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Canada Launches Algal Biofuels Project

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The government of Canada is awarding approximately C$5 million (US$4.7 For dewatering the company has agreements in place with two technology providers and, through inVentures, has access to an organic sieve technology for removing water from the algae oil. Dr. O’Leary.

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EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

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quadrillion Btu in 2040 in AEO2014 , reflecting the impacts of increased foreign trade on international shipping and higher incomes on recreational boating. Domestic crude oil production increases sharply in the AEO2014 Reference case, with annual growth averaging 0.8 Pipeline exports to Canada grow by 1.2% Tcf in 2012 to 3.1

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Stealth Ventures Ltd. and Clean Coal Ltd. Partner on Underground Coal Gasification Project in Nova Scotia

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has entered into an agreement with Clean Coal Ltd., an internationally based company whose technical team is based in the United Kingdom, for the development of an Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project in Nova Scotia. Clean Coal Ltd. The United Kingdom Coal Authority has recently awarded five licences to Clean Coal Ltd.

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EIA projects world energy use to increase 53% by 2035; oil sands/bitumen and biofuels account for 70% of the increase in unconventional liquid fuels

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Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% between 2008 and 2035 with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations, especially China and India, according to the reference case in the newly released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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Eni-BP Joint Venture Awarded Coal-Bed Methane Project in Indonesia; Potential for First Integrated CBM to LNG Project

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and operatorship); BP (26.25%); Eni (26.25%); VIC (15.625%); Opicoil, a Houston-based subsidiary of Taiwan’s CPC (20%); and Universe Gas and Oil (4.375 %). and operatorship); BP (26.25%); Eni (26.25%); VIC (15.625%); Opicoil, a Houston-based subsidiary of Taiwan’s CPC (20%); and Universe Gas and Oil (4.375 %).

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RAND reports suggest US DoD use less petroleum fuel to deal with high prices, not count on alternatives

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However, the US military can play an important role in promoting stability in major oil producing regions and by helping protect the flow of energy through major transit corridors and on the high seas, the reports suggest. In the lead report, Bartis notes that global oil supplies are finite and thus, at some point, oil production must peak.

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