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JUNE 28, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s methanol-to-gasoline ( MTG ) technology to be incorporated into a “green gasoline” production facility. MTG reactor product is separated into gas, raw gasoline and water. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 27, 2013

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small-scale biorefineries which convert non-food biomass into gasoline, jet fuel, and soil-enhancing biochar, has completed a joint vehicle road test with Ventura County, CA. The demonstration received special approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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APRIL 1, 2022

In an effort to address the rapidly increasing cost of gasoline, President Biden authorized the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months—more than 180 million barrels—from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The newly authorized drawdown will come from all four storage sites.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Gross inputs to US refineries exceeded 17 million barrels per day (b/d) in each of the past four weeks, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)—a level not previously reached since EIA began publishing weekly data in 1990. Higher demand for gasoline is supporting these margins, according to the EIA.

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JULY 11, 2013

a a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), has engaged international engineering and construction firm IHI E&C International Corporation, a US subsidiary of Tokyo-based IHI Corporation, as contractor of choice for its inaugural facility near Alexandria, Louisiana. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

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AUGUST 12, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $1.2 billion to advance the development of two commercial-scale direct air capture facilities in Texas and Louisiana. enterprises as leaders in research, manufacturing, and deployment in the carbon dioxide removal industry.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Charles, Louisiana. DGD has integrated operations with an adjacent oil refinery (Valero) to reduce the energy consumption and maximize the use of co-products and surplus energy. Renewable Diesel produced from US Soybean, Fuel produced in Louisiana and transported to California. Used Cooking Oil. Animal Fat (Tallow).

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., 320-390 °C, 200-420 bar) aqueous phase process which converts biomass containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into a high-octane gasoline fraction. Some 70% to 80% of the energy in the feed is returned in the final products.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

The 2015 model vehicles were purchased by local Houston company NewTex Plumbing and San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Services. GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado trucks for each fleet were upgraded to run on either natural gas or gasoline using the new DuraDrive DI natural gas system, supplied by Utah-based AGA Systems.

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JUNE 10, 2013

CenterPoint Energy, a US energy delivery company, is adding 35 natural gas vehicles to its fleet across Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. A number of retail gasoline stations have also begun exploring plans to add natural gas pumps to their locations.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

With Hurricane Isaac (pictured) causing chaos in Louisiana, the US Environmental Protection Agency has moved quickly to waive several clean gasoline requirements for the state. The waiver [.].

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

The 21 states participating in the BIP include Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

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MARCH 5, 2014

The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending. The UPS alternative fuel strategy is to invest in the most environmentally friendly and economical energy sources. million gallons of conventional gasoline and diesel per year.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small-scale bio-refineries for the conversion of non-food biomass into high-octane drop-in biofuels and soil enhancing biochar ( earlier post ), announced the second close of a “D round” equity raise. After closing on more than $29.9 million in June, Cool Planet has added another $19.4

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Air Products plans to construct a new 180-mile long pipeline connecting its existing Louisiana and Texas hydrogen pipeline systems, creating the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a renewable fuels and biochar company ( earlier post ), closed on its targeted $100 million Series D financing. Cool Planet’s sources of biomass include corn stover, wood chips, and fast growing, non-food energy crops such as miscanthus.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If the project proceeds it will be capable of producing 4,000 tons of methanol per day or 14,000 barrels of gasoline per day. EmberClear an source gas from Texas and Louisiana, as well as parts of Oklahoma. EmberClear Corp. subsidiary EmberClear GTL MS Inc. EmberClear has access to an 800-acre site along the Mississippi River.

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APRIL 30, 2012

The states participating in the letter with Colorado and Oklahoma are: Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. For many Americans, high gasoline prices create a financial strain in an already difficult economic environment. —Governors’ letter.

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JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana.

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APRIL 15, 2014

The renewable diesel proposals both come from Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) in Louisiana, using used cooking oil (UCO) as a feedstock; the proposals differ in the mode of shipment to California: one by rail, one by ship. Charles, Louisiana in June 2013. The feedstock is assumed to be rendered using the low energy “non-cooking” process.

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APRIL 18, 2013

The Nat G 500 Series delivers up to 23 gasoline gallon equivalents (gge) of CNG per hour when configured as a time fill unit and is also available in fast fill to provide up to 80 gge of instant fill capacity. —Balu Balagopal, Co-CEO of Nat G CNG Solutions.

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JULY 29, 2015

Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. White House climate pledge. trillion.

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MAY 23, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for its inaugural biogasoline production facility near Alexandria, Louisiana ( earlier post ). The Winkler gasifier uses one of the oldest gasification technologies, according to the US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

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MARCH 21, 2024

Now, if you want to argue that the new rule is effectively a mandate since it would likely force automakers to produce more battery-electric vehicles (or fuel-cell vehicles that use hydrogen to produce electric energy/power), that's fair. Just, perhaps, fewer of them.

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MARCH 25, 2010

San Diego, Ca-based V-Vehicle Company (VVC) ( earlier post ) has been informed that the Program Office of the US Department of Energy (DOE) will not recommend approval of VVC’s two loan applications for $321.1 million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana.

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MAY 29, 2015

Higher blends of renewable fuel offer potential for increasing the use of renewable fuels in the US gasoline pool, but currently, the typical gas pump can deliver fuel containing a maximum of 10% ethanol. States that are able to provide greater than a one-to-one ratio in funding will receive higher consideration.

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JULY 29, 2010

Administered by Virginia Clean Cities at James Madison University, the program will deploy nearly 1,200 propane Autogas vehicles, reducing air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, soot and smog-causing emissions when compared to traditional gasoline vehicles. Arlington, Va.-based

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AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

To be used as a supplementary blend in low levels with gasoline, this hydrous ethanol needs to be dehydrated, resulting in anhydrous ethanol. In the US, the primary method for blending ethanol into gasoline is splash blending. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Independent refiner Alon USA Energy, Inc. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Alon owns four crude oil refineries in Texas, California, Louisiana and Oregon, with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels per day.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Alon USA Energy, Inc. Current products include gas oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum coke. Alon USA Energy, Inc., In addition, Alon directly owns crude oil refineries in Louisiana and California, with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 144,000 barrels per day. Bakken Crude.

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MARCH 20, 2023

When coasting or braking, it converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. Distinct Exterior Sharing a platform with the gasoline-powered GV70 , Genesis engineers were able to use the same platform for both power plants without sacrificing interior space for people or cargo.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Alliance Refinery, located on the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 25 miles south of New Orleans, employs approximately 500 employees and 400 contractors. The refinery can also receive foreign crude oil by pipeline connected to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. —Greg Garland, Chairman and CEO of Phillips 66.

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APRIL 19, 2009

For both categories, teams could use any conventionally available energy source, including fuels such as diesel, gasoline and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), as well as alternative fuels such as hydrogen, biomass and solar. Perseverance in the Face of Adversity.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project.

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit. UOP is moving faster commercially on the Green Diesel side, with the Diamond Green project with Darling International and Valero Energy nearly complete. Something like 85-90% of energy process is retained in the pyrolysis liquid. Earlier post.) Hydroprocessing.

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