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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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MAY 22, 2020

Due to the collapse in oil prices, IHS Markit expects US producers are in the process of curtailing about 1.75 This resumption of production may accelerate if WTI remains above $30 per barrel—a price that allows operators to cover their operating costs and that reflects improved storage availability.

Oil

Oil Canada Oil-Sands Production

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Business is likely to face increasing trade restrictions and intense global competition for a wide range of material resources that become less easily available. billion by 2032.

Climate Change

Climate Change Water Climate Global

First reference installation of Opcon Waste Heat Recovery technology for ships; potential for 5–10% fuel savings

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AUGUST 26, 2012

Considering today’s oil prices and the efforts being made by the IMO, for example with the coming International Energy Efficiency Certificate (IEE), we believe that this product really has come at exactly the right time. Waste heat is used by a heat exchanger to vaporize a working fluid with a boiling point lower than water.

Waste

Waste Installation Mariner Fuel

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Beginning with its February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA incorporated revisions to historical international liquids consumption data into the STEO’s international liquid fuels market balances. Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Click to enlarge.

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2000 2016 Fuel China

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

AECOM study finds EV adoption in Victoria can offer significant economic benefits by late 2020s; PHEVs initially lead uptake

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JULY 12, 2011

Assumes there are only Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) available, with no Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) or pure Electric Vehicles (EVs). The analysis is based on central forecasts of oil price, electricity. However, as EV and PHEV prices gradually reach. Scenario 1.

PHEV

PHEV Oil Prices Australia Price

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Cape Wind will not lead the US energy revolution.

Renewable

Renewable Parts Power Powered

Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ). percent of GDP in 2014. Natural gas data from Gazprom).

Russia

Russia Saudi Arabia Iran Iraq

Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Will be competitive at an oil price of $45 to $90 at their commercial date. These include: Next-generation internal combustion engine. This is coupled with the innovation seen in first-generation players to drive down costs, energy and water use, and GHG emissions. Technologies that stretch today’s assets and resources.

Transportation

Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel

Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Using thermal recovery processes in heavy oil reservoirs depends largely on.

Chevron

Chevron Oil Oil-Sands Production

GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government Face Significant Challenges in Meeting RFS Target While Minimizing Unintended Adverse Effects; Suggests Federal Research Give Priority to Non-Ethanol Biofuels

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Increased cultivation of corn for ethanol, its conversion into biofuels, and the storage and use of these fuels could affect water supply, water quality, air quality, soil quality, and biodiversity, the report found. available for producing advanced cellulosic biofuels. specifies this year. per year for conventional ethanol.

Tax Credit

Tax Credit Industrial Industry Tax

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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JULY 2, 2013

The underlying assumption is that the world will immediately use whatever oil can be pumped from the ground, and that supply is independent of demand—that is, oil exploration investments bear no relation to the current oil price or expectations of future demand. —Brandt et al.

Oil

Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes Could Be Highly Competitive With Petroleum Fuels on Efficiency and Costs, While Offering Substantial Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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MARCH 8, 2009

We conclude that mature biomass refining is highly competitive with the fuels currently available, based on all the factors considered. Require modest volumes of process water. Achieve production costs consistent with gasoline when oil prices are at about $30 a barrel. per liter gasoline equivalent ($1.37 – $2.16

Emissions

Emissions Gas Fuel 2009

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

Due to its viscosity, bitumen cannot be transported by pipeline on its own, but must be mixed with a petroleum-based diluent, such as naphtha or natural gas condensate, to make a less viscous liquid called dilbit; or it must be upgraded to a medium weight crude oil called “synthetic crude oil”. Earlier post.) —Draft SEIS.

Climate Change

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

IHS Markit identifies 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in short-cycle opportunities outside North America

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JANUARY 31, 2018

New energy research from business information provider IHS Markit has identified more than five billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in numerous smaller, previously bypassed, or underperforming reservoirs outside North America that offer oil and gas operators a shorter-cycle path to production than new, frontier projects in undeveloped areas.

North America

North America Oil America Oman

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

If additional east-west pipelines were built to the Canadian coasts, such pipelines would be heavily utilized to export oil sands crude due to relatively low shipping costs to reach growing Asian markets. The dominant drivers of oil sands development are more global than any single infrastructure project.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011. Just as wireless service providers offer smartphones at discounted prices, Project Better Place will offer discounted electric vehicles with usage pricing plans. SZ (1) 6753.T

Grid

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands

EV Driven

IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

First reference installation of Opcon Waste Heat Recovery technology for ships; potential for 5–10% fuel savings

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

AECOM study finds EV adoption in Victoria can offer significant economic benefits by late 2020s; PHEVs initially lead uptake

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

GAO Report Concludes Industry and Government Face Significant Challenges in Meeting RFS Target While Minimizing Unintended Adverse Effects; Suggests Federal Research Give Priority to Non-Ethanol Biofuels

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Study Finds Integrated Biorefinery Processes Could Be Highly Competitive With Petroleum Fuels on Efficiency and Costs, While Offering Substantial Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

IHS Markit identifies 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in short-cycle opportunities outside North America

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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