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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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S&P Global: More than 75% of oil and gas production in US Gulf of Mexico has lower than average greenhouse gas intensity

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More than three-fourths of all oil and gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico has a lower greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity than the basin-wide average, according to a new S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis. For comparison, the GHG intensity range for 99% total 2021 production across the North Sea study area extends to c.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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China also dominates in other technologies including wind and solar components, controls, sensors, and communications—a gamut of industrial equipment, including much that is pertinent for defense. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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Oil sands GHG lifecycle study using operating data finds lower emitting oil sands cases outperform higher emitting conventional crude cases; a call for more sophisticated tools and reporting

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Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Click to enlarge.

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Ricardo-led Consortium Wins Funding for Advanced Wind Energy Bearing Technology

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A consortium led by engineering firm Ricardo that aims to extend wind turbine bearing service life by up to 500% has won a share of £3 million (US$4.8 Turbine gearbox bearing durability is a key issue for wind energy providers, in particular for off-shore farms where in-service maintenance is both expensive and challenging.

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Shell estimates about 1,300 barrels released so far from sub-sea oil leak in North Sea

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The spill is a light crude oil with a low wax content (API-36). Shell said that is continuing work to stop the oil remaining in the flowline from leaking, and estimates that the current rate of leaking is less than 5 barrels a day. Shell estimates that volume on the surface, which changes from day to day, is about one tonne (approx.

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Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

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Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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