Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, will acquire oil sands producer OPTI Canada Inc for approximately US$2.1 The principal asset of OPTI consists of a 35% working interest in the Long Lake and three other oil sands project areas located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta. CNOOC Luxembourg S.a

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) continues to expand its assessment of technically recoverable shale oil and shale natural gas resources around the world. Each of the countries has an existing oil and natural gas industry with infrastructure connecting the basins to global markets. Bcf/d from 2005 to 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

A subsidiary of Chevron Corporation signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. that furthers the development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province. The Loma La Lata field is currently producing more than 10,000 barrels of oil-equivalent per day.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

China will lead the sector’s volume growth, with particular strength in SUVs, though IHS expects the market to slow from 2014. For the APAC region in 2015, IHS forecasts that China’s economic growth will decelerate further, to 6.5% However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2013

By 2022, biofuel production is projected to consume a significant amount of the total world production of sugar cane (28%), vegetable oils (15%) and coarse grains (12%). The biodiesel market will be dominated by the EU and more marginally by US, Argentina and Brazil. China will provide much of the rest.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. For more information read: Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push. By Eriko Amaha for Reuters. By Eriko Amaha.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth. A great deal of oil is extracted using what is called a pumpjack. The electricity usage for the 1,42,054 onshore wells that supply oil to India is over 1,415 GWh a month! That's just oil wells on land. What about deep sea drilling?

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

On a life-cycle basis this advantage is reduced, the MIT report notes, because the GHG emissions in production and distribution, including methane leakage, are greater for natural gas than for oil products. million bpd of oil. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have unlocked shale gas and tight oil resources previously written off as uneconomical, single-handedly altering North America’s energy landscape. Unconventional oil and gas production requires next-generation sensors and monitoring systems for intelligent well design and fraccing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

dollar has jumped to its strongest level in nearly a year, raising questions about how a strong greenback could act as a drag on debt and oil demand in much of the world. There are plenty of factors influencing oil prices right now, and the OPEC+ decision expected in a few days will be the single most important driver in the near-term.

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Oil Prices Oil Price Argentina 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Indonesia and Malaysia will more than double production of palm oil biodiesel, while Germany will remain the largest producer of biofuels in Europe, according to the analysis. First generation ethanol, palm oil biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel from Europe continue to be the dominant biofuels produced.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

DNV and GL merged in September 2013 to form DNV GL—the world’s largest ship and offshore classification society, the leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, and a leading expert for the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. Ship electrification and renewables.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Crude and lease condensate includes tight oil, shale oil, extra-heavy crude oil, field condensate, and bitumen (i.e., oil sands, either diluted or upgraded). oil shale), and refinery gain. OPEC oil producers are the largest source of additional liquid fuel supply between 2010 and 2040.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

That’s the verdict of a new global analysis released by Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (GBC) which concludes that the US will see a growth of total biofuel use by more than 35 per cent; while Brazil will increase domestic supplies by 30 per cent and more than double production of palm oil biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. billion barrels. enthused the Financial Post.

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Oil-Sands Oil North Dakota Oil Prices 150

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

may be forced to rely on foreign countries–primarily China, Australia and Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in South America–or our lithium supplies. Americans have experienced what it is like to depend on foreign oil supplies to power our vehicles. There is concern that the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Examining the role of shale gas, PwC’s report suggests that at current rates of consumption, replacing 10% of global oil and coal consumption with gas could deliver emissions savings of around 3% a year (1gt CO 2 e per annum). E7 economies—the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), and Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2022

China is walking away as the winner and the US might as well wave the white flag because it may never catch up. As reported by Barron’s last month, the firm released an analysis of China’s stranglehold on the industry that supplies lithium-ion batteries for millions of electric vehicles around the world. Not necessarily.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2018

dollar poses an obstacle to further gains in oil prices. President Trump’s trade war with China, which is still in its early stages, has already battered the yuan. As Reuters points out , in dollar terms the price of Brent oil has climbed 9 percent this year, but in yuan terms oil is now nearly 14 percent more expensive.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Battery metals vs. oil as a source of tension and instability. Lithium is abundant on five continents. Cobalt and copper mining ethics.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. Battery metals vs. oil as a source of tension and instability. Lithium is abundant on five continents. Cobalt and copper mining ethics.

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