Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Water production. Clean water shipped to agriculture (regulated).

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Chevron Oil Oil-Sands Production 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Oil sands comprise clay, sand, water, and bitumen. For pipeline transport, bitumen is diluted to reduce its viscosity by mixing it with a diluent, a light hydrocarbon liquid such as natural gas condensate or refinery naphtha. Dilbit is also processed to remove sand, water, and other impurities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. by David Yager for Oilprice.com. The premise was you could get out of the army if you were crazy but you weren’t crazy to try to get out of the army.

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Oil Prices Oil Price Oil-Sands 150

Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

Essentially, if your EV has a smaller carbon footprint while driving compared with a petrol or diesel vehicle, but has a large carbon footprint during the manufacturing process – your EV might not be so clean and green after all. There are two main sources of lithium in the world; hard rock mines and brine water.

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