Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2012

In response to a court deadline, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized standards to reduce air pollution associated with oil and natural gas production. When natural gas is produced, some of the gas escapes the well and may not be captured by the producing company. Methane 1.0

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Gas Pollution EPA Standards 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

Shipping has been one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions for many years now due to the sharp rise in the trade volume. As a result, shipbuilders and operators around the world are seeking environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional ship engines powered by fuel oil or diesel.

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Carbon 480

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2012

Clathrate hydrate formation and subsequent plugging of deep-sea oil and gas pipelines represent a significant bottleneck for deep-sea oil and gas operations. — Methane hydrates can freeze upon contact with cold water in the deep ocean, are a chronic problem for deep-sea oil and gas wells.

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MIT Oil Gas Chevron 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities. Methane emissions are a constant concern at coal mines, which vent the gas as it is emitted when coal seams are disturbed. Mines are getting deeper every year.

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Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Typically, wells are abandoned after they are no longer producing oil or gas at a rate that is economically viable.

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Colorado Water Oil Universal 252

Green Car Congress

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. The Safeti Offshore package is designed to evaluate the full range of potential hazards.

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Industrial Industry Oil Gas 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

A chemical analysis indicates that the source of oil sheens recently found floating at the ocean’s surface near the site of the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill is pockets of oil trapped within the wreckage of the sunken rig. The results are published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Oil Mexico 2010 Escape 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. So this avenue to escape the war didn’t work for the book’s main character John Yossarian. oil rig count as a precursor of when US LTO would fall.

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Oil Prices Oil Price Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Marcel Coutu, chief executive officer of Canadian Oil Sands Trust and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada, is calling for allowing Alberta’s oil sands producers to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada’s climate change targets.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Industrial 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Gross product yield from the pyrolysis was 74% crude oil fraction, 17% solid residue; and 6% gases. The oil fraction broke down into 17-23% gasoline-range product; 35-42% diesel #1; 19-25% diesel #2; and 14-24% vacuum gas oil. Previous studies have used pyrolysis to convert plastic bags into crude oil.

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Diesel Illinois Waste Oil 332

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

While increasing numbers of ships are phasing out heavy oil fuel in favor of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its lower CO 2 , NO x , and SO x emissions, storage battery technologies are attracting attention as a power supply for on-board equipment or as an auxiliary power source that will also help to reduce CO 2 emissions.

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Mariner Li-ion Lithium Ion Battery 321

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

Based on three separate methodologies (described below), the independent analysis of the Federal Flow Rate Technical Group analyzing the flow from BP’s gushing undersea well has determined that the overall best initial estimate for the lower and upper boundaries of flow rates of oil is in the range of 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day.

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Obama Oil Universal Mexico 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama proposed “ we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. American innovation has given us the greatest industrial capacity on Earth.

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Concept Energy Tax Oil 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

BP is likely to attempt the top kill procedure late this week or over the weekend to stop the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon well, according to BP Chief Operating Office Doug Suttles during a press conference on Monday, 17 May. The drillship Discoverer Enterprise flares gas brought up from the wellhead via the riser insertion tube.

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Oil Water Escape Gas 210

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 4, 2022

Comparing Repair Costs for EVs, Hybrids, Gas Cars. You can buy a standard gas-powered car, hybrid or an electric vehicle. When hybrid cars first entered the modern automotive landscape in 2000, they were more expensive than their gas counterparts. For example, it is advisable to do oil changes every 5,000 miles on hybrid cars.

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Maintenance Gas-Electric Hybrid Miles 82

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Emissions reduction projects reduce the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere in at least one of three ways: avoiding greenhouse gas emissions in favor of renewable sources; removing emissions from the atmosphere; and destroying emissions when possible. These projects also create jobs and revenues for local communities.

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Carbon 2020 Emissions San Francisco 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Fuel cells are also sensitive to oil admixtures. The electric compressor used to compress the supply air flow must therefore be oil-free. This also applies to the shaft bearing, as even small quantities of oil can cause irreversible damage. Compressor. Humidifier. Water separators. Exhaust pathway. Diagnosis and monitoring.

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Commercial Fuel Vehicles Water 223

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is a process in which large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected at high pressures to extract oil and natural gas from underground rock formations. During the past few years, the use of hydraulic fracturing has expanded across much of the country.

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EPA Oil-Sands Water Escape 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. ARB has defined this certified Near Zero NO x emission level as equivalent to a 100% battery truck using electricity from a modern combined cycle natural gas power plant.

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Clean Cleaning Renewable Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The group said the company did not tell citizens the dangerous nature of the fire or that potentially deadly gas had escaped. According to Citizens for Environmental Justice, the TCEQ records show that this quantity was the largest hydrogen fluoride release in 20 years.

