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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees, removing 228,000 cars off the road or recycling 374,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. Commerce City, Colo.; El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.;

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ENVIA suspends operations at Oklahoma City GTL plant

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The Board of ENVIA Energy (ENVIA) has decided to suspend operations at the Oklahoma City gas-to-liquids plant ( earlier post ) and to undertake a review of strategic alternatives in order to preserve the value inherent in the facility. The ENVIA plant uses Velocys Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce premium wax, diesel and naphtha.

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BP acquiring upstream portion of Clean Energy’s renewable gas business for $155M

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Renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel—biomethane—is produced entirely from organic waste. as well as Clean Energy’s share of two facilities under construction in Oklahoma City, Okla. The assets which BP will acquire are Clean Energy’s existing biomethane production facilities in Canton, Mich. and North Shelby, Tenn.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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Ground Water Protection Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Okla. This project will evaluate the potential for combining and treating two waste streams (flowback water and acid mine drainage) for reuse as a frac fluid, and will also develop novel viscosity modifiers for water high in total dissolved solids.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project. A CNG fueling station will be constructed at 2 of the recipient’s, Allied Waste, locations.