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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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High pressure injectors for hydrogen are challenging because the small molecule size of the gas lends itself to leakage, but direct injection enables high compression ratios for improved efficiency and increased power and torque. Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Aramco Americas.

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Daimler developing battery-electric version of Econic HD truck; customer testing in 2021, series production in 2022

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Natural gas version of the Mercedes-Benz Econic (Econic NGT) being put through its paces by AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart. The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty truck with a range of approximately 200 kilometers is in intensive use with customers in Germany and Switzerland; the first customer handover took place in 2018.

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PetroChina and INEOS complete transaction to form trading and refining JVs related to refining operations in Scotland and France

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PetroChina Company Limited and INEOS Group completed the deal to form trading and refining Joint Ventures between PetroChina International (London) Company Limited, and INEOS Investments (Jersey) Limited on 1 July. The Grangemouth refinery is located on the Firth of Forth with direct access to crude oil and gas from the North Sea.

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PetroChina offers INEOS $1B for a 50% share in its European refining business; two joint ventures result

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PetroChina International (London) Co. The Grangemouth refinery is located on the Firth of Forth with direct access to crude oil and gas from the North Sea. The refinery supplies fuel by pipelines into France, Switzerland and Southern Germany. This business includes the refineries at Grangemouth in Scotland and Lavéra in France.

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Electric cars back on track?

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The NY Times headlined "As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars." Even stories that got much wrong, such as The Independent of London, England, here , concluded "the electric car is probably the [alternative] with the greatest potential." Electric cars are in the news almost daily. Oil has passed $120 a barrel. GM lost $3.25