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Neste Oil Rally to use 100% renewable diesel at this years event

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Vehicles operated by the competition organization at this year’s Neste Oil Rally Finland, held between 28 and 30 July, will run on 100% NExBTL renewable diesel produced by Neste Oil. The revamped route of this year’s Neste Oil Rally will extend from Central Finland southwards to the Päijät-Häme region around Lahti.

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Goodyear determines soybean oil can reduce use of petroleum in tires

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Researchers at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have found in their tests that using soybean oil in tires can potentially increase tread life by 10% and reduce the tiremaker’s use of petroleum-based oil by up to seven million gallons each year.

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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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The US State Department, which bears the responsibility for approving cross-border energy projects, said that Enbridge can indeed proceed with its plan under authority granted by previously issued permits. million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. Enbridge US Mainline West as of August 2014. miles (2.4

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AER reports recovery of 337,000 gallons of bitumen from surface seeps at CNRL Primrose site; earlier event in 2009

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HPCSS has been used in oil recovery in Alberta for more than 30 years, AER noted. However, there was an earlier, similar event of bitumen upwelling at the Primrose project initially reported in 2009. The current event is not the first report of surface seepage of bitumen in the Primrose project. Oil sands' 2009 incident.

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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. The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is awarding $10.8 Florida Maxima Corporation.

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Study Finds Deepwater Oil Plume in Gulf Stimulating Oil-Degrading Microbes

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The study found that the dominant microbe in the dispersed Gulf of Mexico oil plume was a new species, closely related to members of Oceanospirillales family. Based on these results, the research team suggests that the potential exists for intrinsic bioremediation of the oil plume in the deep-water column without substantial oxygen drawdown.

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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. The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills.

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