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bp starts oil production at Argos platform in the Gulf of Mexico; first new platform since 2008

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bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Argos is the centerpiece of bp’s Mad Dog Phase 2 project, which extends the life of the super-giant oil field discovered in 1998. Earlier post.) bp is the operator with 60.5%

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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Saudi Arabia’s ambitions for an EV supply chain are part of the diversification of the national economy away from oil, a project guided by the government’s Vision 2030 reform plan announced in 2016. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company will supply feedstock in the form of decant oil.

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euglena planning commercial production of biojet and renewable diesel from algae in Japan

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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. In June 2015, the company signed a Technology License Agreement for the ISOCONVERSION process with Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates (ARA). Earlier post.).

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Mercom: battery storage, smart grid, and efficiency companies raise $210M in VC funding in Q1 2019, down 55.5% YoY

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decrease from the $472 million raised in Q1 2018, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm. Total corporate funding (including VC, debt, and public market financing) in battery storage came to $130 million in nine deals compared to $110 million in 14 deals in Q4 2018.

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Gevo joins SFO consortium to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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The consortium, initially formed in September 2018, is the first of its kind to include fuel suppliers, airlines, and airport agencies in a collaborative effort to accelerate the global transition to SAF. Earlier post.).

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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The filing also sheds light on the origin of these design flaws—what UAI terms as EPA’s collusion with oil industry employees in the design of the study, as revealed by emails and other documents UAI obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request and related litigation.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program. Established by former U.S.

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