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TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. The tar sands are estimated (e.g.,

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million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States. Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. Full design capacity for Line 67 is 880,000 bpd for heavy crude.

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Oil prices have climbed by about 50 percent from their February lows, topping $40 per barrel. US oil production has steadily lost ground over the past two quarters, with production falling more than a half million barrels per day since hitting a peak at nearly 9.7 That has sparked a renewed sense of optimism among oil traders.

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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). The data indicated no significant changes in transit.

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of the construction of the Sandpiper Project, which will become part of Enbridge Energy Partners’ North Dakota System when it is completed. The Sandpiper Project is the next phase of crude oil pipeline expansion that will provide a transportation corridor from Beaver Lodge, N.D. MPC will fund 37.5% to Superior, Wis.

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JUNE 27, 2012

World oil production capacity to 2020 (crude oil and NGLs, excluding biofuels). Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6 Source: Maugeri 2012.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

United States M&A activity for upstream oil and gas deals set records in 2011 for both deal values and deal counts, according to PLS, Inc., a provider of information, marketing and advisory services for the oil and gas industry. We expect continued strong activity in oil and liquids-rich resource plays in 2012. —Ronyld W.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. XTO is a US producer engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of quality, long-lived oil and natural gas properties in the United States.

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JUNE 30, 2010

A field test conducted by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has demonstrated that using carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method dubbed “huff-and-puff” can help assess the carbon sequestration potential of geologic formations while tapping US oil resources.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

and Encore Acquisition Company have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Denbury will acquire Encore in a transaction valued at approximately $4.5 The combined company will continue to be known as Denbury Resources Inc. The combined company will continue to be known as Denbury Resources Inc.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The EERC technologies convert crop oils to renewable fuels that are essentially indistinguishable from their petroleum-derived counterparts (“drop-in” fuels) and may be commingled directly with refinery production and transported to consumers through the existing pipeline system. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Diesel Fuel.

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MAY 20, 2015

Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. There is a newfound bullishness in the oil markets—net long positions on Brent crude have hit multi-year highs in recent weeks on a belief that US supply is on its way down. A series of companies came out in recent days with plans to resume drilling.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The selections include $10.3 million in federal funds.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The microrefinery will have a capacity of 10,000 barrels a day and will process local crudes and condensates into fuel oil, diesel and jet fuel. The company plans to begin construction by the end of the year, and the operations are estimated to begin by 2014. —Kim Green, a spokeswoman for Rock River Resources.

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It is here where members of the Sioux Nation began what was to rapidly grow into a historic demonstration against the Dakota Access (oil) Pipeline—challenging the notion that the fossil fuel industry could have its way on and near Tribal lands. Standing Rock.

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MAY 4, 2012

Shipper interest remains strong, according to TransCanada, with Keystone XL currently having firm, long-term contracts in place to transport in excess of 500,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) crude oil to existing US Gulf Coast refineries. Keystone XL has an initial capacity of 830,000 bbl/d.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

NDEQ is conveying this to TransCanada for reference as the company develops a proposed new route for the Nebraska portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

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JULY 22, 2011

In the Permian Basin, approximately one additional barrel of oil can be recovered for each 6,000 cubic feet (6 Mcf) of compressed CO 2 injected into the oil field. In oil fields such as Whiting’s, the injected CO 2 mixes with the oil that is left behind in the primary oil-well production and the secondary water-injection stage.

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MAY 4, 2011

US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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In addition, APG purchased substantially all of Trident’s operating assets including two existing mobile NGL operating systems currently servicing remote or stranded well-sites for one of the top five E&P companies in the Bakken region.

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MARCH 24, 2010

The fuels will be produced at a pilot facility currently under construction at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University Of North Dakota. Camelina oil. The CBTL process maintains a high overall thermal efficiency while resulting in 20% lower CO 2 emissions than conventional refining methods.

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MAY 23, 2010

Occidental Petroleum, the fourth-largest US oil and gas company, based on equity market capitalization, says that within the next 10 years, its California shale development program—which currently delivers more than 25% of its California production—could become the company’s largest business unit. oil shale”.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Marathon Oil Corporation has reached a definitive agreement with Hilcorp Resources Holdings, LP to purchase its assets in the core of the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas in a transaction valued at $3.5 Jefferies & Company, Inc. billion subject to closing adjustments, customary terms and conditions, and Hart-Scott-Rodino approval.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The reactor will then be transported to the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota for integration with upstream and downstream processing equipment, before proceeding into testing next summer. Earlier post.)

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JULY 22, 2009

Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota powered a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering company specializing in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics based in San Diego, California. Earlier post.).

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Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment, and Tesoro will spend about $12 million to fund environmental projects in local communities previously impacted by pollution. Of the $10.45-million Limitation on use of “delay of repair” exception.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

BNSF Railway (BNSF) has increased capacity in 2012 to enable the railroad to haul one million barrels of oil per day out of the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. It will also benefit shippers of other commodities, including agricultural products, the company said. Earlier post.). million barrels in 2008 to 88.9

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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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The HALO (Hydrogen-recovery using AI-arc-plasma Learning Operational) system provides a modular and scalable solution to achieve the simultaneous goals of fuel recovery and disposal of toxic wastewater from oil and natural gas production.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 million bpd by mid-2013. million bpd.

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JUNE 12, 2015

The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. billion barrels. enthused the Financial Post.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Technically recoverable oil and gas resources are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations. billion barrels of natural gas liquids. Coleman, J.L., Milici, R.C., Charpentier, R.R., Kirshbaum, Mark, Klett, T.R.,

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The company also informed the DOS that what had been the Cushing-to-US-Gulf-Coast portion of the Keystone XL Project has its own independent value to the marketplace and will be constructed as a stand-alone Gulf Coast Project, which would be outside of the Presidential Permit process. Map: TransCanada. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Large companies have typically employed people to optimize their own energy use. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Look at the T.

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