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MSU moves forward with DOE-backed CO2 storage project in northern Montana

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Schematic illustration of carbon capture and storage at Kevin Dome in Montana. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc. The project site will be located at Kevin Dome, a geologic feature that extends 700 square miles underground and has trapped naturally occurring CO 2 for millions of years. Click to enlarge.

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ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. expanding cleanup operations in Yellowstone River

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The break reportedly occurred about 10 miles west of Billings. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPC) said it is expanding its clean up operation following a release of an estimated 750–1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana from the company’s Silvertip pipeline. Montana refining.

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US State Department to issue Final EIS on Keystone XL pipeline in August; additional meetings in affected states

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During September, the State Department will also host public meetings in the capitals of each of the six states through which the proposed pipeline would pass—Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas—with an additional meeting in the Sand Hills region in Nebraska and along the Gulf Coast near Port Arthur, Texas.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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One of the two new BCAP project areas is sponsored by Chemtex International Inc., Regis Mohawk reservation located 15 miles from one of the committed facilities. This Arkansas BCAP project area is sponsored by MFA Oil Biomass LLC, in Columbia, Mo.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands. Source: FEIS, Appendix V.

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Occidental Petroleum Projects California Shale Development May Become Its Largest Business Unit Within 10 Years

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Occidental Petroleum, the fourth-largest US oil and gas company, based on equity market capitalization, says that within the next 10 years, its California shale development program—which currently delivers more than 25% of its California production—could become the company’s largest business unit. oil shale”. 1 gas producer and No.