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BP also confirmed the recently-announced Pitu oil discovery in the frontier deepwater of the Potiguar basin off Brazil’s equatorial margin, announced by Petrobras. Estimated post-drill resource range for Lontra is 700 million to 1.1+ billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to Cobalt. Click to enlarge.

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Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The team looked at three scenarios that would increase the sugarcane footprint in Brazil between 37.5

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and Cosan SA Industria e Comércio have executed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture for the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils. Base oils are the building blocks of lubricant oils, currently derived from a mixture of fractions from the crude oil refining process.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Devon Energy Corporation has entered into agreements to sell all of its assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Azerbaijan to BP for $7.0 Devon and BP will also form a heavy oil joint venture to develop BP’s Kirby oil sands leases in Alberta, Canada. billion in cash. BP group chief executive Tony Hayward.

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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. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.

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Spot LNG prices in Asia spiked to nearly $30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for a few weeks in January 2021 during extreme cold weather and transportation challenges before settling back to normal ranges in the first half of the year. Brazil more than tripled its 2020 imports by receiving 7.5 MMt set in 2014. increase or 0.2

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AUGUST 25, 2011

EvoShield lubricants will be formulated from NovaSpec renewably-sourced synthetic base oils, derived from Amyris’ Biofene and produced by Novvi, Amyris’ joint venture with Brazil’s Cosan. Amyris is scaling its Biofene production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through five production arrangements. in North Carolina.

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The number of São Paulo, Brazil city buses using a blend of Amyris Renewable Diesel, which is branded locally as Diesel de Cana (“sugarcane diesel”), has increased to 400 from 300. Separately, Amyris announced it has successfully produced its first fragrance oil for its partner Firmenich SA, a leading global flavors and fragrances company.

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In its tally and projections, Pike includes conventional ethanol and biodiesel facilities targeting commodity-based feedstocks, such as corn starch, sugarcane, soy, palm oil, and rapeseed. United States, Brazil, and Europe—at 34.6 BGY of installed capacity worldwide in. Earlier post.).

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Amyris plans to sell Biofene directly for use in industrial applications or to apply simple chemical finishing steps to Biofene to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and renewable diesel. one of the largest sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil. Paraíso Bioenergia S.A.,

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Biofene may be sold directly into industrial applications or put through simple chemical finishing steps to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and diesel. in Piracicaba, Brazil. The production facility is located in León, Spain at a facility owned by Antibióticos, S.A.

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Flowlines are flexible or rigid pipe, laid on the seabed, which allows the transportation of oil/gas production or injection of fluids. Flexible pipes for the contract will be produced both at Technip’s existing manufacturing site in Vitoria, and also at our new manufacturing facility under construction in Açu, Brazil.

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KLM is operating the longest biofuel flight undertaken yet as flight KL705 departs from Amsterdam with a Boeing 777-200 and flies to the Rio+20 sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (about 9,500 km or 5,900 miles). SkyNRG is now a world market leader for sustainable kerosene, supplying more than 15 carriers worldwide.

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Biofene may then be sold directly into industrial applications or put through simple chemical finishing steps to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and diesel. followed by vetting in a second pilot plant and a demonstration facility in Amyris’s operations in Campinas, Brazil.

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The regularly scheduled Hainan Airlines flight—which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Next-Generation 737-800—used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China. Boeing also partners with the Commercial Aviation Corp.

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The joint venture would market and sell lubricants employing Amyris’s synthetic renewable base oils derived from Biofene. Amyris would facilitate access to a supply of its proprietary synthetic renewable base oils and formulations for a range of lubricant products using those base oils. Amyris, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Amyris also announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with Cosan to expand their joint venture, Novvi, to include renewable additives and finished lubricants for industrial, commercial and automotive uses in addition to the joint venture's original scope of renewable, base oils for such markets.

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The integrated soot blower is designed for use with a range of high-sulfur fuels, including marine diesel oil (MDO) and heavy fuel oil (HFO), and enables the SCR aftertreatment system to deliver consistent emissions reduction performance by preventing ash and soot from blocking the catalyst. Click to enlarge.

