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DKRW Advanced Fuels secures EPC contract with Sinopec Engineering for Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids project in Wyoming

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DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC (DKRW) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Medicine Bow Fuel & Power LLC (MBFP), has entered into a fixed price Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with the Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG). gasoline (MTG) technologies. Earlier post.). SEG is a share?controlled

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ExxonMobil contributes $2.5M to University of Wyoming to support unconventional hydrocarbon research

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million to the University of Wyoming to provide laboratory equipment for the university’s Improved Recovery Program, which is part of the newly created Center for Advanced Oil and Gas Technologies. Wyoming is believed to hold significant unconventional oil and gas resources. ExxonMobil is contributing $2.5

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DKRW Advanced Fuels signs major off-take contract for 100% of coal-derived gasoline from Medicine Bow project

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Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The cleaned syngas is conditioned, modified and converted to methanol, which is then converted to gasoline via the licensed ExxonMobil Research and Engineering methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process. Earlier post.) We have received front end. —Robert Kelly, Executive Chairman of DKRW.

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DOE awards $24.9M to 6 projects to advance hydrogen technologies for electricity generation

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8 Rivers Capital, LLC will complete a pre-front-end engineering design study for a new hydrogen production plant equipped with 8 RH 2 technology to cost-effectively produce 100 million standard cubic feet per day of 99.97%-pure hydrogen and capture 90-99% of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions.

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USDA to award $25M for R&D for next-generation biofuels

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Awardees must pursue projects that integrate science and engineering research in three areas: feedstocks development, biofuels and biobased products development, and biofuels and bioproducts development analysis. Camelina production will be incorporated into a cropping system with wheat-based crop rotations in Montana and Wyoming.

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Wyoming Clean Coal Task Force wards $8.8M to 9 projects for 2011, including coal-to-liquids

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The Clean Coal Task Force (CCTF) was created in 2007 by the Wyoming State Legislature to help secure Wyoming’s financial future by preserving the value of coal, an important export from the state. Mohammad Piri, an assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, will lead the project.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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Both recently traded their respective SUVs for electric vehicles (EVs), and happily swore off every buying another internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle. For example, with 13 percent of its drivers using 37 percent of the gasoline, Wyoming is second on Coltura’s list of states with the highest percentage of gasoline superusers.