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Alabama Injection Project Aimed at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Testing Important Geologic CO2 Storage

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When the 5-month injection is completed, incremental oil recovery is anticipated to be 60% greater than that of conventional secondary oil recovery by water flood. A recent study by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, Va., and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Solar Thermal System: A solar thermal system on the building roof will provide hot water for the operations building and the maintenance building. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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