

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MARCH 20, 2012

The ATJ process broadly consists of four main steps: dehydration of the alcohol; oligomerization; distillation; and hydrogenation. Using a Ziegler-Natta type catalyst system that will be supplied by NAWCWD and activated at the PDC, for the oligomerization of 1-butene to the ethyl branched higher olefins. Hydrogenation.

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JUNE 4, 2013

AltAir has partnered with an existing oil refiner for the operation of its first commercial facility. It adds hydrogen to remove the oxygen from the feedstock and then further refines this product to meet the required specifications. —AltAir CEO Tom Todaro. Earlier post.).

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JULY 26, 2011

This will allow Gevo to supply early adopters with product so they can test material, make samples and start their selling cycle. The mine is scheduled to be in production in early 2012 and will produce economic quantities of copper, zinc, gold, and silver. (ARSD) has signed a contract with Gevo, Inc.,

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JULY 12, 2011

Chesapeake is the second-largest producer of natural gas, a Top 15 producer of oil and natural gas liquids and the most active driller of new wells in the US. The investment will be made in three equal $50 million tranches, the first of which has been made and the other two are planned for June 2012 and June 2013. conversion premium.

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MARCH 19, 2013

The Phase II report, to be presented mid-2013, examines the impact of the gradual penetration of advanced powertrains, such as battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles, and the gradual replacement of fossil fuels with increasing levels of indigenous energy resources, such as electricity and hydrogen.

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JUNE 22, 2012

The rapid commercial expansion of the algae biofuels industry is an excellent example of sustainable product development with dramatic future potential for contributions to fuel supplies, yet many questions regarding algae production remain unanswered. —Menetrez 2012. —Menetrez 2012. —Menetrez 2012.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The cost to the manufacturer of producing the first generation of the PHEV-10 (2010–2012) is expected to be about $6,300 more than that of the equivalent conventional mid-size car (non-hybrid), including $3,300 for the battery pack. Most of the electricity used to power these cars will be supplied from the nation’s power grid.

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