Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2011

Volkswagen is staging the world debut of its XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) prototype at the Qatar Motor Show this week. The XL1 prototype has an all-electric range of up to 35 kilometers (22 miles); total range is approx. 550 km (342 miles) with a 10 liter fuel tank. The XL1 prototype PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2011

Construction at the massive Pearl GTL project, Qatar, 2010. Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Placed end-to-end the tubes would stretch from Qatar to Japan. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The first step of the process is the removal of CO 2 and saturation water that would freeze in the cryogenic section of the plant and therefore cause problems. The new system will help reduce a fleet operator’s fuel costs by more than 25% compared to diesel fuel.

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