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Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2011

TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. The tar sands are estimated (e.g., However, if the tar.

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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

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. 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. Earlier post.).

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USGS to update Bakken Formation oil assessment based on new geological information; potential for greater recovery

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Source: USGS. Click to enlarge. billion barrels.

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TransCanada re-applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit; alternative Nebraska route not yet determined

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MAY 4, 2012

The application includes the already reviewed route in Montana and South Dakota; TransCanada will supplement its new application with an alternative route in Nebraska as soon as that route is selected. Once a route is finalized, it will be submitted as part of the Presidential Permit application. Earlier post.).

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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

It is here where members of the Sioux Nation began what was to rapidly grow into a historic demonstration against the Dakota Access (oil) Pipeline—challenging the notion that the fossil fuel industry could have its way on and near Tribal lands. Standing Rock. million in funding for the UMITEVCCN.

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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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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The cooperative agreements are through NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) as part of its Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-2 investment strategy. Improving Water Management, Treatment and Recovery in Oil and Gas Production. Murray State University.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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JUNE 24, 2010

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass. Woody biomass, oil seed, grasses, cereal crop residue. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

All these programs have potential effects on the LCFS and the movement/use of low carbon fuels around the world.The concept of harmonizing does not necessarily require that fuel-based GHG programs in different parts of the world be identical. Earlier post.). BC is participating in federal development of sustainability criteria in Canada.

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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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Poet-DSM pausing production of cellulosic ethanol at Project Liberty, shifting to R blames EPA

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

As part of this effort, the joint venture will use biomass stored on site or already under contract and will not purchase additional biomass at this time. The team needed to sustain R&D efforts has been evaluated and the joint venture will move forward with a reduced headcount in February. —Hugh Welsh, President DSM North America.

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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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The existing Keystone Pipeline is a 3,460-kilometer (2,150-mile) pipeline that transports crude oil from the oil sands in Alberta to markets in the American Midwest at Wood River and Patoka in Illinois, and at Cushing, Oklahoma. Our application will include the already reviewed route in Montana and South Dakota.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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APRIL 16, 2009

We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

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Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

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

USGS to update Bakken Formation oil assessment based on new geological information; potential for greater recovery

TransCanada re-applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit; alternative Nebraska route not yet determined

The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

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

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Poet-DSM pausing production of cellulosic ethanol at Project Liberty, shifting to R blames EPA

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

Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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