Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

The Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal will connect TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to an ice-free, deep water port. It will allow Canadian producers direct access to world markets for exporting Canadian oil via the world’s largest crude carrying vessels. —Paul Browning, President and CEO, Irving Oil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Post-cruise analyses will determine the in situ concentrations, the physical properties, the lithology, and the thermodynamic state of methane hydrate bearing sand reservoirs.

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Mexico Austin Oil-Sands Mariner 294

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder engines join the Wrangler lineup, while the 3.6-liter liter Pentastar V-6 engine is upgraded for 2018. liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine with eTorque technology is rated a best-in-class 270 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque and mated to a new eight-speed automatic transmission.

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Jeep 2018 Plug-in Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Statoil has made the investment decision to develop the Mariner heavy oil field development in the UK North Sea. The field is estimated to produce for 30 years, with average production of around 55,000 barrels of oil per day over the plateau period from 2017 to 2020. detailed engineering. detailed engineering.

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Mariner Oil Oil-Sands 2007 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health. EPA is in the very early stages of designing a hydraulic fracturing research program.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2012

Twelve of Canada’s oil sands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands through collaborative action and innovation. The released water is recovered and recycled.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Water 252

Green Car Congress

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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Oil Gas Oil-Sands Illinois 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Excelsior Energy Limited plans to test a proprietary in situ combustion bitumen-recovery process (Combustion Overhead Gravity Drainage, COGD) in a pilot project at its Hangingstone oil sands property in Alberta, Canada. Excelsior developed the COGD process in cooperation with Hot-Tec Energy Inc.,

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Oil-Sands Water Gas Oil 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States. —David Allen, professor of chemical engineering at UT’s Cockrell School of Engineering and principal investigator.

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Austin Gas Emissions Production 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. gallons of water per gallon of ethanol.

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Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

The report provides nine different Tailings Technology Deployment (TDD) Roadmaps to accelerate the implementation of oil sands tailings solutions in Alberta. Water capped end pit lake. Improvement to Water-Based Extraction. sand and clay. sand and clay. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Canada Water 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2010

The parties proposing to develop the Mackenzie Gas Project are: Imperial Oil Resources Limited (IORL); Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL); Shell Canada Limited as managing partner of Shell Canada Energy; ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited and ConocoPhillips Northern Partnership; ExxonMobil Canada Properties; and.

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Canada Gas Oil-Sands Climate Change 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

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Oil-Sands Gas Water Oil 250

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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Oil Conversion 2020 Oil-Sands 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The engine replaces the current 3.0-liter liter engine, with a focus on improved driveability with better torque delivery, plus lower fuel consumption and reduced CO 2 emissions. The engine features Toyota’s first urea Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system that can eliminate up to 99% of NO x emissions. New D-4D diesel.

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Diesel Toyota Europe Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2011

The team has begun host strain engineering to combine C 5 sugar utilization with Amyris farnesene production. These catalysts are being used to 1) verify the performance ranking of the screening activities; 2) conduct larger scale experiments to produce enough liquid intermediate product for analysis; and 3) collect engineering data (e.g.,

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Production Fuel Oil-Sands Oil 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. L TSI EA888 Gen 3, the new B-Cycle engine delivers about an 8% improvement in efficiency.

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft assessment on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The stages of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Water EPA Oil-Sands Oil 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

I-4 engines. GM is introducing a new generation of Ecotec small-displacement engines (1.0 The new engine family, including naturally aspirated and turbocharged variants, will make its way into five GM brands and 27 models by the 2017 model year, said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Powertrain Engineering.

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Engine GM Oil-Sands Oil 261

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

EA888 TSI engine (red) delivers its peak 250 N·m of torque as early as 1,400 rpm, and maintains the strong and flat torque curve through 4,750 rpm—far outpacing the performance of the 5-cylinder 2.5-liter liter engine (blue) it replaces. Volkswagen first launched the EA888 engine generation in spring 2007 (Gen 1).

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2014 Engine Exhaust Fuel Economy 331

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

turbocharged direct injection engine (for North America) helps enable a General Motors-estimated 40 mpg (5.88 The new turbo engine and a leaner architecture that reduces up to 250 pounds (113 kg) also contribute to the new Cruze’s stronger performance, with expected 0-60-mph acceleration of eight seconds. Clean-sheet engine design.

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Chevrolet Diesel 2017 Oil-Sands 150

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. The design returned to life in the mid-20th century, was developed for possible use on a moon base, and was further improved for use in grid storage.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

The Ford vehicle is based on the first phase (Mach-I) of work of the DOE-supported Multi-Material Lightweight Vehicles project (Award DE-EE0005574) by Vehma International (an engineering and prototype division within the Cosma International operating unit of Magna) and Ford. Mach-II design and CAE is underway now. Click to enlarge.

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Concept Carbon Fiber Vehicles Ford 284

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

liter DOHC V6 engine with dry sump lubrication, mated to an all-new 9-speed dual clutch transmission (9DCT) and Direct-Drive Motor. Total system peak output is estimated at 573 horsepower—500 horsepower from the gasoline engine and 73 horsepower from the front TMU. Twin-Turbocharged V6 Engine. With a displacement of 3.5

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Acura Hybrid Lithium Ion Engine 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

I suspect that the correct plug will be of a twist-lock design as is typical of many higher voltage and amperage plugs used in commercial service and for industrial equipment. Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. 5 Clayton B. Cornell said on April 20th, 2009 at 4:43 am Emily, thanks for spell checking for us.

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Gas-Electric Standards Plug Gas 66

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

The facility is targeted to be at Swan Hills, 250 km north of Edmonton, and near the oil sands projects that are scheduled to demand 1 billion ft 3 /day or more of gas for fuel. No steam or water is currently required to be injected into the process although this can be accommodated if required. Start-up is planned for 2012.

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Coal Australia Vietnam Oil-Sands 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power. Smart meters and substations will be integral. Email Neal.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now?

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