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EIA: Permian region expected to drive US crude oil production growth through 2019

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AUGUST 24, 2018

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) August Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that US crude oil production will average 10.7 This national increase is almost entirely driven by tight oil. Lower wellhead prices in the region are contributing to slower growth in Permian crude oil production in 2019 compared with 2018.

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Denbury poised to begin construction on Greencore CO2 pipeline for EOR operations in Wyoming and Montana

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JULY 30, 2011

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) company, will soon begin construction on the Greencore Pipeline —a 232-mile, 20-inch pipeline through Wyoming to Montana that will move CO 2 to mature and depleted oil fields in both states for EOR. Billings Gazette. Denbury Resources, a CO 2. The plant will also produce CO 2.

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EIA: new drilling technology revitalizes Powder River Basin oil production

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The coal-rich Powder River Basin is also experiencing a turnaround in oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Powder River Basin encompasses more than 43,000 square miles and is located primarily in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana, along with small areas of South Dakota and Nebraska.

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

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JULY 30, 2011

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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JULY 4, 2011

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 hold 6 additional public meetings on Keystone XL oil sands pipeline

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JUNE 7, 2011

Keystone XL is a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from the US-Canadian border in Montana, through Cushing, Oklahoma, to refineries on the US Gulf Coast. The US Department of State plans to hold six additional public meetings as part of the permit review process for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Earlier post.).

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Transmission Losses: Exxon-Mobil oil pipeline breaks, Yellowstone River fouled

Plugs and Cars

JULY 3, 2011

An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River ruptured and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes, officials said Saturday.

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Proposed CA LCFS pathways for corn starch ethanol with carbon capture and sequestration: as low as 37 gCO2e/MJ

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The liquefied CO 2 will be transported to a sequestration and storage site located two miles away via an underground pipeline and injected into the Broom Creek Formation. The formation extends over southwestern North Dakota, southeastern Montana, and northwestern South Dakota. directly beneath the RTE facility. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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MARCH 31, 2013

A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil.

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

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MARCH 2, 2013

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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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

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

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2011

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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EPA and DOT direct ExxonMobil on corrective actions on Silvertip pipeline after rupture

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JULY 8, 2011

The break spilled up to 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, which is in flood stage, before the pipeline was cut off, according to the company. The Silvertip Pipeline is approximately 69 miles in length and. investigations and assist in oil spill response activities. Earlier post.). pipeline safety. risks early.

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EPA Montana Oil Clean

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

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AUGUST 26, 2011

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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MAY 23, 2010

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.

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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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JUNE 13, 2012

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. MFA Oil Biomass and partner Aloterra Energy LLC, operating in Ohio, will continue to coordinate the crop propagations, planting and mitigation and monitoring plan.

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BNSF expands Bakken oil rail transport capacity to 1M barrels per day; overcoming shortage of pipeline capacity

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

BNSF Railway (BNSF) has increased capacity in 2012 to enable the railroad to haul one million barrels of oil per day out of the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. One million barrels of oil per day would represent about 16-17 unit trains of 100 tanker cars each (60,000 barrels per train). Earlier post.).

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 million bpd by mid-2013. million bpd.

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PHEV's and Water Consumption

Plug In Partners

APRIL 2, 2008

Water Supply, Researcher Says By Jennifer Bogo Popular Mechanics March 7, 2008 "A 30-mile commute in a gasoline-powered car would require the withdrawal of 18.9 All told, electric miles necessitate threefold the water consumption and 17 times the water withdrawal of gasoline miles. million gallons per day.

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Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Bakken is a prime US unconventional oil play, and is believed to be one of the largest, if not the largest, oil accumulation in the US. The tight oil is extracted in the same way as shale gas, through horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing. In the Bakken formation, the oil is extracted from tight carbonate.

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Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

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APRIL 29, 2016

The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Between 2005 and 2014, the Bakken’s oil production jumped by a factor of 3,500, and its gas production by 180.

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Global Ozone Emissions North Dakota

The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The updated roadmap refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. It also focuses on lands within 10 miles of existing or planned transmission lines and moves away from lands with sensitive resources.

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US State Department issues Presidential Permit to TransCanada for Keystone XL

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MARCH 24, 2017

The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. County and local permites in Montana and South Dakota.

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TransCanada to re-apply for Keystone XL cross-border permit; proceeding with Cushing-to-Gulf portion as a discrete project with White House support

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

TransCanada Corporation has informed the US Department of State (DOS) that it plans to file a Presidential Permit application (cross-border permit) in the near future for the Keystone XL Project from the US/Canada border in Montana to Steele City, Nebraska. Our application will include the already reviewed route in Montana and South Dakota.

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TransCanada re-applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit; Trump wants permitting determination in 60 days

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The proposed Keystone XL project consists of a 875-mile (1,408 km) pipeline and related facilities to transport up to 830,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta, Canada and the Bakken Shale Formation in Montana.

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EIA: Permian region expected to drive US crude oil production growth through 2019

Denbury poised to begin construction on Greencore CO2 pipeline for EOR operations in Wyoming and Montana

EIA: new drilling technology revitalizes Powder River Basin oil production

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

ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. expanding cleanup operations in Yellowstone River

US State Department to hold 6 additional public meetings on Keystone XL oil sands pipeline

Transmission Losses: Exxon-Mobil oil pipeline breaks, Yellowstone River fouled

Proposed CA LCFS pathways for corn starch ethanol with carbon capture and sequestration: as low as 37 gCO2e/MJ

Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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

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

EPA and DOT direct ExxonMobil on corrective actions on Silvertip pipeline after rupture

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

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

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

BNSF expands Bakken oil rail transport capacity to 1M barrels per day; overcoming shortage of pipeline capacity

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

PHEV's and Water Consumption

Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

US State Department issues Presidential Permit to TransCanada for Keystone XL

TransCanada to re-apply for Keystone XL cross-border permit; proceeding with Cushing-to-Gulf portion as a discrete project with White House support

TransCanada re-applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit; Trump wants permitting determination in 60 days

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