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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Total and Chevron are the most active corporate investors in the fermentation domain.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

South Africa-based Sasol and Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to study and to develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. The product can also be cracked back to hydrogen gas for further applications.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

However, oil will continue to play a leading role in the world’s energy mix, the report finds. Wojnar, vice president for Corporate Strategic Planning. The share of the world’s electricity generated by coal is expected to fall to less than 30% in 2040 from approximately 40% in 2016. per year; oil demand decreases about 0.4%

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. Total gross discovered coal seam gas reserves and resources presently amount to an estimated 17.3 Those contractors include: Bechtel Oil and Gas, Inc.,

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JUNE 6, 2011

TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. Click to enlarge. However, if the tar.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation. OriginOil, Inc.,

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MAY 14, 2020

In February 2020, ASTM International approved and published the sixth annex to D7566, establishing criteria for the production and use of catalytic hydrothermolysis jet fuel (CHJ), a type of synthetic kerosene. Earlier post.). IHI also began work with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. s petroleum-based jet.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation is acquiring XTO Energy Inc. The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. in an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Licella has developed a process using a continuous flow catalytic hydro-thermal reactor (Cat-HTR) with supercritical water which converts woody materials and other biomass into a high quality bio-crude oil. Licella has been supported with an A$2.3 Earlier post.). —Minister Ferguson.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Tesoro Corporation subsidiary Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC and Savage Companies have formed a joint venture to develop and to operate a new 120,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude-by-rail unloading and marine loading facility at the Port of Vancouver, Wash., subject to approval by regulatory agencies and Port Commissioners.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Lima Energy Company, a subsidiary of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation in Washington, DC, has signed a contract to supply up to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of its “Ultra Clean Synthetic Crude” (UCSC) to Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio Refinery over ten years.

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MAY 13, 2011

As it announced during its investor conference earlier this week, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, has increased its 2013 earnings growth objectives to adjusted earnings per share of at least $6.00, or operating EBITDA of at least $1.7 Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 17, 2012

This designation enables Dynamic Fuels, a joint-venture of Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation, to generate 1.5 At its design basis production rate of 75 million gallons per year, Dynamic Fuels’ Geismar Plant should produce approximately 7.5 million gallons of renewable gasoline blendstock, or 11.25

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JUNE 20, 2012

However, the US military can play an important role in promoting stability in major oil producing regions and by helping protect the flow of energy through major transit corridors and on the high seas, the reports suggest. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the US’ largest transporters of coal and industrial products. Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 venture owned by Tyson Foods, Inc. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) The company’s Geismar, La.,

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JULY 16, 2010

A new plant being built by Dynamic Fuels —a joint venture between Syntroleum Corporation and Tyson Foods for the production of synthetic fuels from animal fats and greases ( earlier post )— is mechanically complete , and work is now underway to prepare for the start of operations.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The MOU with AltAir contemplates the production and purchase of up to 750 million gallons of jet fuel and diesel fuel over 10 years (75 million gallons per year) derived from camelina oil. ATA) Board Chairman and UAL Corporation and United Airlines Chairman, President and CEO. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The two leaders emphasized their countries’ strong shared interest in accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles in order to reduce oil dependence, cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote economic growth. The two countries will explore development of joint product and testing standards for electric vehicles. 21 st Century Coal.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

With growing awareness and demand for ecologically and socially-responsible products, jewelers, electronics businesses, auto makers and others have sought assurances that the minerals they purchase are mined responsibly. Raw materials form the basis for every industrial production process and our need will continue to grow accordingly.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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JULY 8, 2015

According to the application, the plant would gasify blends of petroleum coke and coal to produce syngas that would fuel a combustion turbine to produce electricity. In 2013, terms of the agreement with Occidental of Elk Hills changed, and the applicant began seeking other buyers for the carbon dioxide and a new sequestration agreement.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Pending final regulatory permitting, these two new liquefaction units are expected to begin operations and production in about three years. Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana.

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. Chu said that it was highly unlikely that the US, Russia, China and India, which account for two-thirds of the coal reserves, “ will turn their back on coal anytime soon.”.for At geological storage densities of CO 2 (0.6

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APRIL 25, 2010

Shanghai Diesel Engine Company is owned by Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC), one of the top three automotive corporations in China. The company’s ultima goal is series production of DME fuel systems for the global automotive market by 2011. Alternative Fuel Technologies, Inc.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Japan-based INPEX Corporation and its joint venture partner Total have made the final investment decision (FID) for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia, representing an investment of US$34 billion dollars. First production is expected at the end of 2016. Location of the Ichthys project. Source: INPEX.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Diversified Energy Corporation has successfully completed several key milestones in an advanced gasification development program being sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation released the CR200 Low Btu microturbine product; landfill gas applications are a key market for the Capstone CR200 200 kW. Capstone earlier this year acquired the TA100 microturbine product line from Calnetix Power Solutions, Inc.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Syntroleum Corporation reported that the Dynamic Fuels plant in Geismar—its 50/50 joint venture with Tyson Foods ( earlier post )—produced 5.4 million liters) of drop-in synthetic fuel in July, a production level representing 87% of the plant’s design capacity. million gallons (20.4 million gallons were sold.

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JULY 23, 2016

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation; Ohio State University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Purdue University; and the University of Michigan. In the United States, freight hauling by truck accounts for more than 15% of our oil use, and nearly 60% in China. The multidisciplinary consortium includes Cummins Inc.;

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Maverick Synfuels ( earlier post ) introduced a small-scale, modular methane-to-methanol production plant that can be co-located at the methane source. At this scale, the Maverick Oasis system is the first commercially proven technology that converts low-value gas feedstocks into methanol and higher-value products.

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APRIL 14, 2015

The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US energy imports and exports will come into balance—a first since the 1950s—because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand. With greater U.S. With greater U.S.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

biomass, coal, petroleum coke, and wastes) for the production of an ultra-clean syngas. OmniGas has been demonstrated at bench-scale and is now on track for a one ton per day (tpd) prototype demonstration, using coal and biomass as the feedstock, in mid-2010. Diversified Energy was a subcontractor on two such teams.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Clueless ministers are scrambling to shore up a key part of the country’s net zero carbon strategy after the findings in a peer-reviewed study suggested that even hydrogen produced using allegedly low-emission methods can be more polluting than gas or coal. The report notes.

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MARCH 20, 2013

Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. The CI of a fuel is determined by the sum of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, transportation, processing and consumption of a fuel (its pathway). Earlier post.)

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity. Click to enlarge.

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