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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. —Mark Zoback.

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Grillo-Werke AG successfully converts methane directly into methanesulfonic acid (MSA)

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It is based on natural gas and sulfur trioxide (SO 3 ) as feedstocks and is free of environmentally problematic intermediate and by-products. Development of commercial production of C 1 through to C 4 alkanesulfonic acids—including MSA—came out of work in the 1940s at Standard Oil of Indiana. Background.

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EPA Grants Part of Petition Challenging BPs Whiting Refinery Air Permit

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In August 2008, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Hoosier Environmental Council, Save the Dunes and Sierra Club petitioned EPA to formally object to the state’s modification of BP’s operating permit for an expansion project to refine high-sulfur Canadian crude oil. Earlier post.).

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. Being an EV driver means no oil changes, no transmission fluids, and no radiators. Since EVs don’t use gasoline, they reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. In addition, electricity in the U.S. petroleum consumption.

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AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

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American Electric Power has signed on as a corporate sponsor of The Pickens Plan, proposed by oil and gas industry veteran T. We can’t significantly develop renewable energy resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and introduce competition for liquid transportation fuels without a well-designed, reliable national transmission grid.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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Denbury Resources Inc. In related developments, two proposed Midwestern gasification plants with which Denbury has CO 2 purchase contracts, one in Illinois and one in Indiana, have been selected to proceed to the term sheet negotiation phase under the US Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. Denbury Resources Inc.

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Study Concludes That Improving Truck Fuel Economy Would Create More Than 120K New US Jobs by 2030

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The report comes shortly before an anticipated announcement from the Obama Administration on a plan to set national standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for heavy- and medium-duty trucks. mpg with current and near-term technologies would reduce US annual oil consumption by 11 billion gallons in 2030, according to UCS.