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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Much of the oil sands resource (5% - 14% ore grade by wt.)

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Ford increases soy content in foam, adds head restraint as newest component for sustainable material

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Seventy-five percent of Ford’s North American vehicles feature bio-foam in the head restraints, including the Ford F-150, Taurus, Explorer and Fusion. The extended use of soy foam results from the continued research collaboration between Ford and Lear; Ford first used sustainable soybean oil-derived seating foam on the 2008 Mustang.

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Ford Adds Soy Foam Seat Cushions To Explorer; Nearly 100% of North American Lineup to Feature Soy Foam By End of 2010

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To date, Ford Taurus, Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Crown Victoria, Escape, Edge, Expedition and Econoline, as well as Mercury Mariner and Grand Marquis, Lincoln MKS, MKX, MKT and Navigator use the sustainable material. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Ford Revamps 2011 F-150 Powertrain Lineup; New EcoBoost 3.5L V6 20% More Fuel Efficient Than 2010 Model Year 5.4L V8

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2011 Ford F-150 3.5-liter The 2011 Ford F-150 is receiving an extensive powertrain overhaul, featuring four new truck engines, all coupled to a revised six-speed automatic transmission. The F-Series is Ford’s top-seller. For the first seven months of the year, F-Series sales reached 290,794 units, up 34.7%

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BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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billion barrels of oil equivalent—with 2P (proved plus probable) reserves now estimated at 7 tcf. In early 2008, we announced our first investment in Australia. Those contractors include: Bechtel Oil and Gas, Inc., Total gross discovered coal seam gas reserves and resources presently amount to an estimated 17.3 Become a 2.5%

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NextFuels introduces hydrothermal process to produce biofuels from wet, unprocessed waste; solution for palm plantation residue

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The underlying technology—developed by Shell Oil over several years—will allow NextFuels and its partners to produce bio-based crude at commercial scale for $75 to $85 a barrel out of wet biomass that has not been mechanically or thermally dried. to 6 metric tons of agricultural waste is generated for each metric ton of oil.

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Background on the 2.0L diesel engines at the core of the Volkswagen emissions testing debacle

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liter unit introduced in the US in 2008 in the Jetta as Volkswagen’s first Tier 2 Bin 5/CA LEV II-compliant (i.e., Due to the high thermal stability of the sulfates, significant levels of sulfur reduction are only possible at temperatures above 620 ˚C (1150 ˚F). This component converts gases and traps the soot in the oil.

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