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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. Oklahoma State University. Louisiana State University. These projects address several facets of risk in offshore operations.

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Neste Oil to profile new renewable diesel blend produced from German rapeseed oil

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Neste Oil will profile Diesel regenerative, a new diesel fuel blend produced from 100% renewable inputs together with its German partners at the International Green Week event in Berlin between 21 January and 30 January. Both blends are produced from German rapeseed oil.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. Lead Investigator: Edward J.

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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

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A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself. —Kevin Schug. Zacariah L. Meik, Brian E.

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Oil sands GHG lifecycle study using operating data finds lower emitting oil sands cases outperform higher emitting conventional crude cases; a call for more sophisticated tools and reporting

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Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Credit: ACS, Bergerson et al.

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USGS/BOEM study identifies method to differentiate between natural seepage and produced oils in waters off Southern California

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Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production.

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Anticipating increased demand for EVs, Teijin to support World Solar Challenge

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Twaron is Teijin Aramid’s flagship para-aramid, and is suitable for a wide range of challenging applications, including ballistic protection, heat and cut protection, the oil and gas industry, the automotive industry and optical fiber cables.

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