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Goodyear announces first tire to use carbon black produced via methane pyrolysis; Monolith’s carbon black

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This tire, which will be manufactured with this specific carbon black, is the first tire for sale in the industry to have this type of carbon black produced by Monolith. Carbon black is a key ingredient in tires, providing compounds in the tires with strength, improved tear resistance, and increased abrasion resistance.

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SDTC awards Nsolv $13M to commercialize warm solvent technology for heavy oil extraction; 80% reduction in GHG emissions

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Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. The oil is sent to refineries for further processing. Coke-forming asphaltenes are sequestered.

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BASF boosts support for sustainable road construction with global distribution rights for RheoFalt rejuvenator

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If the old asphalt is not recycled, the result is large quantities of waste. We are pleased to have won BASF for sales and the joint further development of our RheoFalt product. Many roads will have to be renewed in the next few years. Together we have excellent laboratory capacities to develop high-performance products in the future.

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INFRA and Greenway to partner on GTL plants

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INFRA Technology group has developed and patented a proprietary Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology (INFRA.xtl), based on the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process, for the production of light synthetic oil—which is close to a product, characterized by Shultz-Flory alpha of 0.77—and

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97% of US buyers opted for 2.5L stop/start base engine on 2014, 2015 Malibu

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The 2015 Impala is available for sale now. Vehicle idling also results in Americans wasting approximately 3.8 A 2013 report from Navigant Research predicted worldwide sales of vehicles with stop/start technology will grow from 8.8 The technology helps deliver improved fuel economy and performance as part of a stop/start system.

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Brightmark Energy closes $260M in financing for first US commercial-scale waste-plastics-to-fuel plant; ULSD and naphtha

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Brightmark Energy , a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, closed a $260-million financing package for the construction of the US’ first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 Genomatica has entered into partnerships with several major companies including Tate & Lyle, M & G (a major European chemicals producer), Waste Management, and Mitsubishi Chemical to implement their technology at a commercial scale.

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