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Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has an offtake agreement with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered over the 7-year term of the agreement. Aemetis, Inc., Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, have signed a joint research agreement on “Process Optimization of CO 2 and Sulfur Components Removal from Natural Gases.” QP develops/operates onshore and offshore oil and gas fields in Qatar, including exploration, field development, production, refining, transport, and storage.

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Volkswagen to debut XL1 PHEV prototype at Qatar Motor Show; fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US)

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Volkswagen is staging the world debut of its XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) prototype at the Qatar Motor Show this week. The prototype, representing the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy ( earlier post ), features combined fuel consumption of 0.9 Hybrid system.

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Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

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MARCH 24, 2022

to supply 75 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year for seven years. SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel. —Kelly Nodzak, Delta’s Director of Global Jet Fuel Procurement. oneworld Alliance.

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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MAY 13, 2021

Ireland-based electrolyzer company Fusion Fuel Green PLC will collaborate with Consolidated Contractors Group S.A.L. CCC and Fusion Fuel have agreed to cooperate on projects involving the production of green hydrogen for potential clients in the refining and petrochemical industries in order to reduce their carbon footprint.

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New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A team from the Texas A&M University campus in Qatar (TAMU-Qatar) and Caltech has developed a new way to make synthetic rubber; once this material is discarded, it can be easily degraded back to its chemical building blocks and reused in new tires and other products. —Antisar Hlil, TAMU-Qatar. Bazzi, Ph.D.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. 2 Total SA.

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TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based renewable jet fuel in Latin America

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was a 50% blend of locally-sourced Brazilian Japtropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional jet fuel. Brazil’s largest airline, TAM Airlines, and Airbus have conducted the first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Latin America, using an Airbus A320.

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Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

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APRIL 15, 2019

A lifecycle study by consultancy thinkstep, commissioned by SEALNG and SGMF, has found that greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 21% are achievable now from LNG as a marine fuel, compared with current oil-based marine fuels, over the entire life-cycle from Well-to-Wake (WtW). —SEALNG Chairman Peter Keller. Source: thinkstep.

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First gas flows to Pearl GTL

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MARCH 23, 2011

Construction at the massive Pearl GTL project, Qatar, 2010. Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Placed end-to-end the tubes would stretch from Qatar to Japan. Click to enlarge.

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Baker Institute: End of the ‘Big Oil giveaway’ is underway in the Persian Gulf

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MAY 4, 2016

In recent years, all six Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain—have begun to challenge the notion that citizens are entitled to cheap energy.

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Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. The treatment of GTL-derived effluents is complex and challenging.

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% The averages hide a mixed picture by fuel, however. Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Source: BP.

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JGC awarded EPC contract for CoolGen coal IGCC demonstration plant in Japan

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been promoting research initiative to realize zero-emission coal-fired thermal power generation by using Integrated Coal Gasification Fuel Cell Combined Cycle (IGFC) technology in combination with carbon capture and storage.

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Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The project is slated to be the first plant in the US to produce Fischer-Tropsch GTL transportation fuels and other products from natural gas, according to Sasol. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. High temperature iron, for Secunda fuels and chemicals production. Source: Sasol.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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APRIL 11, 2019

NO 2 is a pollutant formed mainly from fossil fuel combustion, and traffic emissions can contribute up to 80% of ambient NO 2 in cities. NO 2 is just one component of air pollution, which is made up of many pollutants (including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide), which are known to have numerous adverse effects on health.

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Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

For petroleum-derived transportation fuels, this includes feedstock. extraction, fuel production and fuel combustion in the vehicle engine (well-to-wheels). The researchers used two scenarios: Scenario A in which GTL is used as a neat fuel, and Scenario B, in which GTL diesel is blended with petroleum-derived diesel.

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Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The aviation industry presented a paper outlining the industry’s commitment to three sequential targets: 1) Improving carbon efficiency with a 1.5% Air transport is the first industry to commit to carbon-neutral growth at the global level. All airlines/carriers must be treated equally.

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Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

Volkswagen to debut XL1 PHEV prototype at Qatar Motor Show; fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US)

Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based renewable jet fuel in Latin America

Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

First gas flows to Pearl GTL

Baker Institute: End of the ‘Big Oil giveaway’ is underway in the Persian Gulf

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

JGC awarded EPC contract for CoolGen coal IGCC demonstration plant in Japan

Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

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