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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Qatar Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels

Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has an offtake agreement with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered over the 7-year term of the agreement. Aemetis, Inc., billion, including LCFS, RFS, 45Q and tax credits.

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San Francisco Fuel Qatar Tax Credit

Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, have signed a joint research agreement on “Process Optimization of CO 2 and Sulfur Components Removal from Natural Gases.” QP develops/operates onshore and offshore oil and gas fields in Qatar, including exploration, field development, production, refining, transport, and storage.

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Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. In September, ASTM International released a new specification that fully and unconditionally approved the use of Gas-to-Liquids Kerosene blends for powering commercial aircraft. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Qatar Commercial Malaysia Fuel

Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

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APRIL 10, 2012

Bloomberg reports that Qatar Airways Ltd. plans to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel company Byogy Renewables Inc., Alcohol is attractive as a feedstock for the production of renewable jet fuel partly because the steps required are currently in use at commercial scale in the petrochemical industry. We believe.

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Qatar Companies Renewable Convert

Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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MAY 13, 2021

Ireland-based electrolyzer company Fusion Fuel Green PLC will collaborate with Consolidated Contractors Group S.A.L. CCC and Fusion Fuel have agreed to cooperate on projects involving the production of green hydrogen for potential clients in the refining and petrochemical industries in order to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Fusion Green Hydrogen Oman

Volkswagen to debut XL1 PHEV prototype at Qatar Motor Show; fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US)

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Volkswagen is staging the world debut of its XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) prototype at the Qatar Motor Show this week. The prototype, representing the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy ( earlier post ), features combined fuel consumption of 0.9 Hybrid system. mm) and stroke (80.5

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Qatar PHEV MPG Motor

Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

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MARCH 24, 2022

to supply 75 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year for seven years. SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel. —Kelly Nodzak, Delta’s Director of Global Jet Fuel Procurement. oneworld Alliance.

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Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

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APRIL 15, 2019

A lifecycle study by consultancy thinkstep, commissioned by SEALNG and SGMF, has found that greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 21% are achievable now from LNG as a marine fuel, compared with current oil-based marine fuels, over the entire life-cycle from Well-to-Wake (WtW). —SEALNG Chairman Peter Keller. Source: thinkstep.

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TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based renewable jet fuel in Latin America

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was a 50% blend of locally-sourced Brazilian Japtropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional jet fuel. Twenty people from TAM Airlines and Airbus were on board the A320 powered by CFM56 engines which took off from Galeão Antonio Carlos Jobim International airport in Rio de Janeiro.

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Williams F1 and UK Transport Research Laboratory sign simulator-based driver training MOU

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The MoU between Williams F1 and TRL will see the two companies collaborate on joint research, marketing and business development initiatives and use Williams F1’s simulator technology to help improve road safety, fuel efficiency and other aspects of driver behavior in Qatar and internationally.

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Qatar Transportation Environment International

ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

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MARCH 3, 2014

The kerosene and diesel will be off-taken by Uzbekneftegaz under a long term off-take agreement at international linked prices; fuel products will be sold mainly to the domestic market, while naphtha will be exported to downstream refiners. The technology used is similar to that of the pioneering ORYX GTL plant in Qatar.

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Uzbekistan Cost Of Qatar Diesel

Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. The treatment of GTL-derived effluents is complex and challenging.

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Waste Water Gas Qatar

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% The averages hide a mixed picture by fuel, however. Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Source: BP.

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Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The project is slated to be the first plant in the US to produce Fischer-Tropsch GTL transportation fuels and other products from natural gas, according to Sasol. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. High temperature iron, for Secunda fuels and chemicals production. Source: Sasol.

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Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

For petroleum-derived transportation fuels, this includes feedstock. extraction, fuel production and fuel combustion in the vehicle engine (well-to-wheels). The researchers used two scenarios: Scenario A in which GTL is used as a neat fuel, and Scenario B, in which GTL diesel is blended with petroleum-derived diesel.

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Diesel Emissions Oil-Sands Production

Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented its proposals for December’s climate change talks to the UN Secretary General’s Summit on Climate Change in New York. Principles of IATA’s global sectoral approach include: International aviation should be included in the post-Kyoto framework.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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AUGUST 13, 2015

for example, has ended fuel subsidies, thereby essentially, increasing its budget revenues, while Saudi Arabia recently floated a $4-billion domestic bond offering to help finance its budget. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), Asian customers are taking advantage of the competition.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

s top class Zeekr emblem have began promoting in Israel and planning to make bigger into extra international locations within the patch, together with Qatar and Bahrain. Bloomberg) Fuel economics are starting to change in favor of EVs, too. Chery Car Co. and Zhejiang Geely Keeping Staff Co.’s

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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Aemetis, American Airlines sign $1.1B 280M gallon offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel blend

Qatar Petroleum and UOP to research more efficient treatment of natural gas

Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

Volkswagen to debut XL1 PHEV prototype at Qatar Motor Show; fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US)

Delta Air Lines signs 75 MGPY for 7 years SAF deal with Gevo; oneworld Alliance members plan to buy 200 MGPY

Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based renewable jet fuel in Latin America

Williams F1 and UK Transport Research Laboratory sign simulator-based driver training MOU

ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

Study finds well-to-wheels GHG emissions of GTL diesel lower than that of petroleum diesel when co-product displacement is considered

Airlines Present Climate Change Proposals at UN Forum; 50% Absolute Cut In Emissions by 2050 Compared to 2005

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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