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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Coal’s market share of 30.3% Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% World primary energy consumption grew by 2.5%

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Syngas Engages Rentech and GE for Clinton Coal and Biomass to Liquids Project in Australia

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Australia’s Syngas Limited has engaged Rentech to provide Fischer-Tropsch fuels production preliminary engineering services for Syngas’ proposed commercial scale coal and biomass to liquids (CBTL) fuels facility in Southern Australia, known as the Clinton Project. Additionally, the Clinton coal fluidizes well.

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ConocoPhillips announces sanction of $6B second train for Australia Pacific coal seam gas to LNG project; Sinopec interest to increase

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million tonnes per annum (MTPA) production train for its Australia Pacific LNG coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland, Australia. and Bechtel Australia Proprietary Limited contract for facilities on Curtis Island. In April 2011, Australia Pacific LNG and Sinopec Corp.

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Accenture: Australia LNG industry could become world’s largest

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Geoscience Australia estimated total proved plus probable commercial reserves at 132 Tcf (99 Tcf of traditional natural gas and 33 Tcf of coal bed methane-CBM) as of 2012. The EIA reports that Australia was the third-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2013. The new report titled “Ready or Not?

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Altona Energy enters into coal and biomass gasification cooperation agreement with Rentech

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Australia-based Altona Energy Plc, has entered into a cooperation agreement with US-based Rentech, Inc. The agreement with Rentech includes working together to evaluate coal and biomass gasification projects for the application of Rentech’s technologies in South Australia, where the Arckaringa Project is located.

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Sasol and Origin Energy form JV for coal bed methane exploration in Botswana

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Sasol recently signed a joint venture agreement with Australia-based Origin Energy Limited for the purposes of exploring for coal bed methane (CBM) in Botswana. However, CBM accounts for approximately 10% of total natural gas produced in the United States and makes up most of Australia’s natural gas supply.

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Queensland Australia Has A Fossil Fuel Revenue Problem & Wants Hydrogen To Solve It

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Green hydrogen for energy is an economic dead end, not a replacement for fossil fuel revenues, and the sooner Queensland policy makers internalize that, the sooner Queensland will be able to address its economic realities.