2014, Gas, Louisiana and Oil

Obama Administration to offer 40 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Beaudreau announced that Interior will offer more than 40 million acres for oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico in March lease sales. Lease Sale 231 in the Central Planning Area and Lease Sale 225 in the Eastern Planning Area will be held consecutively in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 19 March 2014.

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EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

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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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Shell’s Cardamom development starts production; second major 2014 start-up in deep-water Gulf of Mexico

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Oil from the Cardamom subsea development (100% Shell) is piped through Shell’s Auger platform. When at full production of 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d), Auger’s total production capacity will increase to 130,000 boe/d. The Cardamom reservoir sits beneath thick layers of salt in rock more than four miles (6.4

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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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MAY 4, 2018

Renewable diesel is a 100% hydrocarbon renewable fuel produced by hydrotreating fats and oils; it can be used in existing diesel engines without modification. in this process is classic refining—the products are distilled into three main products: renewable hydrocarbon diesel, renewable naphtha and renewable liquefied petroleum gas.

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Renewable Diesel New York City New York

$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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Waste Gas Design Fuel

ARB posts 5 new LCFS pathways; two renewable diesel

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APRIL 15, 2014

The revised package is for corn oil biodiesel. The renewable diesel proposals both come from Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) in Louisiana, using used cooking oil (UCO) as a feedstock; the proposals differ in the mode of shipment to California: one by rail, one by ship. Charles, Louisiana in June 2013. Champway Technology Ltd.

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Diesel Renewable Taiwan Oil

Alon USA receives go ahead for Bakersfield, CA rail terminal and refinery project; Bakken light crude

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The project also entails the addition of up to three boilers; construction of process unit upgrades and/ or modifications; repurposing of existing tankage; and relocation and modernization of existing Liquefied Propane Gas (LPG) truck rack and upgrades to the sales rack. the routes over which the crude oil will be transported.

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Chevron sanctions $4B Big Foot Project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m). First oil is anticipated in 2014. Chevron, through its subsidiary Chevron USA Inc.,

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Chevron Mexico Oil-Sands Louisiana

Chevron Sanctions Development of Deepwater Jack/St. Malo Project in the Gulf of Mexico; Initial Development Cost of ~$7.5B

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m). It will include three subsea centers tied back to a hub production facility with a capacity of 170,000 barrels of oil and 42.5 Startup is anticipated in 2014.

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Chevron Mexico Cost Of Louisiana

UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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JULY 29, 2015

Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Renewable diesel has a huge impact significantly reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% less versus conventional petroleum diesel. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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Renewable Diesel Alternative Fuels Louisiana

Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips partner to explore 24 leases in Paleogene trend in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Malo oil production platform in the Paleogene/Lower Tertiary on time and on budget. BP discovered Tiber in 2009 and Gila in 2013, and in October 2014 participated as a co-owner in the Chevron-operated Guadalupe discovery. Malo project. – Gila. – – Gibson. – – Guadalupe. – – 15%.

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Chevron Mexico Oil Louisiana

USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana.

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline

CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Fracking fluid is largely composed of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agents, corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.

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Oil-Sands Colorado Water Oil

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry.

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Obama Administration to offer 40 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development

EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

Shell’s Cardamom development starts production; second major 2014 start-up in deep-water Gulf of Mexico

NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

$4M ARPA-E award to Lanzatech to improve design of bioreactors for waste-gas-to-fuels fermentation technology

ARB posts 5 new LCFS pathways; two renewable diesel

Alon USA receives go ahead for Bakersfield, CA rail terminal and refinery project; Bakken light crude

Chevron sanctions $4B Big Foot Project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Chevron Sanctions Development of Deepwater Jack/St. Malo Project in the Gulf of Mexico; Initial Development Cost of ~$7.5B

UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips partner to explore 24 leases in Paleogene trend in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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