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Chevron partners with Clean Energy On Adopt-A-Port initiative to supply renewable natural gas for port trucks

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Chevron is partnering with California natural gas retailer Clean Energy Fuels Corp. For its part, Chevron will provide funding for Adopt-a-Port and supply RNG to Clean Energy stations near the ports. —Mike Vomund, Chevron vice president of Americas Products – West.

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Chevron to acquire Anadarko in $33B deal; shale and tight, deepwater, LNG

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Chevron Corporation entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko in a stock and cash transaction valued at $33 billion, or $65 per share. This transaction builds strength on strength for Chevron. in cash for each Anadarko share.

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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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A combined $210 million was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency companies in Q1 2019—a 55.5% 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. In a YoY comparison, $1.3

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Aker Solutions awarded subsea gas compression contract for Jansz-Io

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Aker Solutions has been awarded a major contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide a subsea gas compression system for the Jansz-Io field, offshore Western Australia. The award follows completion of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) awarded in 2019. Earlier post.)

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EPA proposes renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020

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US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2020, as well as the biomass-based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2021.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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The Guardian named Orajaka one of Nigeria’s 100 Most Innovative CEOs of 2019, and he was selected as the 2016 Leader of the Year by the African Energy Chamber. The London Stock Exchange identified GVE as one of the fastest-growing private companies in Africa in 2019. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

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Way cleared for major Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project

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Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced that two major milestones have been met in the state’s effort to bring Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. ExxonMobil is the unit operator at Point Thomson, with BP, ConocoPhillips and Chevron holding the majority of the leases. Click to enlarge.

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