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MARCH 14, 2022

A possible answer, though, might lie in oil wells. The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. to test the concept for the first time.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Industrial facilities, such as power plants, cement plants, mining and manufacturing facilities, and oil and gas operations have more than 763 megawatts (MW) of electricity-generating potential from waste heat in California, and national potential is approximately 15,000 MW.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. Natural Gas Engines. Selection amount: $3,257,089). This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Greyrock Energy, a company transforming natural gas into premium transportation fuels ( earlier post ), announced a final investment decision (FID) to build a small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facility near Houston, Texas. Bolin, Chairman, Eagle Oil & Gas. The plant will be commercially operational by the end of 2015.

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MARCH 22, 2020

A coalition of major oil & gas, power, automotive, fuel cell, and hydrogen companies have developed and released the full new report, a “ Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy. ” Toyota; and Xcel Energy. The US is home to industrial sector leaders capable of scaling a hydrogen economy.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Therefore, they concluded, waste chicken fat from food industries containing a high degree of FFAs and water content can be used as a low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel production without requiring a pretreatment process. a soap product from the saponification reaction of the fats/oil with methanol).

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

California-based Biosynthetic Technologies, in partnership with Albemarle, announced that operations of a demonstration production plant for biosynthetic lubricant oil within Albemarle’s existing Baton Rouge facility have commenced. These biosynthetic base oils exhibit many superior characteristics to petroleum-based lubricant oils.

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AUGUST 25, 2012

NG Advantage LLC, a provider of trucked compressed natural gas (CNG) to enterprises not connected to a pipeline, has secured multi-year contracts with Pike Industries, a subsidiary of Oldcastle Materials, the North American arm of CRH; and Putney Paper, a subsidiary of APC Paper Group. NG Advantage will begin deliveries in early 2013.

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JUNE 20, 2013

Cumulative natural gas vehicles in use by segment, world markets: 2013-2020. In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that the number of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) on roads worldwide will reach 34.9 The differential in the cost of the fuels determines the payback on this additional equipment (currently between 2.5

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MARCH 3, 2022

Through the nearby 300 MW solar park of Kassø, developed by European Energy, the project will have access to the low-cost renewable electricity needed to produce cost-effective e-Fuel. The plan is that the plant will be built in Kassø, located west of Aabenraa in the South of Denmark, near the German border.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

Quinones are abundant in crude oil as well as in green plants. Sustainable Innovations anticipates playing a key role in the product’s commercialization by leveraging its ultra-low-cost electrochemical cell design and system architecture already under development for energy storage applications. —Michael J.

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JULY 20, 2020

The renewable hydrogen, when produced in this manner, can fuel cars, power resilient AlwaysON Microgrids, or be injected into natural gas pipelines to reduce carbon emissions. SK Group is the leading oil and gas provider in South Korea with 3,400 gas stations. million hydrogen cars by 2040.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that light-duty natural gas vehicle (LD NGV) sales will grow 119% between 2014 and 2024, culminating in 42.1 Forecasts Natural Gas' Cumulative light-duty NGV sales by segment. Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge. million NGVs on the world’s roads and accounting for 2.8%

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AUGUST 18, 2020

The project is to develop a cost-effective and efficient smart structural coating deposition system and advanced high-end technology tools to inspect and rehabilitate gas distribution pipelines. The designed polymer composite coating materials provide structural strength and facile processability with smart functionalities.

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JULY 31, 2012

Pioneer Natural Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company, is adding 225 bi-fuel, Westport WiNG natural gas powered Ford F250 Super Duty trucks to its fleet. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The Maverick Oasis system allows producers to monetize biogas and natural gas (including associated or flare gas, and stranded gas reserves), as an alternative to producing electricity or venting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. —Jeff Harrison, Maverick’s Chief Engineering Officer. —Sam Yenne, Maverick CEO.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world’s energy needs. The OPEC published its World Oil Outlook 2015 (WOO) in late December, which struck a much more pessimistic note on the state of oil markets than in the past. mb/d for 2035 to 2040.

