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Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

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The new Power Stroke Diesel will be the only five-cylinder diesel engine available in a commercial van in North America. Additionally, the engine features cast-aluminum, low-friction coated pistons with piston-cooling jets, which squirt oil on the underside of the pistons to keep the piston crowns cool under extreme operating conditions.

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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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