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bp begins producing SAF by co-processing used cooking oil at Lingen refinery

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bp has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from used cooking oil in co-processing process with crude oil at its plant in Lingen, Germany. Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) co-processing is one of nine ASTM-approved conversion processes for SAF production. Earlier post.).

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Source: USOS, DWQ. Click to enlarge.

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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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Due to the collapse in oil prices, IHS Markit expects US producers are in the process of curtailing about 1.75 The oil market fear that characterized March and the extreme price pressure that producers felt in April have galvanized producers across North America into unprecedented action. However, nearly 1.4

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Tesla to begin Giga Berlin expansion in first half of 2024: report

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The expansions will begin with construction to modernize the existing facility and build a water recycling plant before initiating plans to add a second production facility and a battery recycling plant in the following years. In the past, Tesla has also said it would be able to perform the upcoming expansions without increasing water supply.

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Used Car of the Day: 1992 Volvo 940 GL Sedan

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The A/C works (it's 134), the seats are leather, and the car is original save for the sway bars, legal window tint, undercoating, and a pin stripe. According to our seller, the brakes, struts, radiator, water pump, and timing belt are new. The seller says the car has run Mobil 1 oil. You can pick up this Volvo for $3,700.

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Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen and Element 1 partner to deliver hydrogen generation technology to Greater China

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The hydrogen generators produced by the JV under license from e1NA use methanol and water as feedstock resulting in cost effective onsite production of hydrogen and a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and local air pollution when compared to gas and oil.

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New study confirms extensive gas leaks in the North Sea; recommends stricter guidelines for handling of abandoned wells

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Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel have found that considerable quantities of the greenhouse gas methane escape uncontrolled into the water from abandoned oil and gas wells in the North Sea. On the basis of investigations directly on the seafloor it was possible to determine the amount of escaping gas.

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