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APRIL 11, 2009

As water supplies become scarcer, the protection of existing supplies becomes even more critical and water from oil and natural gas development is being viewed as a potential resource rather than a waste. Demonstrations shall be conducted at a size that is easily scalable to field operations.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Fast pyrolysis involves quickly heating the biomass without oxygen to produce liquid or gas products. ” Low-cost sugars from biomass are a key enabler for many production pathways for bio-based fuels and chemicals. separate sugars from the heavy fractions of bio-oil using a simple water-washing process.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted by a vote of four to three greenhouse gas reduction regulations—called the most stringent in the US—that will reduce global warming pollutants through a regional cap on greenhouse gas emissions. New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Regulation.

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MARCH 7, 2012

GE and Chesapeake Energy Corporation have agreed to collaborate to develop infrastructure solutions that will help accelerate the adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Key features include: The gas compression, storage, cooling, drying and controls are easy to ship and maintain due to its compact “In Box” design.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Australia-based natural gas company Santos has successfully injected approximately 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground into depleted gas reservoirs as part of the final field trial for the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Anglo-Australian BHP Group is merging its oil and gas business with Woodside Petroleum Ltd. On 5 August, the BHP Board approved US$544 million in capital expenditure to execute the Shenzi North oil project in the US Gulf of Mexico. 2P reserves of more than 2 billion boe comprising 59% gas, and 41% liquids.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

High-Throughput Manufacturing of Breakthrough Polymer Electrolyte to Enable Low-Cost Solid-State Batteries - $8,000,000. The team will drive toward a 15% reduction in production cost of IM’s PE powder and third-party qualification of ultrahigh capacity automotive Li-ion cells (250 ampere hour). Ionic Materials.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Woods the had also outlined progress on key projects that support ExxonMobil’s growth plans, including: In Guyana, the estimated gross recoverable resource from the Stabroek Block increased to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels, in part as a result of six additional discoveries made in 2019 and 2020. million net acres.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

The composite blocks can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including the excavated soil at the construction site, but can also utilize waste materials such as mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and fiberglass from decommissioned wind turbine blades.

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MARCH 11, 2024

A new report claims BYD’s new EV platform will slash costs even further as the automaker kicks off a “liberation battle” against gas-powered cars. Best known for its low-cost EVs, such as the Dolphin, Atto 3, and sleek Seal sedan, BYD is taking its game up a notch in 2024. It’s gas-powered cars.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

The valve train is the “respiratory organ” of combustion engines: it manages the aspiration of fresh air and the discharge of exhaust gases (gas exchange). This makes the engine highly adaptable to new renewable fuels: oxygen-containing fuels such as methanol or ethanol, for example, allow more residual gas to remain in the cylinder.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

and the University of Houston will work together to further understanding of the geology and composition of crude oil. The instruments will be used to identify and measure the constituents in geological specimens or to separate, to identify and to measure the thousands of compounds found in crude oil samples. Agilent Technologies Inc.

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MAY 19, 2018

This proposal will not only help accelerate automotive fuel cells and stationary fuel cells, but will also provide a platform that could significantly influence many electrochemical processes reducing the costs for those processes as well. Gas Diffusion Layers. pH Matter, LLC: High Performance Gas Diffusion Layer.

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MAY 21, 2012

billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. billion cubic meters) of annual natural gas output within two years. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.

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MARCH 22, 2010

France-based ECP is developing compact plasma-assisted gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology based on the use of a Compact Plate Reformer and high-temperature iron catalyst. In a press briefing at the ACS meeting, Dr. Czernichowski suggested that the cost of fuel from the system could eventually be as low as $0.50 per gallon.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

While non-fossil fuels are expected to account for half of the growth in energy supplies over the next 20 years, the Outlook projects that oil and gas, together with coal, will remain the main source of energy powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015.

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JUNE 10, 2011

World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Both reports also emphasized that although natural gas is the lowest carbon fossil fuel, it is still a fossil fuel. Source: IEA.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Energy-Water cohort teams will develop new, energy-efficient processing technologies for industrial (particularly oil and gas) and municipal wastewater. The system is constructed of low-cost material, operates under atmospheric pressure, and is suitable for highly concentrated/contaminated water.

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