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Chevron fined $329,700 for violations of California’s gasoline regulation; over-oxygenated gasoline in 2010 and 2011

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that Chevron Corp. has paid $329,700 in penalties for self-disclosed violations of California’s reformulated gasoline regulations. Chevron supplied gasoline in violation of state regulations at its Montebello and Richmond terminals. In both cases oxygenate volume of the gasoline was about 11%. An estimated 3.75

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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UAI’s Request for Correction explains in detail its view of the fundamental flaws in the design of the EPAct study that produced EPA’s inaccurate emissions estimates. EPA could have modeled ethanol’s emissions effects by simply adding ethanol to commercial gasoline blendstocks (‘splash blending’), or mimicking real-world refinery practices.

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SAE High Octane Fuels Symposium: Is a new high-octane fuel a pragmatic pathway for higher engine efficiency in the US? (part 2)

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Jim Szybist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), one vision of a high-octane ethanol fuel infrastructure and distribution system could include a standardized high ethanol/high octane fuel with ethanol content probably in the E20-E50 range. Gasoline or E10 BOB would be premium-grade fuel for total coverage of legacy fleet.

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Road Test: 2021 Kia Niro PHEV EX Premium

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Clean Fleet Report drove the Niro PHEV EX Premium, and came away with a good feeling about this compact crossover that can deliver a 560-mile driving range. liter four-cylinder gasoline engine mated to an 8.9 Smooth Design: Out and In. Smooth Operator. The Niro PHEV offers the best of both worlds–EV & gas.

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company.

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

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liter 4-cylinder engine that puts out 235 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque (on premium gasoline), driving either the front or all-four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. Cadillac is battling against the BMW X1/X2, Volvo XC40, Audi Q3, MBZ GLA, Jaguar E-Pace and Range Rover Evoque—among others.

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NABC pursuing 2 refinery insertion points for finished advanced biomass fuel production

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The second NABC insertion point (insertion point 3 on the diagram) is where the biomass is processed to a point where it is acceptable as a neat fuel or as a blendstock component to be blended with existing petroleum-based gasoline or diesel. The Total Acid Number (TAN) was low for the HTL bio-oil, ranging from 25 to 37 mg KOH/g.

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