Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Petrochemicals are rapidly becoming the largest driver of global oil demand. Petrochemicals are set to account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand to 2030, and nearly half the growth to 2050, adding nearly 7 million barrels of oil a day by then. Source: IEA. —Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2020

As suggested in 2018, ( earlier post ) the 2021 Jeep Gladiator is now available with the 3.0-liter of torque, with engine stop-start (ESS) technology standard, is available on Gladiator Sport, Overland and Rubicon models. The aluminum alloy pistons are cooled on the underside via oil jets. liter EcoDiesel V-6 engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to clean up oil spills inexpensively and efficiently without harming marine life. —Vikas Nandwana.

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Oil Water Mariner Pollution 243

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste has initiated a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. The refining capacity of crude oil is approximately 10.5 Porvoo refinery. million ton/a.

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Oil Renewable Finland Mariner 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost. However, HFOs are banned in the national waters of many countries.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing comprehensive new regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry—including, for the first time, reductions from existing sources nationwide. Source: EPA.

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EPA Oil Gas Emissions 243

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Reduced friction losses and pressure control with low-viscosity oil. For this purpose, the third-generation OM 471 has a newly developed engine oil pressure control valve. It is installed behind the engine oil pump and in front of the oil thermostat. Another highlight is the extended Top Torque range.

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Mercedes Diesel Oil Exhaust 435

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2020

Alon Bakersfield Refinery is an existing oil refinery located in Bakersfield, California. Historically, the refinery has produced diesel from crude oil and has a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day. GCEH will immediately commence retooling the refinery to produce renewable diesel from organic feedstocks such as vegetable oils.

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Renewable Diesel Clean Cleaning 389

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A team from the University of Calgary and Rice University has used flash joule heating (FJH) ( earlier post ) to convert low-value asphaltenes—a by-product of crude oil refining—into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG). Flash graphene from asphaltenes. (A)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Goodyear’s new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil. The use of soybean oil in tires is a significant Goodyear innovation that helps keep a tire’s rubber compound pliable in changing temperatures.

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Waste Oil Maintenance Carbon 468

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced an important step in its global journey to fully replace petroleum-derived oils by 2040. In a first for Goodyear Commercial Truck tires, the majority of the Metro Miler G152 and G652 city bus transit tires are now made with a sustainable soybean oil compound.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

ConocoPhillips estimates that the Willow Project will produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak and deliver $8 billion to $17 billion in new revenue for the federal government, the state of Alaska and North Slope Borough communities. The BLM has identified a preferred alternative in the final SEIS.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS Markit. —Joseph McMonigle, secretary general, IEF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

We decided to switch to renewable diesel once our quality and availability concerns were satisfied. All of the renewable products Neste distributes in North America are made from 100% renewable and sustainably sourced waste materials such as used cooking oil, rendered fats and greases. —Bill Crotinger.

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Renewable Diesel Fleet Building 448

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

Because the available space has not changed, we were compelled to develop a new drive that achieves significant improvements in performance and efficiency in spite of being subject to the same constraints. The new drive has an energy-saving cooling system that operates without an electrically driven oil pump.

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Available Vehicles Oil Electrical 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands production were flat in 2022 even as total production grew, according to an initial analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The Canadian oil sands have demonstrated a consistent trend of reductions in GHG intensity for the past decade. kgCO 2 e/bbl per year or about 1.8%.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

To achieve this, hairpin winding technology is used in the stator as well as combined oil-water cooling. The rotor and stator are internally oil-cooled and the active parts are installed in a water cooling jacket. The new electric motor is available in power ratings between 150 and 230 kilowatts continuous output.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2023

The Record of Decision (ROD) reduces the size of the project by denying two of the original five drill sites proposed by ConocoPhillips, which is seeking to develop oil and gas leases it acquired beginning in the late 1990s. The Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak. Earlier post.)

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Alaska Oil Gas Miles 397

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2022

The membranes, with their ultrathin tunable selective layers, offer an innovative membrane development solution for energy-efficient crude oil fractionation. These membranes preferentially separate paraffin over aromatic components, making them suitable for integration in hybrid distillation systems for crude oil fractionation.

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Oil Energy Polymer Carbon 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

ethanol—and 23% bionaphtha, which is obtained from residual materials such as tall oil, which is a by-product of pulp production. HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil)—and 7% biodiesel. R33 Blue Diesel is available at existing public filling stations today. The remaining 67% is made up of fossil fuel.

