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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The systems are easily installed at the fleet owner’s site and are fully warranted.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Carbon emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon have dropped 57% from 2004 to 2011, according to new data recently released by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo. Illegal logging in the Amazon peaked in 2004, when 27,700 square kilometers of forests were cleared.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. In axial-flow configurations, noted Müller and co-authors in a 2004 paper, pure scavenging is a challenging task.

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JULY 12, 2021

Natural gas prices declined to multi-year lows; however, the share of gas in primary energy continued to rise, reaching a record high of 24.7%. bbl in 2020—the lowest since 2004. Carbon emissions from energy use fell by more than 6% in 2020, the largest decline since 1945. The US (-2.3 million b/d), the European Union (-1.5

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AUGUST 25, 2011

The Marcellus Shale contains about 84.198 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.379 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids, according to a new geology-based assessment by the US Geological Survey (USGS). billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

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JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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APRIL 14, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 30 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2021. In 2021, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,340.2 of US greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.

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MAY 19, 2011

Originally passed into law in 2004 as an incentive for the purchase of hybrid vehicles, the current yellow sticker program was set to expire at the end of 2010. Vehicles achieving this ILEV rating include battery electric (BEV), hydrogen electric fuel cell (FCEV) and dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

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JULY 30, 2010

JGC, INPEX and BASF have entered into an agreement to carry out joint demonstration tests on a new technology for effectively capturing and recovering CO 2 contained in natural gas. The tests will be carried out at INPEX’s Koshijihara natural gas plant (Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture) starting August 2010.

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APRIL 15, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4% Tg in 2004, and since then have declined about 3%. 2009 US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. from the previous year. Tg in 2007, an increase of 21% percent (197.5

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2007 Emissions EPA Gas 150

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Verkehr und Wasser GmbH (VWG) in Oldenburg, Germany has acquired 15 new MAN Lion’s City 12 G EfficientHybrid natural gas buses. Since the stored electricity is also used while driving, the natural gas engine has to generate less energy and fuel consumption is further reduced. Bio natural gas has been used since 2013.

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Gas-Electric 2004 Gas Store 221

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JULY 15, 2009

Oil and gas drilling in the US in the second quarter of 2009 fell 46% year-on-year to an estimated 8,038 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Quarterly Well Completion Report: Second Quarter. This activity corresponds to levels in 2003-2004.

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JULY 13, 2016

The California Energy Commission will award up to $4 million ( GFO-16-501 ) to projects to to support the research and development of heavy-duty off-road vehicles powered by conventional or renewable natural gas. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established the surcharge and program in August 2004.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Injected oxygen and steam react with the carbon char to produce a synthesis gas (syngas), comprised predominately of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Syngas exits the top of the gasifier vessel and into the heat recovery and gas cleaning isles. Sierra Energy was founded in Davis, California in 2004.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Renault Trucks is now launching the D Wide CNG Euro 6, which operates equally well on natural gas or bio-methane fuel (biogas). Renault Trucks has been developing and selling vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its Distribution range since 2004. Operating range is up to 400 km (249 miles) in urban environments.

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Gas Engine 2004 Diesel 150

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The report also shows all 14 large automotive manufacturers achieved compliance with the Light-duty Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards through at least MY2020. Since MY 2004, average fuel economy in the US has increased by 32%, or 6.1 Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 25%, or by 114 g/mi. Source: EPA.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Fuel 243

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

is developing the Thermo Acoustic Power Stick (TAPS)—a micro-combined heat and power (µ-CHP) system for home use that converts gas into electricity and provides for domestic water and space heating. Backhaus (2004) “ Design of a High Efficiency Power Source (HEPS) Based on Thermoacoustic Technology ,” Final report, NASA contract no.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

X120 linepipe is 50% stronger than the strongest linepipe steel (X80) commonly used in gas transmission pipelines and is a cost effective and safe method of transporting natural gas from remote regions to urban customers using high-pressure, large-diameter pipelines. 2004) Development of Ultra-high-strength Linepipe, X120.