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Since it is most likely that within the next decades the share of transport fuels from energy intensive unconventional oil resources will increase, the production of advanced biofuels from microalgae can only be a viable renewable fuel source if the energy intensity of the process can be managed and lowered accordingly. tons/ha/year).

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Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil. 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.

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Pike projects that by 2021, the production of biofuels derived from a range of feedstocks will reach 65.7 between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. Multiple aims include the reduction of dependence on imported oil, mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and driving economic development.

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The always on-call technology platform is an intelligent, digital character that responds to the prompt “Hey BMW” and has the ability to serve the driver in a range of ways from controlling vehicle settings, navigation and entertainment systems to explaining vehicle functions and even conducting a conversation.

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Amyris applies industrial synthetic biology to genetically modify microorganisms to serve to produce a broad range of products, including farnesene. a subsidiary of Amyris, oversees the establishment and expansion of Amyris’s production in Brazil, including SMA Indústria Química S.A., Earlier post.). Amyris Brasil S.A.,

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Uncertainty range of the aviation GHG emissions under the High Oil price scenario (the most optimistic for biojet adoption), given in a box plot depicting the minimum, quartile, and maximum values. The model uses three price scenarios: low oil, reference and high oil. Credit: ACS, Agusdinata et al. Click to enlarge.

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International oil and gas major Total and renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. signed agreements to expand their current R&D partnership ( earlier post ) and to form a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize a range of renewable fuels and products. Earlier post.).

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Farnesene is an isoprenoid molecule that forms the basis for a wide range of products varying from specialty chemical applications to transportation fuels such as diesel. Amyris entered into a similar agreement in June 2010 with a facility of Biomin GMBH in Piracicaba, Brazil. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Amyris Brasil S.A.,

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Currently, almost half of China’s oil consumption is imported, and with the projection that demand for fossil fuel oil will reach 250 million tons by 2030, it is crucial for the country to consider biomass alternatives as part of their renewable energy plan. million tons in 2008. gallon US) with tax exemption and a $0.16/liter

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savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita—within the range of 6 to 19 tonnes per capita emissions of the major industrialized countries. Global fossil oil consumption increased by about 2.9%

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the Tupy foundry of Brazil, the world’s leading CGI producer, a series production contract for the cylinder block and bedplate of its new A 630 DOHC 3.0-liter The vacuum pump is incorporated into one of the camshafts for greater efficiency and the oil pump is a rotary vane type. liter V6 diesel engine.

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On a life-cycle basis this advantage is reduced, the MIT report notes, because the GHG emissions in production and distribution, including methane leakage, are greater for natural gas than for oil products. These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g.,

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World oil prices have fallen sharply from their July 2008 high mark. As the world’s economies recover, higher world oil prices are assumed to return and to persist through 2030. In the IEO2009 reference case, world oil prices rise to $110 per barrel in 2015 (in real 2007 dollars) and $130 per barrel in 2030. Transportation.

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As currently practiced in a country such as Brazil, it can lead to emissions reductions of between 70% and well over 100% when substituted for gasoline. Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biofuels show a wide range of net greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels. World Transport Biofuel Production. billion gallons US) liters.

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Biodiesel is a renewable source of energy produced from veritable oil, animal fat, etc. Ethanol blended fuels are widely used in Brazil, the United States, and Europe. Fuel cells have a wide range of applications. Here is a list of top 9 alternative energy sources for a vehicle. #1

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Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. The perspective of rising oil prices is a turboboost for a change in customer behavior, he said. New Small Family ( earlier post ) in 2013. 2 -neutral fuels play another key role.

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Heating Oil. In addition, since 2011, USDA has made funding available through the Rural Energy for America Program to support deployment of “flex-fuel” pumps that can dispense a range of ethanol blends. Other potential cellulosic biofuel providers with proposed pathways. Various biogas producers. 35 – 54. 0 – 7.

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entered into a feasibility agreement with NASA to evaluate the potential use of castor oil as a viable and sustainable feedstock for production of biojet fuel—also known as Bio Synthesized Paraffinic Kerosene (Bio-SPK) and Hydroprocessed Renewable Jet (HRJ). In April 2009 Evogene Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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