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AUGUST 1, 2013

Neste Oil has added technical corn oil (TCO), a residue generated during ethanol production, to the range of inputs it uses to produce NExBTL renewable diesel. This nonfood input further extends the number of waste and residue-based feedstocks used by Neste Oil.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

In 2013, reported emissions from large industrial facilities were 20 million metric tons higher than the prior year, or 0.6%, driven largely by an increase in coal use for power generation. EPA said it expects to see further methane emission reductions as the agency’s 2012 standards for the oil and gas industry become fully implemented.

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APRIL 29, 2013

Imperial Oil Limited has begun the initial development of the Kearl oil sands project ( earlier post ), which incorporates technology innovations to enhance environmental performance. Production of mined diluted bitumen from the first of three froth treatment trains has begun.

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Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. Increased pressure is created as the belt passes over rollers which decrease in diameter.

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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the amount of biomass-based diesel products required to be included in diesel fuel markets in 2013 at 1.28 Bio-based diesel products are advanced biofuels that are derived from biomass sources that include vegetable oils and wastes oils from renewable sources.

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JUNE 12, 2013

million to support the production of advanced biofuels, and an opportunity for eligible producers to submit applications. million will be available for Fiscal Year 2013 production and the remainder of approximately $30 million is for payments for production in prior fiscal years. Of the $98.6 million, $68.6

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The Diamond Green Diesel facility converts inedible oils and other waste feedstocks to produce Honeywell Green Diesel, a high-quality renewable fuel. Diamond Green Diesel started production in 2013 using Ecofining technology to produce Honeywell Green Diesel. Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc.

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This support works in concert with Alberta’s Renewable Fuels Standard which requires commercial fuel producers to blend renewable products into their fuels. SBI’s facility strengthens Alberta’s expanding industrial bio-product sector and gives Alberta farmers a new market for off-grade canola.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, will invest $16 billion in a planned joint venture project with Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA to develop the Carabobo 2 block in the southern Orinoco extra-heavy crude belt in Venezuela, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. oil sands). oil sands).

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The President’s Budget for FY 2013 provides $27.2 Total outlays for FY 2013 are estimated to be $34,963 billion, compared to the estimated $40,561 billion in outlays for FY 2012. nuclear waste that supports the implementation. gas and oil production from hydraulic fracturing. increase above the 2012 enacted.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Osum Oil Sands Corp. Osum will produce bitumen utilizing the in-situ, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process beginning production in 2013. This produced water treatment system consists of AutoFlot Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) and Power Clean Oil Removal Filter (ORF) technologies for the secondary de-oiling process.

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MARCH 2, 2011

New investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners, the largest investor in this new round; Bright Capital, the venture arm of RU-COM group, a diversified business group based in Russia; and Waste Management. The investment will also accelerate the development of additional major chemicals in Genomatica’s product pipeline.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

GC-MS chromatogram of the liquid products obtained after hydrodeoxygenation of angelica lactone dimer. barrels of oil (117.6 As noted in its quarterly report ( 10-Q ) for the quarter ending 30 September 2013, KiOR had obtained a yield of 72 gallons per bone dry ton (about 41% gasoline, 37% diesel, 22% fuel oil) for between $2.60

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Petronas and Lanzatech are partnering to extend LanzaTech’s CO fermentation technology to consume CO 2 for the production of acetic acid. LanzaTech’s proprietary fermentation process converts carbon monoxide in industrial waste gases, reformed natural gas and gas derived from any biomass source into low-carbon fuels and chemicals.

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APRIL 16, 2014

While any project that meets the eligibility requirements is eligible to apply, the Department has identified five key technology areas of interest: advanced grid integration and storage; drop-in biofuels; waste-to-energy; enhancement of existing facilities; and efficiency improvements. Waste-to-Energy. Drop-in Biofuels.

