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Louisiana On Verge Of Cutting EV Tax Credit Early, So We Hosted EV Awareness Day At The Louisiana State Capitol

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Yesterday, I spent the day down at the Louisiana State Capitol advocating for electric vehicles and clean energy while my state’s lawmakers were having their session. The event was a spur-of-the-moment thing put together by a few Tesla owners in Baton Rouge — many of whom couldn’t attend due to it […].

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

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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 GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Nancy N.

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Transmission Losses:" Military joins oil spill effort

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"The US military has joined efforts to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico as fears rise about its scale." The oil rig disaster off Louisiana is the top news item on the NY Times and BBC.com. Tags: gulf of mexico louisiana coast bp oil leak british petroleum. Beyond Petroleum, really?). Source: BBC.com ].

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Shell moves forward with ultra-deepwater Stones project in Gulf of Mexico; deepest production facility in world

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Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. The Stones field has significant upside potential and is estimated to contain more than 2 billion boe of oil in place, according to Shell.

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Earthquakes attributable to human activities are called “induced seismic events” or “induced earthquakes.” In addition, carbon capture and storage may have the potential for inducing seismic events, because significant volumes of fluids are injected underground over long periods of time.

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US Refiner Converting Fleet to Hybrids and Diesels

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Vehicles at the event were provided by Boardwalk Volkswagen, Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford and Sewell GMC. 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. Alon USA Energy, Inc.,

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