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Envergent Technologies designing RTP plant to convert palm biomass to renewable fuels in Malaysia

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Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn. has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity.

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Shell starts production at Stones in the Gulf of Mexico; deepest offshore oil and gas project

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Stones is expected to produce around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) when fully ramped up at the end of 2017. The host facility for the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas project is a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO is also specially designed to operate safely during storms.

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Elevance and Genting enter new biorefinery collaboration

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a high-growth specialty chemicals company that creates novel specialty chemicals from natural oils, has entered a new collaboration with Genting Plantations Berhad through Genting Integrated Biorefinery Sdn Bhd (GIB), to be located in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Verdezyne groundbreaking for first bio-based DDDA plant; replacing petroleum

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a synthetic biology company producing bio-based chemicals, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its VerdePalm plant, Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility, in southern Malaysia. Importantly, the starting yeast will be made from the spent biomass that results from palm oil processing.

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Shell’s Cardamom development starts production; second major 2014 start-up in deep-water Gulf of Mexico

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Oil from the Cardamom subsea development (100% Shell) is piped through Shell’s Auger platform. When at full production of 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d), Auger’s total production capacity will increase to 130,000 boe/d.

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Lux: California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard will become a global phenomenon; carbon intensity, not volume

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Not all countries are positioned to support a biofuels industry as it is designed today. For example, the US and Brazil are major corn and sugarcane ethanol producers, respectively, and Malaysia and Indonesia are major palm oil biodiesel producers. This model does not offer a ubiquitous solution.

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BMW updates BMW Connected with expanded services, device support and availability

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The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. Furthermore, users can access more information on their vehicle, such as the tyre pressure and engine oil level. Charging stations which do not meet the selected criteria are not shown.

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