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APRIL 23, 2021

Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Arbor Renewable Gas, LLC (Arbor Gas) will use Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for producing renewable gasoline at a new facility in the Gulf Coast region. Topsoe will supply the methanol synthesis technologies and the backend gasoline synthesis unit (TIGAS). STG (Syngas to Gasoline) – the route from synthesis gas.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas. The proposed Texas plant will consume 28 MMcf/d of natural gas and produce 2,800 bbl/d of gasoline.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. Arbor Gas recently announced a similar project in Beaumont, Texas. —Arbor Gas CEO Timothy Vail.

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MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Gasoline consumption in the United States is now more than halfway back to pre-COVID-19 levels as motorists get back on the road amid at least a partial recovery of the US economy, according to OPIS, an IHS Markit company. This allows users to track and benchmark industry trends for overall retail gasoline sales.

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MAY 30, 2018

Gasoline is one of the products refined from crude oil. Thus, the price of crude oil should have a strong influence on the price of gasoline. However, the retail price of gasoline includes other costs as well. Gasoline prices are also influenced by gasoline demand relative to gasoline supply.

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JULY 30, 2015

announced that Express Lube of Fredericksburg, Texas, is the first US service station to sell gasoline blended with Gevo’s renewable isobutanol at the pump. Gevo believes that retail sales of isobutanol-blended gasoline by Express Lube will help establish the value proposition for other fuel retailers. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2016

blend of its bio-isobutanol with gasoline marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in the Houston area. Musket Corporation is Gevo’s distribution partner serving the Houston market and is blending the specially formulated gasoline containing Gevo’s isobutanol to distribute into the on-road automobile market. with gasoline.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The three drop‐in fuels demonstrated during the Miami event were: PurFuels Ethanol‐Free Reformulated Gasoline using Isobutanol (GEVO) and TXCeed corrosion inhibitor: A blend of 16.1% biobutanol and gasoline that reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 30% relative to conventional fossil‐based gasoline.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Texas-based fuel company Nacero ( earlier post ) will build its second low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in Newport Township, Pennsylvania. The new manufacturing facility will produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock made from natural gas and renewable natural gas.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

a developer of natural gas to gasoline projects, entered into a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s (EMRE’s) methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology ( earlier post ) in the development of a world-scale natural gas to gasoline project. gasoline range. Click to enlarge. G2X Energy, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (Toyota Texas, TMMTX) has started production for the all-new, all-hybrid 2023 Toyota Sequoia. While the electric motor does the bulk of the work at lower speeds, once above 18 mph, the gasoline engine assumes primary operation for excellent performance in the mid- and high-speed range.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado trucks for each fleet were upgraded to run on either natural gas or gasoline using the new DuraDrive DI natural gas system, supplied by Utah-based AGA Systems. The 2015 model vehicles were purchased by local Houston company NewTex Plumbing and San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Services.

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JULY 12, 2012

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced that $18 million in grants are available to eligible businesses, governmental entities, school districts, and individuals to replace older medium-duty or heavy-duty gasoline or diesel vehicles with natural gas vehicles or repower the vehicles with natural gas engines.

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JULY 26, 2016

ExxonMobil will increase production of ultra-low sulfur fuels at its Beaumont, Texas refinery by approximately 40,000 barrels per day, further strengthening its integrated downstream portfolio while meeting environmental standards. Startup of the flexible technology is expected in 2018. million barrels per day of capacity.

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JULY 14, 2022

Other fuels that play a role in commercial trucking include gasoline (23%) and compressed natural gas (0.4%). For gasoline vehicles that make up about a quarter of all commercial trucks (Class 3-8), more than half (57.5%) of those in operation are 2007 and newer model years. Electric and other categories each register less than 1%.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The average US household will spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years, according to projections by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price for US regular gasoline has fallen 11 weeks in a row to an average $2.55

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. Terrabon also has successfully produced high-octane gasoline made from non-food biomass at its demonstration facility in Bryan, Texas. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Total motor gasoline deliveries, a measure of consumer gasoline demand, rose 1.4% Texas continued with high production, posting the highest ever January production. Production of all four major products–gasoline, distillate, jet fuel and residual fuels—was higher than demand for those products. At nearly 3.6 At nearly 3.6

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MAY 10, 2021

Bloomberg reported that West Texas Intermediate in New York rose as much as 1%, while gasoline rose 4.2% Gasoline prices were already up this year on rising demand from motorists. to the highest level since May 2018 before easing back. Source: Bloomberg/Quint.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. An FCC system circulates catalyst in a closed loop between two key vessels in order to convert vacuum gas oil to gasoline. Earlier post.).

