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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) continues to expand its assessment of technically recoverable shale oil and shale natural gas resources around the world. Each of the countries has an existing oil and natural gas industry with infrastructure connecting the basins to global markets. Bcf/d from 2005 to 2014.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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A BEV lacks an ICEV’s engine oil, timing belt, oxygen sensor, spark plugs and more, and the maintenance costs associated with them. Among the many findings was that the estimated scheduled maintenance cost for a light-duty battery-electric vehicle (BEV) totals 6.1 cents per mile.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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Existing hydrogen pipelines, which are associated with industrial facilities such as oil refineries and chemical plants, operate at pressures around 500–1200 psi. Furthermore, these lower pressures are stepped down further, to 0.25–200 200 psi, in natural gas distribution pipelines. —Penev et al. 2019.10.005.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million. The defendants.

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ORNL team recommends focus on isostatic pressing for solid-state battery manufacturing

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This process uses fluids and gases such as water, oil or argon inside a machine to apply consistent pressure across a battery component, creating a highly uniform material. In an open-access focus review paper for ACS Energy Letters , ORNL researchers recommend attention be given to the little-studied isostatic pressing approach. 2c01936