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California 2019 crude average carbon intensity up

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Pursuant to section 95489(c)(3)(B) of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Regulation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has posted the final 2017 Crude Average Carbon Intensity calculation: 12.52 All the other major sources of crude declined, with the exception of Ecuador, which increased 18.7%

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Average 2020 crude carbon intensity for California rose 7% to 13.41 gCO2e/MJ

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Each year, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posts the Annual Crude Average carbon intensity for crude oil delivered to California refineries. Ecuador was another large single contributor, with 11% (55,091,542). gCO 2 e/MJ from 12.52 The second-largest portion came from Alaska: 91,118,748 barrels, or 19%.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Denis Khramov, Russia’s deputy Minister of Natural Resources, said September 28 at a conference in Russia’s Far East that Rosneft and Gazprom are delaying some offshore drilling by two to three years because of sanctions and low oil prices. In addition, mismanaged confrontation with the U.S.

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