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Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

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Conversely, in Europe, diesel accounted for 40% of the petroleum refined versus about 30% for the Americas and Asia Oceania. OECD Americas: Canada; Chile; Mexico; United States. OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Asia Oceania: Australia; Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand.

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Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

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Production in Chile, based on naturally low-carbon brine, causes slightly more emissions than Keliber’s route: 5.25 The fuel used in the study, LNG, and the process chemical calcium oxide are the largest sources of emissions, accounting for 37% of Keliber’s total carbon footprint. tonnes/produced tonne.

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ExxonMobil and Porsche testing biofuels and lower-carbon eFuel in race conditions

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The first iteration of Esso Renewable Racing Fuel is a blend of primarily advanced biofuels and is specially formulated by ExxonMobil’s in-house team of scientists and engineers. Analysis indicates the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly with a liquid fuel. Earlier post.).

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Waterfront Shipping to commission new ships with methanol flex-fuel engines

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These 50,000 dead weight tonne vessels will be built with MAN ME-LGI flex fuel engines running on methanol, fuel oil, marine diesel oil, or gas oil. Methanol is a sulfur-free fuel that provides many environmental and clean burning benefits. Earlier post.). —Jone Hognestad, President, Waterfront Shipping.

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How e-fuel may just lengthen the pace of ICE cars within the electrical life

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To make certain, e-fuel gained’t be coursing thru nozzles at folk stations anytime quickly. Refiners have a bundle of labor to do in perfecting high-volume forms to construct e-fuel in plenty lot and at a related price to gas. Automakers say e-fuel is a right away, drop-in alternative for gas.

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EU-Funded Project Targets Sustainable Production of Ethyl Levulinate from Biomass as Diesel Miscibile Biofuel

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An EU-funded research project is seeking to develop new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels (DMB) from cellulosic biomass wastes in Europe and Latin America. Ethyl levulinate (EL) is a novel diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) produced by esterifying ethanol with levulinic acid.

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Siemens Completes Successful First Firing of PetroAlgae’s Biomass Fuel in Pilot Plant-scale Pulverized Coal Burner

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s biocrude fuel, a plant-based, micro-crop biomass material that is processed into a solid residue. The biocrude fuel was combined with pulverized coal in a pilot-scale burner with a thermal capacity of approximately 4 MBtu/hr. Siemens Energy has successfully completed the first firing of PetroAlgae Inc.’s PetroAlgae Inc.

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