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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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While production costs and refining costs for heavy oil exceed that for light oil, applying information technology solutions for decision-making has provided a significant increase in the margins and profits of operations, according to Chevron engineers in a paper presented on their system earlier this year. Source: DOE.

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Japan-GTL Consortium Completes Construction of Demo Plant for New Gas-to-Liquids Process

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The Japan-GTL consortium, formed in 2006 to commercialize a lower-cost gas-to-liquids GTL) process for the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals that does not require first removing carbon dioxide from the feedstock, has completed construction of its demonstration plant which will produce 500 barrels (about 80 kiloliters) per day.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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This is partially due to the cost of EVs in these countries, but also with a relative lack of charging infrastructure. State-level commercial EV infrastructure incentives are also available to businesses to help make up the shortfall of EV charging infrastructure in the US. of car sales are electric.

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UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

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The new report— HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer —was launched in Bali, Indonesia, at the 23 rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. There are already commercially available alternatives that range from ammonia to dimethyl ether for use in foams, refrigeration and fire protection systems.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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The EPA’s target reduction reflects the technical challenges and high costs of commercializing so-called second-generation biofuels. Asia produced 12% of the world’s biodiesel in 2010, a 20%t increase from 2009, mostly using palm oil feedstock in Indonesia and Thailand. Sugarcane ethanol supplies 41.5%

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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UOP is moving faster commercially on the Green Diesel side, with the Diamond Green project with Darling International and Valero Energy nearly complete. The refining technology is probably about $4-5/barrel more expensive to make renewable diesel out of fats and greases.there’s not a lot of extra cost on the refining technology.

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