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JULY 11, 2023

are electric, and the remainder are gasoline or other fuels. are powered by diesel, gasoline (22.9%), compressed natural gas (0.46%), other (ethanol, fuel cell, LNG, propane, 0.85%) and electric (0.09%). are advanced diesel technology; 2.1% are CNG, 0.3% California lags the national average, taking the 35 th spot (51.6%).

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

and PM 10 emissions—mainly from gasoline-fueled light-duty vehicles (LDVs)—in the Washburn Tunnel in Houston Texas as a mechanism for better determining the contribution of LDVs to particulate emissions. The objectives of this research are to (1) comprehensively characterize wide suite of elements in PM 2.5 Emissions'

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JANUARY 4, 2022

In 2021, the energy index group made up 54% of the GSCI, and two crude oil benchmarks, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil, accounted for approximately 70% of the weighting in the energy sector index. The index is a weighted average of commodity prices, and the index updates the weight it allocates to each commodity every year.

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APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Terrabon is the developer of a carboxylic acid fermentation platform licensed from Texas A&M University for the conversion of biomass to fuel intermediates that can then be upgraded into industrial chemicals and renewable gasoline. Waste Management, Inc. has invested in waste-to-fuel company Terrabon, LLC. Earlier post.).

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MAY 29, 2023

million barrels or 3.8325 billion gallons annually of cleaner transportation fuels including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from crudes sourced domestically from the Anadarko, Permian, Denver and Julesburg, and Bakken Basins. The refinery complex will reduce and eliminate 95% of greenhouse gas emissions while producing approximately 91.25

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APRIL 22, 2011

A study by researchers at the University of Texas found that in general, use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to an increase in ozone during nighttime hours (due to decreased scavenging from both vehicles and EGU stacks) and a decrease in ozone during daytime hours. Tammy Thompson, (now at MIT), lead author.

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MAY 9, 2021

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the US, transporting more than 100 million gallons of fuel daily to meet the energy needs of consumers from Houston, Texas to the New York Harbor. On 7 May, the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the victim of a cyberattack involving ransomware.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

whereby Vitol would purchase 100% of the gasoline produced from MBFP’s industrial gasification and liquefaction facility located near. The cleaned syngas is conditioned, modified and converted to methanol, which is then converted to gasoline via the licensed ExxonMobil Research and Engineering methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process.

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APRIL 7, 2016

Now, a team led by researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife Research has identified the first committed step in the biosynthesis of hydrocarbon oil in B. Most importantly, catalytic hydrocracking of hydrocarbons from this alga results in petroleum-equivalent fuels of gasoline, kerosene and diesel.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Motiva, the joint venture between Shell and Saudi Aramco, marked the completion of a five-year construction project that more than doubled the daily processing capacity of the Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas to 600,000 barrels of crude. million gallons/day gasoline. > Earlier post.) Additional production from CEP includes: > 6.0

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MAY 3, 2021

You can always tell when you cross the state line–the roads are smoother in Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas. Recently, there was a bill proposed to increase gasoline taxes and tax EV owners $400 per year to own an EV in the state. Louisiana is well known for having severely bad roads. For hybrid owners, that […].

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JANUARY 21, 2011

TXE is engaged in developing a gasification facility in Beaumont, Texas that will convert petroleum coke, an oil refining waste product, into hydrogen and pipeline quality carbon dioxide. Zero Emission Energy Plants Ltd. ZEEP ) has entered into a definitive agreement with Eastman Chemical Company Investments, Inc.,

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JUNE 5, 2021

The increase in petroleum product imports into the United States has been due, in part, to short-term factors such as reduced domestic supply, increased domestic demand, and low gasoline inventories, according to the EIA. US gasoline consumption increased to 8.6 million b/d (approximately 31%) of capacity is located. million b/d.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

HydroFlex is Haldor Topsoe’s tried-and-tested technology for hydrotreating renewable feedstocks, resulting in high-grade gasolines, jet fuels and diesels. With a capacity of 74,500 bpcd in crude throughput capacity, the Wynnewood refinery produces gasoline, diesel fuel, military jet fuel, solvents and asphalt.

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