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Chevron Sanctions Development of Deepwater Jack/St. Malo Project in the Gulf of Mexico; Initial Development Cost of ~$7.5B

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Malo project, its first operated project located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m). The Jack and St. The Lower Tertiary trend.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. This excess carbon is highly porous and has beneficial water and nutrient retaining capabilities. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge.

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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Fuel specifications are not publicly available yet, nor are emissions results and comparisons. Audi operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in partnership with Joule. Audi is testing different blends of the e-fuels as well as 100% fuel.

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CERA: Canadian Oil Sands Poised to Become the Top Source of Crude Imports to the US in 2010; Could Contribute Up To 36% of US Oil and Refined Products Imports by 2030

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IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 Also certain fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East have comparable GHG emissions. —“The Conventional oil uses 0.1

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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Comparison vehicle based on size and price: VW GTI S DATA: MSRP for both vehicles is $25,600 (before incentives and resale value). CRITERIA FOR SCENARIO: 20k miles/year <> 1,666 miles/month <> ~55 miles daily 5 years of ownership Average gallon of fuel cost in TX at time of writing: $3.58 gal would be $12,785.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … University of New Mexico. University of Delaware.

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Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

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recovery emissions (from the drilling of the oil well and associated land-use change, crude extraction, processing of crude oil, associated gas and water, and flaring) for conventional oils range from as low as 3.04 CO 2 e/MJ for Mars oil from the Gulf of Mexico, to 6.06 As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al.

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