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Velocys receives FONSI from USDA for planned Mississippi biorefinery; wood waste to drop-in fuels

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Velocys plc announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the environmental assessment report for Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi. —David Pummell, Velocys CEO.

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bp starts up Manuel project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico; 20,100 boe/d

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The bp-operated wells, drilled to a depth of approximately 21,000 feet, are located on Mississippi Canyon block 520, east of the bp-operated Na Kika platform in 6,625 feet of water, approximately 140 miles off the coast of New Orleans. bp and Shell each hold a 50% working interest in the Manuel development.

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Cellulosic fuels company KiOR reveals “substantial doubts” about its viability; funding needed by 1 April

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In its Form 10-K (annual report) filed with the SEC on 17 March, cellulosic renewable fuels company KiOR said it has “ substantial doubts about [its] ability to continue as a going concern ”. As of 28 February 2014, the company had aggregate indebtedness of $279.5 million under its loan with the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA).

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Wärtsilä to equip first US ocean-going LNG fueling barge

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This will be the first fueling barge with a Wärtsilä solution operating in US waters, and is seen as being an important logistics link for the growth of LNG as a marine fuel in the USA. Wärtsilä will also supply the barge automation, power management, and ballast water management systems, as well the bow thruster.

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EmberClear completes technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, MS

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has completed the technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, Mississippi. EmberClear has access to an 800-acre site along the Mississippi River. The company has completed all major milestones related to Good Spring NGCC 1 and is currently evaluating proposals for construction financing.

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UI, ExxonMobil study finds where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing detrimental effects on aquatic ecosystems

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A team from the University of Illinois, Urbana and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water quantity and quality. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Click to enlarge.

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DOI: latest Gulf of Mexico oil & gas lease sales garner $872M in high bids

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Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the latest oil and gas lease sales for federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico garnered $872,143,771 million in high bids on 329 tracts covering 1,707,358 acres. million acres on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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