Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2012

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced that two major milestones have been met in the state’s effort to bring Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. The North Slope holds more than 35 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas. The companies have agreed to firm timetables for production at Point Thomson.

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MAY 13, 2022

Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires. —Emissions Analytics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, will acquire oil sands producer OPTI Canada Inc for approximately US$2.1 The principal asset of OPTI consists of a 35% working interest in the Long Lake and three other oil sands project areas located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta. CNOOC Luxembourg S.a

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2012

Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation is providing C$46 million (US$45 million) in funding to support six new carbon capture and storage and cleaner technology projects in the Canadian oil sands region. Imperial Oil: $10 million for a Cyclic Solvent Process pilot in Cold Lake. Husky Energy: 2.9

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

introduced legislation that would set an escalating fee on greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources to fund investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies and also provide rebates to consumers to offset increases in energy prices. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Rebate program.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

(KMI) and El Paso Corporation on Sunday announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP in a transaction that will create the largest midstream and the fourth-largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $94 billion and 80,000 miles of pipelines.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement, which establishes a framework for US offshore oil and gas companies and Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) jointly to develop transboundary reservoirs ( earlier post ), was enacted today as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act ( H.J.Res.59

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

the US subsidiary of Oxford Catalysts Group, a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology,filed a case in the UK High Court against CompactGTL Limited alleging infringement of a number of the Group’s patents. —Laura Silva, Director of Legal and IP of Oxford Catalysts Group. Velocys, Inc.,

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JANUARY 31, 2013

and Mayer Brown LLP acted as financial advisor and legal adviser to Sinochem respectively on the transaction. Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with operations in the United States. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2011

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release on Friday saying that Baard Energy had agreed to a settlement entailing their switching from coal as a feedstock for its planned coal/biomass-to-liquids Ohio River Clean Fuels plant ( earlier post ) to natural gas. of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program for ORCF.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2014

Bakken crude is similar to other North American light, sweet crudes and does not pose a greater risk to transport by rail than other transportation fuels, according to a study recently completed by Turner, Mason & Company for the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC). A final written report of the study will be released in June.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Much of the oil sands resource (5% - 14% ore grade by wt.)

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Velocys plc, the developer of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Morimatsu (Jiangsu) Heavy Industry Co., Velocys expects the terms of the MOU to be reflected in legally binding documentation within the next few months. a subsidiary of Morimatsu Industry Co.,

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Finland-based bio and forest industries company UPM and WWF Finland have engaged in a dialogue on the status of wood-based liquid biofuels in Finland and present a list of joint measures to be carried out to promote sustainability. UPM is the developer and producer of UPM BioVerno—wood-based renewable diesel. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 8, 2016

The report inventories more than 300 companies that are creating high quality jobs, building new manufacturing facilities, and making major investments in California. The report notes that while California is the third largest oil producing state in the nation, it imports more than half of the oil it consumes.

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JULY 21, 2015

The study addresses two current market conditions: first, more ethanol is produced domestically than can legally be blended in E10 (the ethanol blend wall). Condensate exports are prohibited form the US, although, the authors noted, in 2014 two companies applied for an d received approval for condensate exports. —Alleman et al.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Its goal is to identify multiple technologies that could provide significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by transforming carbon from a liability into an asset. They are estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 8 megatonnes over 10 years, enough to take more than 1.6 —CCEMC Chair Eric Newell.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Given that the government owns a 29.54% stake in the company, a business restructuring will require the approval. The rest of the company is owned by Vedanta. The company’s board had in late September, proposed a corporate restructuring to create three separate legal entities for zinc and lead, silver, and recycling business.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

“The matter is going to be put off, although the company would take a formal decision in due course,” one of them said. “The company’s proposal to the government also lacked the details as to how any such demerger will actually benefit shareholders. Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Ltd holds 64.92% in HZL.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” Under the huge demand, many companies are also eyeing this business. The British charging pile company Connected Kerb recently stated that it has reached a cooperation agreement with the British government. By 2030, 190,000 public charging piles will be installed in the UK, with an investment of up to 1.9 billion pounds.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

. $421 million for fossil energy R&D, including $12 million to fund a multi-year research initiative aimed at advancing technology and methods to develop domestic natural gas resources. gas and oil production from hydraulic fracturing. gas and oil production from hydraulic fracturing.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Separately, the company announced partnerships with Solazyme and Amyris to evaluate emissions reductions and demonstrate the performance of TDI Clean Diesel technology when powered by advanced biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels. Charging is accomplished via a plug connector behind the gas cap on the right rear fender.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Google apparently exiled Gebru from its AI ethics team (and subsequently fired the other leader of the team) in response to a paper about the dangers of the large language models that have become so important to the world's biggest technology companies. Spatial apartheid is legally over. The episode created a firestorm in the AI field.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

The feasibility study is expected to determine the most likely pipeline route, the estimated costs of constructing such a pipeline, and review regulatory, legal and permitting requirements. Denbury Resources Inc. billion, based on the cost of other pipelines recently built or under construction. Denbury Resources Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

By 2022, we will more than double the amount of biofuels we produce to 36 billion gallons, which will decrease our dependence on foreign oil by hundreds of millions of barrels per year. Biodiesel from soy oil and renewable diesel from waste oils, fats, and greases complies with the 50% GHG threshold for the biomass-based diesel category.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Setting aside the issue of ethanol as an octane-enhancing blendstock, Uihlein observed that delivering a higher octane fuel out of the refinery increases the greenhouse gas footprint of the fuel, as more octane requires more processing. Integrated oil companies own & operate 0.4% of retail fuel outlets.) Of those, 58.6%

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also modifies the Clean Air Act to require the development of greenhouse gas emissions standards for all other mobile sources—e.g., Within three years of enactment, the EPA would need to determine the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all transportation fuels and determine the fuel emission baseline.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Bakken is a prime US unconventional oil play, and is believed to be one of the largest, if not the largest, oil accumulation in the US. The tight oil is extracted in the same way as shale gas, through horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing. In the Bakken formation, the oil is extracted from tight carbonate.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. SGS is one of two companies that dominate the carbon-validation business. Perspective by Brian J.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

These legal ambiguities are the latest impediment – alongside technical challenges and sagging commodity prices – to America’s plans to produce more of its own lithium and wean the country off foreign supplies, according to interviews with regulators from seven U.S.

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MAY 27, 2022

As an attorney, I represented a microwave-industry group in the ensuing legal dispute.). Along with more pedestrian uses, the band carries safety-critical information: to coordinate trains, control pressure in oil and gas pipelines, balance the electric grid, manage water utilities, and route emergency telephone calls.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. Hell, the Mayor owns a tow truck company. It’s the 2nd biggest product Exxon/Mobil and their pals in the oil, coal and gas industries pump out.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

While the vast majority of the ships comply with the regulations, a few shipping companies seem repeatedly to use non-compliant fuel. Such inspections are a prerequisite for taking legal action against rule breakers. In general, the vessels carry both low-sulfur fuel oil and the less expensive high-sulfur oil on board.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In 2020, NDM CEO Ron Thiessen wrote that “after acquiring the property in 2001, the company [NDM] spent more than a decade and close to $1 billion proving it up as one of the greatest mineral resources ever discovered – certainly on American soil.” As such, the next step will likely be to take legal action to fight this injustice. …

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