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Hydrogen Industrial Industry Oil 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued voluntary information requests to nine natural gas service companies regarding the process known as hydraulic fracturing. The process creates fractures in formations such as shale rock, allowing natural gas or oil to escape into the well and be recovered.

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EPA Oil-Sands Congress Water 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

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Oil-Sands Gas Water Oil 250

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Conventionally, there are two types of piston rings: compression and oil control. A piston assembly includes one or more compression rings that generate a seal between the outer surface of the piston and the wall of the cylinder to prevent high-pressure combustion gases and air from escaping the combustion chamber.

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Oil Engine Design Escape 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

Floating NPPs can provide a reliable power supply not only to remote settlements, for example, in the Far North and Far East regions, but also to large industrial facilities such as oil platforms. The concept takes advantage of two mature technologies: light-water nuclear reactors and offshore oil and gas drilling platforms.

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Power Powered Energy MIT 305

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

The most common method of geologic carbon storage involves pressurizing CO 2 gas into a liquid, and then injecting it into subsurface rock layers for long-term storage. In addition, the rock layers included in the assessment were limited to those determined to have sufficient natural seals to prevent CO 2 from escaping.

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CO2 United States Carbon Coal 230

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2009

The top-selling model under C4C program was the Ford Escape, according to an Edmunds.com analysis. Edmunds.com included sales of all Escape models in its calculation. Edmunds.com calculated the Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Rate (SAAR) of auto sales in the last week of July surged to 19.6

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Cash For Clunkers Renewable Energy Escape 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have found that hydrates—an ice and natural gas compound that some researchers have explored as a source of alternative fuel or storage medium for CO 2 —can hold hydrogen at an optimal capacity of 5 wt %. Credit: Willow and Xantheas. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Water Gas Store 210

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The ammonia reacts with oxygen in air to produce nitrogen gas and water, and the resulting force pushes against the walls of the box. The linear generator is fuel agnostic—it can run a wide range of fuels including natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, ammonia, syngas , and even alcohols without compromising performance. That’s the LEM.

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Fuel Store Gas-Electric Energy 141

Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Caterpillar says its BESS is designed for rapid plug-and-play installation and integration, compatible with any combination of diesel, natural gas, or renewable energy sources. To that end, Caterpillar showcased a number of on-site generators capable of generating electric power to store in its battery energy storage system (BESS).

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Electrical Electric Energy Storage Volvo 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

The new approach in catalyst structure is important for catalyst-assisted combustion in gas turbines fueled with natural gas, and may also help to address methane emissions in the automobile exhaust within the temperature range required for emission control, comments Dr. Robert J. is published in the journal Science.

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Emissions Engine Spain Exhaust 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

A wastegate opens to regulate the compressor drive power by letting excess exhaust gases escape through the exhaust pipe. The cylinders within the block are triple-honed for a smoother finish that minimizes piston friction and overall wear, while also optimizing oil and fuel consumption. Variable-flow oil pump. Oil-water cooler.

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Chevrolet Engine Global Exhaust 249

Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Cake Kalk& Electric Motion Escape. There’s no gas and oil. Electric Motion’s Escape is another road-legal, off-road electric bike that looks good and performs well. The Electric Motion Escape price starts at $8,427. Looking just for the best dirt bikes out there? Jump straight to the list: KTM Freeride E-XC.

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Motorcycles Electrical Electric Escape 52

Electric Auto Association

APRIL 1, 2021

An early adopter Sinclair’s first venture into the world of clean energy vehicles came in the early 2000’s when she and her husband purchased a Ford Escape Hybrid, a car they still own today. They need to know they won’t have to do a smog check or an oil change, or replace a timing belt.” “And

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San Francisco Minivan Purchase Gas-Electric 94

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Electrical and fiber-optic connectors and cables were encapsulated in oil-filled hoses and boxes, making them waterproof. The crew escaped unharmed, but the food they brought for lunch sank with the ship. To help Alvin withstand the high pressure, the back was open so that seawater could flow around the equipment.

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Massachusetts Water Minneapolis Light 107

EV Match

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In my continuing quest to show that electric cars can ferry adventurous families just as well as gas-guzzling minivans and Tahoes, I can now say from experience that this holds true during the “new normal” of the pandemic. Amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic that demands mask-wearing, social distancing, hand-washing?

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Tesla Charging Tahoe Gas-Electric 76

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter, 98 hp (73 kW) VVT-i gas engine, a 60 kW (80 hp) electric motor, a generator, a high performance NiMH battery, a power control unit, and a power split device which employs a planetary gear set to combine and re-allocate power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements. 60 kW Electric Motor.

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Lexus Hybrid MPG Exhaust 225

Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

the percentage of oil we import is relatively unimportant. allow[ing] consumers to choose day to day whether to power their cars with oil or with the sources their utilities use." Minsk mentions plug-in hybrids could help temper price volatility "in the short term.

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Gasoline-Electric Oil Escape Price 100