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Refineries in the Americas produce a greater share of gasoline per barrel of crude oil than refineries in other world regions

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The International Energy Agency’s Monthly Oil Statistics shows that there are differences in refinery output throughout the world. OECD Asia Oceania: Australia; Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand. Source: International Energy Agency, Monthly Oil Statistics, February 2020, Paris, France.,

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EVs to Surpass ? of Global Car Sales by 2030, Putting at Risk Nearly Half of Oil Demand

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Exponential growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales is transforming the auto sector faster than currently predicted, with EVs set to dominate global car sales by the end of the decade, putting at risk nearly half of worldwide oil demand, according to new analysis by RMI.

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FCA presents Fiat 500 M15 (methanol); to be sold in Israel

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The product will be marketed in Israel by MCA—the official Israeli importer of FCA Group. Earlier this year, Israel’s Ministry of Transport issued an M15 standard , making Israel the first country in the world to issue a national standard for methanol flex fuel vehicles that also comply with the EU’s Euro 6 regulation.

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Galten Biodiesel to supply jatropha oil to Neste Oil

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Israel-based Galten Biodiesel has signed a NIS 225-million (US$60-million) contract to supply 60,000 of Jatropha oil to Finland-based Neste Oil, the producer of NExBTL renewable fuels, beginning in 2014. Galten operates its first Jatropha plantation in Ghana. Forecasts see this year's European biodiesel market worth $40 billion.

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One-step process for production of renewable diesel blendstock from soybean oil

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in Israel report the development of a comercially-viable, one-step catalytic hydrotreating process for the conversion of soybean oil to renewable diesel-type fuel in a paper in the journal Fuel. The conversion of soybean oil to green diesel was carried out on Pt/SAPO-11-Al 2 O 3 catalyst in a trickle-bed reactor. 2013.04.044.

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US Lifted The Crude Oil Export Ban, And Exports Went Down

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Just over three months after the authorities lifted the four-decade ban on crude oil exports, the US has actually exported less this year than it did over the same period the year before, when the ban was still in place. crude oil export volumes since the beginning of this year. oil, according to a Reuters source. Census Bureau.

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India To Develop EV Eco System Through State-Owned Oil Marketing Companies

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India is on the fast track of expanding their EV infrastructure with the help of India’s OMCs (Oil marketing companies). The plan was officially declared by Indian Oil Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya in 2021. From 2021 onwards, IOC is working on installing 10,000 EV charging stations at their outlets.

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