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Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico; new, simplified design

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With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design. Vito also serves as the design standard for the Whale project that will feature a 99% replication of the Vito hull and 80% of Vito’s topsides.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

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Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. after designing and building an biodiesel extended-range electric vehicle (EREV). Virginia Tech earned second place with an ethanol EREV design and Penn State came in third place building a biodiesel EREV.

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Sixteen compressed natural gas vehicles, designed with the latest modifications and technological advances, will replace UBCR’s entire truck fleet.

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. This information will improve modeling capability of wellbore integrity and guide designs that can be used to reduce leakage. 1,200,000.

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Rolls-Royce announces new hydrogen engine program; updates on hybrid-electric research

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A range of location options are being assessed for this including the Rolls-Royce test facility in Mississippi. Combined with our work on Sustainable Aviation Fuel and further gas turbine efficiency, we are making real progress on the hard yards of research and development towards making Net Zero flight a reality.

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DOE selects 6 projects for $30M in funding to boost unconventional oil and natural gas recovery

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected six projects to receive approximately $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development in unconventional oil and natural gas (UOG) recovery. The Institute of Gas Technology. Selected UOG projects. Lead organization. Description. C-Crete Technologies LLC.

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BP selects Technip for the Thunder Horse South Expansion project in the ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico

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awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. A flowline is a pipe, laid on the seabed, which allows the transportation of oil/gas production or injection of fluids.

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