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Gasoline Germany Audi Diesel 492

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2021

The all-new Sportage is the first Kia vehicle to be available in long-wheelbase and short-wheelbase model variants depending on the region, ensuring that the fifth-generation family fully meets the diverse and specific needs of all markets. The new R2.0-liter Terrain Mode, E-Handling tech and a new ECS.

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PHEV Gasoline Kia Diesel 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Hydrogen Heavy Duty Vehicle Industry Group—comprising Air Liquide, Hyundai, Nel Hydrogen, Nikola Corporation, Shell and Toyota—has signed agreements with Tatsuno Corporation and Transfer Oil S.p.A. to industrialize globally-standard 70 MPa hydrogen heavy-duty vehicle high-flow (H70HF) fueling hardware components.

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Industrial Industry Hydrogen Vehicles 397

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Together with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine 0.1 Nordic Marine Oil specializes in the supply of bunker fuels and lubricating oil to the shipping industry. Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia, a solution helping the maritime sector to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Mariner Oil Emissions Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The reason is that, in the United States, oil is used to generate less than 1% of electricity. Therefore, the recent jump in oil prices (because of the war in Ukraine), should have only a relatively small indirect effect on the cost of electricity. The table below shows all available average monthly prices for 2022.

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Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Cost Of Diesel 321

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Existing idle oil refining assets can be revamped to release the hydrogen from the liquid carrier for use in multiple commercial and industrial applications. The carrier used in the Honeywell LOHC solution is readily available and requires minimal makeup. LOHC is part of Honeywell’s Green Hydrogen program.

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Hydrogen Transportation Gas Oil 468

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Alfa Laval offers a range of oil-fired and oil and exhaust gas-fired boilers for ships. Top-fired and available in two different design pressures, the Aalborg OL is a vertical, two-drum cylindrical boiler. Marine boilers generate steam for auxiliary machinery for various ship services or, in some cases, for main propulsion.

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Mariner Grant Oil Exhaust 416

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Bio-hydrogen not utilized for renewable diesel production will be made available by Grön Fuels for purchase by third parties for lowering the CO 2 emissions of power production, industrial processes, or transportation and can be shipped by the ~600 miles / 1,000 km of hydrogen pipelines operational and located near Grön Fuels’ site.

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Renewable Louisiana Fuel Diesel 397

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2021

Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia and Japan. Toyo Engineering Corporation and?Irkutsk

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Eni has been producing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel in its Venice and Gela bio-refineries since 2014 via its proprietary Ecofoning technology; it can also produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from waste and plant-based raw materials using the same technology. HVO: Demand Outlook”). —Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2023

The fuel used is Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) (biodiesel) and is based on renewable and sustainable sources, mainly waste cooking oil. No feedstock related to palm oil or palm oil production is used. The reduction is equivalent to the CO 2 emissions of a full truck driving around the equator about 1,200 times.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have shown that a certain class of ionic liquids (ILs), when mixed with commercially available oils, can make gears run more efficiently with less noise and better durability. Results were published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. —Stump et al. of Energy. … of Energy. …

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

By joining the IBM Quantum Network as an Industry Partner, bp will have access to IBM’s quantum expertise and software and cloud-based access to the most advanced quantum computers available via the cloud.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to invest up to $500 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase the availability of domestic biofuels. The $450 million in new funds will be available quarterly starting 1 July. million will be made available to home heating oil distribution facilities. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Simplified Hydrofaction Process Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) applies supercritical water as a reaction medium for the conversion of biomass directly into a high-energy density renewable biocrude oil. The process conditions are carefully chosen to promote reaction pathways that favor high yields of high-quality renewable oil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

So far, renewable diesel and jet fuels are mainly derived from plant oils, but the EU Renewable Energy Directive limits the use of biofuel from food and feed crops since they do not meet sustainability requirements when produced at large scale. —project coordinator Valentin Batteiger of Bauhaus Luftfahrt (Germany).

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Convert Denmark Waste Universal 418

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

The first shipment of nearly 600,000 liters (500 metric tons) is now available at the Södertälje terminal for vessels bunkering in the Stockholm area as well as those in transit to Lake Mälaren. In the production of the fuel, crude oil is partly replaced with renewable raw materials. Neste Marine 0.1

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Singapore Renewable Parts Mariner 368

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

The automotive supplier MAHLE has developed what it says is the most durable electric motor available: the superior continuous torque (SCT) E-motor. These scenarios are only insufficiently covered by the electric motors available on the market up to now, MAHLE says.

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