Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have developed a photo-chemo-enzymatic multi-step combination pathway for the highly efficient and environmentally friendly preparation of biogasoline from cheap and sustainable triolein using solar energy and atmospheric O 2 under mild conditions. —Xu et al. doi: 10.1039/D2GC01992B.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2017

OPEC exports have come under pressure this week from technical threats to oil fields, with Saudi Arabia’s Manifa problems grabbing the headlines. Aramco’s Manifa is one of its biggest oilfields, with a targeted production capacity of around 900,000 bpd, to be brought onstream in two phases. by Cyril Widdershoven for Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2019

million liters of vehicle exhaust gas catalyst in the first half of 2019—a decrease of 13% year-over-year on weak passenger vehicle production. Rare earth consumption by oil refining industry up just 2% on back of slowing vehicle sales and ongoing electrification of transportation.

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Green Car Congress

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. Energy Subsidy Reform in the Persian Gulf: The End of the Big Oil Giveaway” was co-authored by Jim Krane, the Wallace S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2021

This drove up demand for cheap crop-based biodiesel, such as palm and soy oil, which is mainly sourced from Asia and South America. Palm oil reached its highest level, capping a decade of growth that has seen palm oil consumption treble. The updated REDII, adopted in 2018, plots a path away from palm oil.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining. The process uses relatively little energy and a relatively cheap material—iron sulfide with a trace amount of molybdenum as an additive. 1c03410.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

Those claiming that oil will continue to fall from here and remain low for evermore, however, are flying in the face of both history and common sense. The question we should be asking ourselves is not if oil prices will recover, but when they will. In other words, oil is a volatile market, but prices are in a long term upward trend.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge. billion in 2035.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. That’s the problem.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The most challenging issue facing the shale energy industry is the very low hydrocarbon recovery rates: less than 10% for oil and 20% for gas. These insights help optimize strategies to boost natural gas production as well as better understand fluid mechanics. Neil et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2015

Researchers from A*STAR in Singapore have developed a fungal culture for use in a cheap and efficient method to transform waste oil palm material into biofuels and environmentally friendly plastics. After the harvest of the fruit from oil palm trees, large amounts of leftover biomass known as empty fruit bunch remain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Researchers have developed a new catalytic method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics (polyethylene) into high-quality liquid products, such as motor oils, lubricants, detergents and even cosmetics. The discovery also improves on current recycling methods that result in cheap, low-quality plastic products.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have developed an optimized two-phase enzymatic (lipase) system for the conversion of plant oils to biodiesel. Applied to the solvent-free ethanolysis of rapeseed oil, the system delivered a yield of 96% under mild conditions. Under the mild conditions used, chemical catalysts were inefficient.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Today, most hydrogen gas is produced using oil and gas.—Grey One family would need about 4 cubic meters of storage—the size of a regular oil tank. We’re using cheap raw materials and don't need precious metals or other expensive components. —KU Leuven researcher Jan Rongé.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The data and analytics company notes that such actions will simply mean Western countries will be more reliant on Russian oil and gas for longer. As nickel is used in the production of EV batteries, any sanctions placed on Russian nickel will cause EV manufacturing prices to increase further, threatening adoption and decarbonization.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in the United States, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Tennessee found that, over their 40-year history, the standards helped reduce reliance on foreign oil producers, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and saved consumers money. since 1975.

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AUGUST 25, 2012

They also demonstrated that the production of biodiesel using the lipids extracted from sewage sludge (SS) could be economically feasible because of its remarkably high yield of oil and low cost, as compared to conventional biodiesel feedstocks. 75% of the total production costs. —Kwon et al. Credit: ACS, Kwon et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Tuning the reaction conditions also permits the selective production of methyl cyclopentane, which can be used as high-octane-number gasoline additive. As we know, the utilization of high-density aviation fuel can significantly increase the range and payload of aircraft without changing the volume of oil in the tank. —Ning Li.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

According to a new report from Pike Research, algae biofuels production will grow rapidly over the next decade, reaching 61 million gallons per year and a market value of $1.3 Pike Research anticipates that, with 50% of all algae activity, the United States is poised to ramp up production the earliest among world markets.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

GC-MS chromatogram of the liquid products obtained after hydrodeoxygenation of angelica lactone dimer. barrels of oil (117.6 As noted in its quarterly report ( 10-Q ) for the quarter ending 30 September 2013, KiOR had obtained a yield of 72 gallons per bone dry ton (about 41% gasoline, 37% diesel, 22% fuel oil) for between $2.60

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient. That makes the process less efficient.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

The price disparity between crude oil and other resources, coupled with the emergence of cheap and abundant shale gas, especially in the United States, is opening up opportunities to produce cheaper gasoline, according to a new report from Lux Research. times the current production. Waste biomass is a ubiquitous alternative.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

It is then isolated and purified, while the algal biomass is processed to extract and produce a bio-oil co-product. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products. The company is working to commercialize this technology and scale production of its products.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The collapse of oil prices has forced the US shale industry to slash production costs. In other words, about three-quarters of the cost reductions have come from trends that will not ultimately improve the overall recovery of oil. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com. This is a process known as “high-grading.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

Published recently in an open-access paper in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology , the research involves the oleaginous (oil-producing) yeast Yarrowia lipolytica , which is known for converting sugars to lipids and hydrocarbons that are difficult to make synthetically. Until now, Y.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

With its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, one of the mandates of 12-member OPEC is to “ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers, and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry.” Venezuela’s Woes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2015

The undisputed king of oil and gas is making some moves that could change the face of the global refining sector. As if being the world’s biggest exporter of oil was not enough, the desert kingdom is now looking to conquer the refining sector as it has quickly become the fourth largest refiner in the world. By offering almost 2.8

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

The Georgia Public Service Commission just this week approved utility Georgia Power’s plan to build three new methane and oil-burning plants, as well as to buy energy from sister company Mississippi power, delaying retirement of one of that company’s coal-fired plants, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Based on the current capabilities, water splitting makes up the vast majority of electrofuel production cost, and is the major bottleneck for electrofuels to come within shouting distance of being cost competitive with petroleum. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge. Background.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. This drives the development of fossil fuels, including coal and shale production, as well as renewables.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Russia is the world’s second largest producer of crude oil, behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia, and its second largest exporter, behind Saudi Arabia. On 28 February, British Petroleum announced it would divest itself of its nearly 20 percent share of Rosneft , Russia’s state oil company.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

At Sonoma Raceway, it also provided an on-the-road look at part of that future with mass-market tire technology that will likely go into production in 2025. That’s more than double what such tires offer today, in a product that Michelin attests, performs as well or better than today’s offerings. Michelin 45% sustainable tire.

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MAY 2, 2024

The nearest current product to the GS is a large Genesis, which may come with engine issues down the line (not convinced H/K has this issue under control). In August 2021 it had a tire rotation and oil change at 45,934 miles at the dealer. & The car has been in for two services in the past five years.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. Whatever it is, it won’t be cheap Defining the ID.Buzz as a vehicle is difficult. 4s sold in Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

In addition, hybrid sales are expected to be slower as long as oil remains cheap. NADA’s economic outlook calls for gross domestic product to be up 3.1% Midsize cars are expected to decline in share of total light vehicle sales from 18.6% to 17%, while small cars are expected to lose 1% of share. —Steven Szakaly.

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