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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.” DPA has been re-authorized multiple times since then. The drop-in alternative fuels can be blended at a 50/50 ratio with traditional fossil fuels. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL eliminates conventional flood coolant from the machining processes, lubricating cutting tools with a fine spray of oil directed exactly when and where it is needed. MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. 21 Iss: 5, pp.556

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The major sources of methane in California are livestock (~30% of the state’s methane emissions), followed by landfills and oil and gas production. This aligns with the federal government’s current goal of reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations by 40–45% below 2012 levels by 2025.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

The goal is to select a number of feedstocks including used cooking oil (which would otherwise be waste) and also algae. By the beginning of 2013, the full sustainability analysis should have been completed.

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Selected pathways for alternative jet fuel production. 2016); Chuck (2016b); FAPESP, Boeing, Embraer, & UNICAMP (2013); Lorne (2016); Mawhood, Cobas, & Slade (2014); and Sizmann, Roth, & Jeßberger (2016). In the worst-case scenario, the use of high-GHG feedstocks, such as palm oil, could actually increase emissions by as much as 10%.

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JULY 8, 2014

has received US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for the issuance of D4 RINs upon the importation into the US of biodiesel produced from waste fats and oils (WFO). Aemetis built and operates a 50 million gallon per year capacity distilled biodiesel production facility on the East Coast of India. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 17, 2017

will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from up to 10,000 barrels per day (about 130 million gallons per year) to 18,000 bpd, using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology ( earlier post ). Diamond Green Diesel started production in 2013 using Ecofining technology to produce Honeywell Green Diesel.

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MAY 13, 2011

As it announced during its investor conference earlier this week, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, has increased its 2013 earnings growth objectives to adjusted earnings per share of at least $6.00, or operating EBITDA of at least $1.7 Earlier post.). TCX integrates with Celanese acetyl platforms.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Paulo Sergio Kakinoff, chief executive officer of GOL, and Van Rex Gallard, vice president of Sales for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, signed a memorandum of understanding for biofuel collaboration at the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Forum 2013.

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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Relative enzyme dose reduction with succeeding generations of Cellic product. The first plants start commercial production of advanced biofuels this year. Both companies will use Cellic CTec3 in their operations and are set to begin production this year. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel.

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Foster (EDD-964, Spruance-class destroyer) leaving Port Hueneme on 21 November 2013. ReadiDiesel, termed Catalytic Hydrothermolysis Conversion Diesel (CHCD-76) by the Navy, is a military grade drop-in replacement for traditional F-76 that is produced from fats, oils, and greases by the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION process. The ex- Paul F.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Flow diagram of the solvent extraction and product recovery method used. A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. Credit: ACS, Roberts et al.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, KTP produced nearly 300,000 eight-speeds. The transmission also is “fill for life” not requiring oil changes during normal driving conditions. This is the sixth investment made at Kokomo Transmission (KTP) since June 2009, bringing total investment in FCA US Kokomo operations to nearly $1.8

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With the aid of genetically modified strains of Clostridium , the research team ferments the gas into alcohols and acetone, converts both substances catalytically into a kind of intermediary diesel product, and from produce kerosene and special chemicals. —Stefan Jennewein of IME, who is coordinating the project. LanzaTech and Siemens.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Oil-by-rail.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. It also expanded the program to include bio-based renewable chemicals and bio-based product manufacturing. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

ketohydroperoxides] into carboxylic acids and carbonyl compounds that are well-known products in liquid-phase oxidation and have also recently been observed in low-temperature combustion and atmospheric oxidation. That’s important, Green points out, since waste oil is among the largest hazardous waste streams in the United States.

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JULY 16, 2013

With TIPS, TNO now offers the industry worldwide a much more intelligent production process. The new method will lead to innovations in industry, new cleaner production processes and less harmful emissions. This byproduct of oil production often is difficult to transport from remote locations. Jean-Marie Bassett.

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MAY 16, 2016

Researchers expect to see the new biomaterials in Ford production vehicles within five years. Ford began working with several companies, suppliers and universities in 2013 to find applications for captured CO 2. It takes bold, innovative companies such as Ford to enable new technologies to become mainstream products.

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