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EIA: rising North Dakota oil production and demand spurs two new small refineries

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One of two new small (20,000 bbl/d each) refineries being built in North Dakota broke ground this week, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted in a brief. The Dakota Prairie facility is scheduled to be built in 20 months. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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DOE awards $18M to 5 projects to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles & use of other alternative fuels

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Blue Bird Body Company will receive $4.9 million to develop and demonstrate a battery-powered electric school bus that improves propulsion energy efficiency by 20-30% and that can connect to the electric grid (vehicle-to-grid). Odyne Systems, LLC will receive $2.9 Blossman Services will receive $2 million to develop a 4.3L

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. At the heart of the problem are utility companies that refuse to pursue interregional transmission projects, and sometimes even impede them, because new projects threaten their profits and disrupt their industry alliances.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have selected nine projects to receive approximately $6.5 Babcock & Wilcox Company. million in federal funding for Phase I of the Fossil Fuel Large-Scale Pilots funding opportunity announcement (FOA).

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EERC and Tesoro Partner on $1M Project to Produce Refinery-Based Renewable Drop-in Fuels from Crambe and Other Oilseed Crops

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The EERC will tailor its jet fuel technologies for at least two selected North Dakota feedstock oils, and a 2-gallon jet fuel sample will be produced from each feedstock. 3M Company is interested in chemical products made from renewable naphtha. Earlier post.) Diesel Fuel.

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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Prices for light oil are set at $67 per barrel and natural gas prices fixed at $7.50 The company spent only $4 billion in 2015, down from the original $6 billion it had planned on spending.

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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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The US State Department, which bears the responsibility for approving cross-border energy projects, said that Enbridge can indeed proceed with its plan under authority granted by previously issued permits. The construction and operation of the US interconnections does not require any federal, state, and/or local approvals, the company said.

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