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Grant 2004 Gas Transportation 186

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JANUARY 24, 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California have announced a single timeframe for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Economy EPA 2017 Economy 170

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. The DOE-funded Amerigon thermoelectric project originally began in 2004 as one of several projects targeting fuel economy improvements in light-duty vehicles of 10%.

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Fuel Economy Energy Waste Vehicles 341

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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). EDGAR is a detailed overview of 35 years (from 1970 to 2005) of greenhouse gas emissions by country and emission sector.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

The Petrobras Orca–1 exploratory well (Tayrona Block) has revealed a natural gas accumulation in Colombian Caribbean deep waters, 40 km off the coast of La Guajira. The natural gas accumulation was confirmed at 3,600 meters (11,811 feet). Petrobras is the operator (40%), in partnership with Ecopetrol (30%), and Repsol (30%).

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Water 2004 Grant Gas 199

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MARCH 11, 2020

The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. Since 2004, NFI has delivered 50 buses to LTD, including New Flyer transit buses and low-floor cutaway buses from NFI sister company ARBOC.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 23%, or 108 g/mi, and fuel economy has increased 30%, or 5.8 The report also assesses compliance performance for individual automakers, and for the US fleet as a whole, with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. 0 g/mi—and highest fuel economy, at 113.7

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel 2004 221

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MARCH 7, 2019

Since MY 2004, fuel economy and CO 2 emissions have improved in eleven out of thirteen years. The report also assesses compliance performance for individual automakers and for the US fleet as a whole with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. Estimated Real-World CO 2 and Fuel Economy. Source: EPA.

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Fuel Economy 2017 Economy EPA 268

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In 2004, Asif Faiz and Surhid Gautam, both of the World Bank, published a paper in the International Journal of Vehicle Design exploring different technical and policy options for reducing emissions from 2-stroke engines. —Faiz and Gautam (2004). ASME ICEF2012-92047).

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Calysta is using its proprietary BioGTL biological gas-to-liquids platform to convert natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons. 2004) Genomic insights into methanotrophy: The complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Click to enlarge. One of the most surprising outcomes of the project, Ward et al. capsulatus.

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Low Cost Convert Engine Energy 225

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JUNE 1, 2013

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has levied a cease-and-desist order, accompanied by a $153-million disgorgement payment, against Total SA, the France-based oil and gas major, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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2004 Iran Oil France 186

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

The resulting analyses, maps and report give further insights into the growing impacts of oil sands development on Alberta’s and Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. megatonnes of CO 2 eq in 2004, 35.8 These land-use change emissions have not previously been measured nor reported by governments and industry. megatonnes of CO 2.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Gas 191

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Succinic acid, a four carbon dicarboxylic acid, has the potential to be a key building block for deriving both commodity and specialty chemicals, according to a US Department of Energy 2004 assessment of top value-added chemicals that could be derived from biomass.

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Production 2004 Low Cost Polymer 210

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, says it strongly disagrees with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary conclusions on fracking in its draft report related to the groundwater study in the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35,055 feet (10,685 metres) making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry. BP is the largest producer of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico with net production of more than 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. Greenhouse gas emission trends, projections and targets in the EU. Twenty-two Member States have emitted less than their annual greenhouse gas emission targets under the ESD set for 2016.

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Emissions Transportation 2017 2016 257

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MAY 15, 2021

Topsoe has been developing and refining HydroFlex technology since 2004. The HTCR is a heat-exchange steam reformer in which process gas is heated primarily by flue gas. The HTCR is a heat-exchange steam reformer in which process gas is heated primarily by flue gas.

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Renewable Diesel Energy Kansas 218

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JANUARY 19, 2011

The gas engine will remain off if the accumulator charge is sufficient to drive the motor. In 2004, EPA had combined a full series hydraulic hybrid system with a diesel engine in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV. In 2004, EPA had combined a full series hydraulic hybrid system with a diesel engine in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV.

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MAY 29, 2014

Its first two-seat Insight wasn''t close enough to the mainstream--and the first Honda Accord Hybrid in 2004 didn''t post gas-mileage numbers that were all that great. Honda was the first car company to sell a hybrid in the U.S. by a few months, but it hasn''t done nearly as well with its hybrids as Toyota has done with its Prius.

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