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Opinion: The Dark Side Of The Shale Bust

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The fallout of the collapse in oil prices has a lot of side effects apart from the decline of rig counts and oil flows. Oil production in North Dakota has exploded over the last five years, from negligible levels before 2010 to well over a million barrels per day, making North Dakota the second largest oil producing state in the country.

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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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Such an increase in capacity could prompt a plunge or even a collapse in oil prices, he suggests. The Bakken and Three Forks fields in North Dakota and Montana alone could become the equivalent of a Persian Gulf-producing country within the United States. million barrels per day and conceivably produce a total of 11.6

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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has been experiencing severe inflation and high gas prices. Inflation is also translating into higher prices for investments, commodities, and particularly transportation. EV’s may be the answer Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as gas prices continue to rise. It's no secret that the U.S.

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Syntec Biofuel and EERC Enter Joint Development Program to Convert Biomass and Waste to Bio-Butanol

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has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. Overview of Syntec’s B2A process. Click to enlarge. Syntec Biofuel Inc. Earlier post.).

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Linc Energy taking stake in aboveground gasification company; potential CTL introduction in US

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Linc says the Pyromex process produces good quality syngas with almost no CO 2 gas emissions, and without the need for the consumption of high volumes of water or power. years to invest a further US$6 million into PowerHouse stock at a 20% discount determined by reference to the market price at time of exercise.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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Additionally, the awardee intends to perform a high-fidelity techno-economic analysis and life-cycle analysis to develop a technology commercialization plan, which would involve obtaining an accurate price estimate for the high-purity oxygen for related biomass gasification.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Market analysis: cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. The earlier 2011 Final EIS was developed contemporaneously with the start of strong growth in domestic light crude oil supply from tight oil formations, such as those formations found in North Dakota’s Bakken region.

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