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First Nuseed Carinata shipment for biofuel feedstock

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Experts from the development team joined Nuseed and, by working closely with Nuseed’s South America and European teams, have accelerated commercialization, by building the Nuseed Value Chain with R&D, contract growers, industry partners, and RSB certified delivery to the end-use customer in just five months.

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USGS new estimates of global undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional oil and natural gas, excluding US

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USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. Geological Survey (USGS) released today.

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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Researchers look to fire ants for sources of biodiesel feedstock

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as a source for oleaginous microorganisms or enzymes supporting the digestion of raw sugars for the production of oil to be used as feedstock for biodiesel. In a paper in the journal Fuel , they note that the yield of ant oil is 16% dry weight and contains most of the fatty acids also found in other biomass resources.

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GM introducing US/Canada version of 2013 Chevrolet Spark at LA Auto Show

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2L features technologies such as dual continuous variable cam phasing, electronically controlled thermostat and low-friction engine oil. A four-speed automatic transmission will also be available. The original version of the Spark is already on sale in Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico and South America.

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities. The research team analyzed 250 coal samples from around the world, including North America, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe.

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IHS Markit: US poised to be world’s largest LNG exporter in 2022 as China becomes top LNG importer

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However, by August both Asian and European spot LNG prices climbed well above their oil price equivalent and remained above it for the rest of the year. Given strong demand in Asia and South America, less LNG supply was available to Europe and European LNG deliveries fell by 9% (7 MMt) in 2021 to 77.2

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