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DECEMBER 2, 2022

This proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation’s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025. This proposed rule would reduce US oil imports by roughly 160,000 to 180,000 barrels of oil per year over the time frame of the proposed rule, 2023 to 2025.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Columbia and Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas says it has: “No question we’re seeing the effects of lower oil prices throughout the economy.”. decline curves eventually catch up with fewer rigs, oil supplies should start to fall.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Exxon Mobil has started production at its Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, Canada ahead of schedule; the expansion is expected to double overall capacity to 220,000 barrels of bitumen a day, with the expansion itself ultimately expected to reach 110,000 barrels per day. Kearl will access approximately 4.6 Earlier post.).

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APRIL 11, 2009

Increasing population, heightened per capita water demands, regional droughts, and concerns over climate change have combined to make water issues even more pressing. Develop watershed resource flow modeling to support water supply and disposal issues related to siting and permitting for shale gas development.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

MAHLE is developing a modular fuel cell systems portfolio focused on commercial vehicles, based on its current range of components. Fuel cells are also sensitive to oil admixtures. The electric compressor used to compress the supply air flow must therefore be oil-free. Water separators. Compressor. Humidifier.

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Commercial Fuel Vehicles Water 223

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Results from a new modeling assessment of contamination in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) suggest that officially reported emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in that region have been greatly underestimated. Accounting for evaporative emissions (e.g., Average emissions densities from Shen et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 12 July 2012 to discuss the lifecycle assessment of crude oil production within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Draft Version A of the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE), supporting documentation for the model (by Hassan M.

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AUGUST 11, 2012

The International Energy Agency’s August Oil Market Report (OMR) trims 2012/2013 oil demand expectations by 300-400 thousand barrels per day (kb/d), although annual growth remains in an 800-900 kb/d range both years. Highlights of the August OMR include: Sluggish economic growth could restrict annual oil demand growth to 0.9

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MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. That WTW range is lower than that determined by a number of other studies, IHS CERA notes.).

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. The battery is used to store braking energy, to boost acceleration and for auxiliary supply.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

UK Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, unveiled a well-capping device developed by the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) at the SPE Offshore Europe 2011 conference in Aberdeen. At water depths of between 100m and 3,048m (328ft to 10,000ft). The OSPRAG well-capping device. Click to enlarge.

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Oil United Kingdom Water 2010 218

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The technology company supplies automotive manufacturers with electric motors for different vehicle types—from hybrid and electric axle drives for electric passenger cars to electric central drives for commercial vehicles. The performance range is 50 kW to 550 kW, with torques of 75 N·m to 1,500 N·m.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Data: California DOGGR. Click to enlarge. Source: Chevron. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)—the country’s national academy of the arts, humanities and sciences—has released an expert panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the Canadian oil sands industry. Impacts on the regional water supply. Impacts on regional water quality and groundwater quantity.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Industrial 225

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APRIL 6, 2021

NuScale Power has developed a new modular light water reactor nuclear power plant to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, and other process heat applications. NuScale has signed and announced agreements with entities in the US and internationally.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The US Geological Survey has released its first estimate of the potential of undiscovered, technically recoverable onshore shale oil and gas resources in Alaska’s North Slope. However, the recent success of shale oil and shale gas development in the lower-48 states demonstrates the technical viability of such resources, USGS said.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Depending on the vehicle equipment and configuration, WLTP ranges of more than 550 kilometers (342 miles) can be expected for European vehicles (with the exception of AMG models). The modular drive concept enables high overall performance and a long range. A water lance in the shaft of the rotor cools it from the inside.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. To overcome these shortcomings, a novel technical approach based on high-temperature water chemistry, known as catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH), has been proposed.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Award amounts range from $500,000 to $80 million, with most receiving at least $2 million. Under this project, Algenesis will demonstrate a scaled supply process for generating polyurethane monomers at sufficient quantity to produce a line of prototype consumer products with our corporate partners.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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MARCH 17, 2009

Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States. With increasing frequency ,” write the Pacific Institute researchers, “ we value energy production over water production. ”. by Jack Rosebro. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge. Climate change.

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Water Climate Change Energy Climate 150

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AUGUST 13, 2021

The California Energy Commission has approved a 4-million grant to Equilon Enterprises LLC (dba Shell Oil Products US) to develop and demonstrate the first multi-modal hydrogen refueling station in California. The Port of West Sacramento is a deep-water port which opened for commerce in 1963.

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Hydrogen Sacramento Mariner San Francisco 170

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JUNE 8, 2019

The peak torque of 500 N·m (480 N·m for the basic version) is available in a range of 5000-5250 rpm (4750-5000 rpm in the basic version). The engine developers were also able to realize a dynamically increasing torque curve in the lower engine speed range, thereby improving agility. 180-degree rotation. Turbocharger.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. Video of processing the boom material. Click to launch.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Continental will exhibit hoses and lines that increase the efficiency—and thus the range delivered and durability—of the batteries in electric vehicles at the IAA 2107 show in Frankfurt am Main in September. In addition, Continental has developed hose lines for battery tempering using oil instead of water as the coolant.

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Batteries Battery Oil Water 150

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Power steering is electric and as a result we don’t need to check the power steering oil level as there isn’t any. The other is the hybrid battery (nickel-metal in the Gen2), responsible for the charge and supplying the cabin with electricity, including the climate control. Priuses can burn oil. petrol engine is not running.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. Source: Cleveland and O’Connor.

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Oil Cleveland Carbon Boston 199

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives.

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APRIL 12, 2023

VW’s next-generation powertrain is expected to improve the performance and range of the car models in the ID.Family. It should also increase the range of VW’s all-electric vehicles. It also has an energy-saving cooling system that works without an electrically driven oil pump.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

High / Very High Temperature Reactors (HTGRs / VHTRs) are primarily dedicated to the generation of electricity and/or high temperature heat—with hydrogen, being extracted from water by using thermo-chemical, electro-chemical or hybrid processes.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

US crude oil production for October averaged 5.36 The October production figures continue to detail the industry’s success story in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly the deep waters, as well as the way new technologies have helped bring on new production both offshore and onshore. Crude production from the Lower 48 states averaged 4.67

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Due to their high operating temperatures of up to 850 °C and the possibility of supplying the required energy in the form of heat, significantly higher electrical efficiencies can be achieved than with low-temperature electrolyzers. The electrolysis system is supplied by Dresden company Sunfire. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The new technology, developed and extensively field-tested by ExxonMobil, more efficiently removes water vapor present during the production of natural gas. The water-rich glycol is regenerated using a conventional system and is sent back to the droplet generator to be used again.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Neste Oil is continuing its research into the potential for using algae oil as a feedstock for producing NExBTL renewable diesel by taking part in two research projects starting this summer to test various methods for growing algae in outdoor conditions. —Markku Patajoki, the Head of Neste Oil’s Biotechnology Group.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Log scale plot of illustrative water consumption by energy-related activity. In the examples cited in the report, biomass for biofuels has the largest and widest ranging footprint: from 24,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in the Netherlands to 143,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in Zimbabwe. Water is everybody’s business. Data: WBCSD (2009).

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