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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Shell will proceed with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. billion Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil) and with support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta.

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JUNE 5, 2013

MCW Energy Group, a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction technology, announced successful results of processing random Alberta oil sands tailings ponds samples in a series of preliminary laboratory tests. of bitumen. Sale of hydrocarbons retrieved.

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DECEMBER 23, 2012

American Commercial Lines (ACL) will begin transporting crude oil by barge on the US inland waterways for MEG Energy (US) Inc. MEG Energy), a subsidiary of the Canadian oil sands company MEG Energy Corp. The first of the barges, launched on May 2012, was a clean service tanker with a capacity of 30,000 barrels.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. USOS bitumen extraction process. Source: USOS.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Transmitting oil sands production. Synthetic crude is produced by upgrading bitumen and is a blend of naphtha, distillate and gas oil range materials produced by hydrotreating the naphtha, distillate and gas oil generated in a delayed coking unit.).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Microbiologists from the University of Essex, UK are exploring the use of microbes to break down and remove toxic compounds from heavy crude and oil sands. However, the process of oil extraction and subsequent refining produces high concentrations of toxic byproducts. This water is contained in large settling or tailing ponds.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

In an interview with the Toronto Star , US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said that if the US is looking for “ long-term safe and secure sources of energy, Canada, and therefore the oil sands, need to be part of it. all means the United States simply can’t afford to demonize the oil sands, Jacobson says.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Water use and CO 2 emissions are major challenges for the oil sand industry.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Osum Oil Sands Corp. This produced water treatment system consists of AutoFlot Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) and Power Clean Oil Removal Filter (ORF) technologies for the secondary de-oiling process. The evaporator system will recover more than 93% of the water from SAGD operations for re-use in the process.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. Tags: Canada Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Oil sands. The project will capture and store up to 1.2

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Hydrogen is necessary in the upgrading of oil sands bitumen into synthetic crude, but it is a costly and carbon-intensive part of the process, given current hydrogen production technologies. The SDTC award was one of 23 new investments for clean technology projects, totaling C$61.8 will receive a $C1.5-million Background.

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MAY 21, 2009

Gerrit Voordouw at the University of Calgary, will sample and explore the biological processes at work in oil wells, oils sands, tailings ponds, and coal beds. Tags: Biotech Oil sands. Genome Alberta announced C$25.2 million (US$22.2 Earlier post.).

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MAY 17, 2021

Suncor’s operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading, offshore oil and gas, and petroleum refining in Canada and the US. It is expected that 85% of the produced clean hydrogen would be used to supply existing energy demand. blue hydrogen”).

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JULY 1, 2010

This team is leveraging research in nanotechnology to reduce CO 2 emissions associated with the extraction and upgrading process, and treatment of produced water generated during the oil recovery. The CCEMC invests in discovery, development, and operational deployment of clean technologies.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The plants will be based on BTL’s Fast Pyrolysis Oil (FPO) technology which converts biomass to oil through a rapid pyrolysis process. The fast pyrolysis technology mixes biomass particles and hot sand in a reactor which transforms the material into pyrolysis oil.

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JULY 6, 2021

The Sportage will be launched with a range powertrains, including clean gasoline and diesel IC engine technology. Technical innovations include solenoid valve control, a variable capacity oil pump, an electric thermostat and an optimized lubricant and cooling setup. From launch, a 1.6-liter 265 N·m) torque.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2021

Two major players in Alberta’s oil and gas industry announced a new hydrogen project recently. Suncor is one of the last remaining oil and gas majors in Alberta’s oil sands. It’s a vertically integrated oil and gas company, […]. The details say otherwise.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

One casualty of the oil price downturn could be the megaproject. For years, as conventional oil reserves depleted and became increasingly hard to find, oil companies ventured into far-flung locales to find new sources of production. The collapse of oil prices, however, could kill off the megaproject.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Are oil and car executives hiding their heads in the sand? Looking for more oil reserves perhaps?) Is Musk right about the end of the fossil fuel industry? UK-based research and analysis group Rethink Energy (no affiliation with RethinkX) believes so.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters. Water from mining of oil sands and oil shale. —Professor Andy Hong.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As the US looks for safe and secure sources of energy, Canadian oil sands still have a significant role to play. Speaking to the Toronto Star, US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobsen outlined that there had been ‘significant progress’ in cleaning up the environmental impact of oil sands, although he did stress that more needed to [.].

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APRIL 17, 2010

The Government of Canada has established a Heavy Oil Working Group. Comprising countries such as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela, the Heavy Oil Working Group will collaborate on clean energy research to reduce the impact of fossil fuel development. Minister Paradis.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Building a more efficient electric grid based on clean and renewable generation. The two leaders discussed practical ways the United States and Canada could encourage the development of clean energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

But with asphaltene-rich sources such as oil sands and heavy oils gaining importance, researchers are focusing more on a molecular-level understanding of the complex material, according to the cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News , ACS’ weekly newsmagazine. Source: London Centre for Nanotechnology.

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JUNE 1, 2013

Northern Gateway’s West line, 36 inches in diameter, would transport an average of 525,000 barrels of oil sands crude per day to Kitimat. The provincial government has established, and maintains, strict conditions in order for British Columbia to consider the construction and operation of heavy-oil pipelines in the province.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The selections include $10.3 million in federal funds.

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JULY 20, 2010

has successfully performed combustion acceptability tests of crude oil recovered from the Gulf of Mexico with its heat-regenerative external combustion engine. An unmanned surface vehicle that searches for spilled oil on the open seas or along coastlines is completely feasible. Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.

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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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DECEMBER 24, 2009

has entered into an agreement with Clean Coal Ltd., CCL will seek to combine UCG with carbon capture and sequestration to produce a high quality, clean, affordable synthetic gas. Clean Coal Ltd. The United Kingdom Coal Authority has recently awarded five licences to Clean Coal Ltd. Clean Coal Ltd.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

The addition of these electric trucks is a testament to our dedication to clean energy and responsible corporate citizenship,” Scott adds. “We Simply put, they are going to be highly visible throughout Western Canada – a region that’s as easily associated with oil , tar sands, and pickup trucks as South Dakota or Wyoming.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

This registration, pursuant to Title 40 CFR Part 79 of the Clean Air Act, is required for the sale of RFDiesel in the US. FCC units are found in most refineries worldwide and are used to produce gasoline and diesel from vacuum gas oil (VGO). There, Ensyn’s RFO is used as a feedstock in Fluid Catalytic Crackers (FCCs).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

This approval, pursuant to Title 40 CFR Part 79 promulgated under the Clean Air Act, is required for the sale of RFGasoline into US commerce. The RTP pyrolysis process is based on the application of a hot “transported” bed (typically sand) that is circulating between two key vessels. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Minister Moe is visiting Canada; the Globe and Mail [link] that the Energy Minister is backing Canada in its fight with the European Union over a fuel-quality directive that discourages the use of oil sands bitumen, saying the world needs more Canadian crude production. Oil and gas.

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MARCH 31, 2013

A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge.

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