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Sapphire Energy and Linde Group to commercialize hydrothermal treatment technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil

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and The Linde Group will expand their partnership to commercialize a new industrial-scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. Today, this Green Crude Farm is operating year-round and producing barrels of crude oil daily. Sapphire Energy, Inc.

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

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one of the world leaders in algae-based “Green Crude” oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, have entered a strategic joint development agreement aimed at taking production of algae crude oil a significant step toward commercialization. San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc.,

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KiOR signs second offtake agreement for renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks

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This is the second offtake agreement KiOR has signed for its Columbus, MS, facility, having announced an agreement with Hunt Refining Company in March of 2011. KiOR expects to begin production at its Columbus facility in the second half of 2012. Earlier post.)

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KiOR receives fuel registration from EPA for renewable diesel

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he receipt of the Part 79 registrations for our cellulosic gasoline and diesel from EPA coincides perfectly with the start-up of our first production facility in Columbus, Mississippi next month. In July, KiOR had received Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 5. Earlier post.).

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US DOE awards KiOR loan guarantee supporting a more than $1B biofuels project; drop-in fuels from wood biomass

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a developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass, has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program supporting a more than $1-billion biofuels project. KiOR, Inc., Earlier post.) Khosla Ventures incubated the company in 2007 and is the lead investor.

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KiOR signs offtake agreement with Hunt Refining Company for renewable fuels

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developer of a catalytic pyrolysis process to produce renewable oil from biomass ( earlier post ), has signed an offtake agreement with Hunt Refining Company, which has agreed to purchase renewable gasoline and diesel blendstocks and fuel oil produced at KiOR’s first commercial facility to be located in Columbus, MS.

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USDA announces availability of $181M to support development of advanced biofuels projects

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Sapphire Energy’s “Green Crude Farm” in Columbus, N.M., million loan guarantee to build a refined alga oil commercial facility. In continuous operation since May 2012, the plant is producing renewable algal oil that can be further refined to replace petroleum-derived diesel and jet fuel.

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