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GE, Devon sign new technology collaboration agreement to drive unconventional resources innovations

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The new agreement was announced at the groundbreaking ceremony for GE’s new Oil & Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City. GE’s new Oil & Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma is due to open in the third quarter of 2015.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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excluding Alaska and Hawaii) between 1999 and 2015. These particles are mainly emitted from automobiles, power plants and industry, and known to be hazardous to health. In 2015 the highest concentration was in Tulare County, California (13.2 million deaths between 1999 to 2015 in the USA, with 18.4 µg/m 3 and 13.2

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Goodyear determines soybean oil can reduce use of petroleum in tires

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In addition, testing at Goodyear’s tire plant in Lawton, Oklahoma showed improved mixing capabilities in the manufacturing process. If indicators remain positive, Goodyear expects consumers will be able to purchase tires made with soybean oil as early as 2015.

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G2X Energy and EMRE sign methanol to gasoline technology license and license option agreements; plans for $1.3B natural gas to gasoline plant

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G2X Energy is finalizing an option to lease 200 acres in the Industrial Canal at the Port of Lake Charles where the company will have the flexibility of shipping gasoline by pipeline or sea. Hiring of the plant management team will take place in mid- to late 2014, with most of the hiring for the facility to be completed by the end of 2015.

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UPS to add 1,400 new CNG vehicles over next year; building 15 new CNG fueling stations

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increase to UPS’ current industry-leading alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet of 5,088 vehicles worldwide. Agility Fuel Systems announced that UPS has ordered 445 of its new 160 DGE Behind-the-Cab CNG fuel systems for delivery in 2015. Oklahoma City, Okla.; UPS CNG package truck. Click to enlarge. Lenexa, Kan.;

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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

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which began offering rooted cutting seedlings of the new varieties in 2015. The new hybrid has been well accepted by forest landowners, particularly in the western areas of the Southeast, including Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. —Scott Merkle. The new hybrid varieties are already being sold commercially by ArborGen Inc.,

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Opinion: Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

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Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. Since then, predictions for oil prices for 2015 have been all over the map— from Citigroup’s $20 per barrel, to T. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com. First there is the oil price itself. was producing 9.3