Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2013

California-based Biosynthetic Technologies, in partnership with Albemarle, announced that operations of a demonstration production plant for biosynthetic lubricant oil within Albemarle’s existing Baton Rouge facility have commenced. These biosynthetic base oils exhibit many superior characteristics to petroleum-based lubricant oils.

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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JULY 22, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) launched a multi-million dollar joint industry project to better understand oil and gas separation technology. Separating fluid mixtures into streams of oil, natural gas and water efficiently and cost-effectively using lighter weight equipment that requires less space is very important to the industry.

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MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

The Government of Canada will consult with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, industries, and non-governmental organizations to develop a clean fuel standard. The standard would require reductions in the carbon footprint of the fuels supplied in Canada, based on lifecycle analysis. Some jurisdictions (e.g., petroleum coke).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2022

Electric cars are crucial to significantly and rapidly reduce our oil consumption, say 51 NGOs from 12 countries ahead of crucial vote on raising emissions standards. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, has developed a new piston ring for two-stroke diesel engines that reduces oil consumption and marine pollution by allowing the quantity of lubricant used to be greatly reduced. This feed oil is not uniformly distributed on the cylinder wall. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

In March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) mpg in MY 2021.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 1, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment By Eoin Bannon With the review of the EU CO? emissions standards for cars and vans scheduled for June 2021, some, notably the oil and gas industry and automotive suppliers, are advocating adding CO? credits for advanced biofuels and synthetic fuels into the vehicle standards.

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Fuel Cars Oil Environment 144

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2023

The basis for the delivery of the in-line six-cylinder engine was the further development and adaptation of the MAN D3876 to the extreme working environment of the new high-performance snow groomer from Laupheim. In addition, the specialists for off-road engines from MAN Engines optimized the oil pan and oil pump of the MAN D3876.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

—Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The concept of harmonizing specific aspects of the LCFS program with other low carbon fuel standard programs has been of interest for the staff since the inception of the program. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

In California, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced a set of regulations to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across the state. Annual public reporting of refinery safety metrics.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

Responding to new oil and gas industry opportunities, Foss Maritime Company will build the first three tugs in an. to take on large projects in extreme environments. standards for hulls, machinery, towing, anchors and cable; American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Ice Class requirements. Several oil and gas customers are.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Neste Oil is part of a fleet demonstration program of a new blend of diesel fuel in Coburg, Germany. The maximum limit for adding FAME-type biofuel to fossil fuel under the EU’s Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) and the EN 590 diesel standard is 7%. Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops - UFOP. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 18, 2012

USGS is the only provider of publicly available estimates of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world. These new estimates are for conventional oil and gas resources only. Geological Survey (USGS) released today. —USGS Director Marcia McNutt. The US imported approximately 11.4

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign oil every day, and about 40% of that going to OPEC. [ Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 15, 2015

Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. The new regulations include: Regulations aligned with recently proposed actions in the United States to reduce GHG methane from the oil-and-gas sector.

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2005 Canada Oil Gas 150

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APRIL 4, 2020

At a time when pollution regulations are increasingly focused on the emissions ships generate, the SCiB will contribute to the protection of the marine and global environments. The certification is based on Class NK’s “Guidelines for Large-capacity Storage Batteries,” which requires use of a BMU in the system as a safety feature.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of the Interior has proposed new regulations that include more stringent design requirements and operational procedures for critical well control equipment used in offshore oil and gas operations. Require compliance with the latest industry standards contained in API Standard 53.

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Oil Gas Maintenance Standards 150

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JUNE 5, 2013

MCW Energy Group, a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction technology, announced successful results of processing random Alberta oil sands tailings ponds samples in a series of preliminary laboratory tests. Clean up and remedial fees from oil companies and/or governments.

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MAY 8, 2013

DNV Software is releasing a commercial version of a quantitative risk analysis (QRA) software solution for the offshore oil and gas industry based on DNV’s more than three decades of experience within such analysis. QRA has over the years established itself as a standard component of the risk management program for offshore facilities.

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Industrial Industry Oil Gas 218

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At no extra cost to the customer, the heavy oil that would ordinarily be used is replaced with sustainable marine biofuel onboard a preselected container vessel. Deutsche Post DHL Group has been exploring renewable fuels as an important lever to minimize ocean freights’ impact on the environment.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Reduced transmission friction thanks to the use of low viscosity oils. Variable flow oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company, has selected GE for agreements totaling nearly $500 million to supply a broad range of equipment and services for an expansion of the Shaybah gas-oil processing facilities. billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd) of low-sulfur sweet gas and extract 264,000 bpd of NGL.

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APRIL 6, 2012

Projects may also propose technologies utilizing oils extracted from algae that could be accepted into a petroleum refinery for further processing to the final products. DOE will not consider applications proposing to blend a bio-oil feedstock only at the beginning of the refining process with the crude oil (i.e.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

In light of the United States’ renewed effort to achieve a net zero carbon economy, our research team believes this critical review is a timely contribution to establishing an accurate, common understanding of the greenhouse gas profile for corn ethanol in comparison to gasoline refined from crude oil. —David MacIntosh. Scully et al.

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MAY 29, 2019

The feedstocks used for production will be waste and residue streams, such as used cooking oil, coming predominantly from regional industries. There will be absolutely no use of food crops, such as soya oil and palm oil (or by-products such as PFAD and POME), for production.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Their open-access study is published in Nature’s new Communications Earth & Environment journal. Partners include the New Mexico Consortium, University of Maryland, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Total refined products include all production from refineries such as gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, fuel oils, and includes biofuels—but excludes natural gas liquids (NGLs). —Sandeep Sayal, vice president, oil markets and downstream refining, IHS Markit. There will be closures to come. —Sandeep Sayal.

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JULY 13, 2023

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) earlier this month, adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) addresses environmental issues under IMO’s remit.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2016

BP has sanctioned the $9-billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the United States, despite the current low oil price environment. Oil production is expected to begin in late 2021. Today, the leaner $9-billion project, which also includes capacity for water injection, is projected to be profitable at or below current oil prices.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The IMO, an arm of the United Nations, is the global standard-setting agency for the safety, security, and environmental performance of international shipping. Today, 80% of the world’s shipping fleet runs on heavy fuel oil, or bunker fuel. —Hwa Lyong Lee, vice president of Regional Business Development, Maritime at DNV GL.

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Gas Industrial Industry Mariner 281

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JULY 8, 2016

These rules require oil companies to ensure proper internal controls and planning for oil spill prevention, containment and responses—all issues identified by previous Interior reports regarding Shell’s 2012 exploration activities in the Arctic.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

This is a synergistic industrial platform that supports the aviation sector, the oil and gas industry, food production and the creation of a new agricultural alternative in the UAE. Sustainable fuel for the flight was derived from oil in Salicornia plants, which were grown on the two-hectare SEAS farm in Masdar City.

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