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APRIL 3, 2012

Solazyme produces tailored oils using heterotrophic algae grown in industrial fermenters. Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. Algae-based renewable oil company Solazyme, Inc. will have an expected annual production capacity of 100,000 metric tons of oil. Source: Solazyme. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will consider at its December 2011 meeting amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Since the regulation went into effect [15 April 2010], regulated parties have operated under the LCFS program with no significant compliance issues. High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Air Resources Board re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( LCFS ), which requires a 10% reduction by 2020 in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. If a product is above the annual carbon intensity target, the fuel incurs deficits. The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ). 95.61 [ 1 ].

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

and Cosan SA Industria e Comércio have executed a binding agreement to establish a joint venture for the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils. The parties announced that they had entered into a term sheet for this joint venture in June 2010. Amyris, Inc. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 23, 2014

million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States. Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. This will vary based on the type of product transported.

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MARCH 21, 2014

The 2010 baseline Crude Average CI value is 11.39 The Board approved revisions to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard in 2011, which became effective on 26 November 2012, and were implemented by ARB on 1 January 2013. All crude oil produced in and offshore of California is assumed to be refined in California. 2,925,958 barrels.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Researchers at TU Delft (The Netherlands) and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain) have developed a new concept to increase the efficiency of the catalytic cracking of unsaturated vegetable oil to greatly increase the production of gasoline and light olefins (propene and butenes). Biofuels pathways.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell plc will proceed with its Carmon Creek project in Alberta, Canada, expected to produce up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day. Carmon Creek is a thermal in situ project that is 100% Shell owned and will be part of the company’s broader production, refining and marketing business across the full value chain in North America.

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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APRIL 26, 2018

All three companies violated provisions of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Kern Oil & Refining agreed to a penalty of $90,000 and forfeiture of 15,838 LCFS credits for misreporting the type of low carbon fuel it sold (These credits are currently worth nearly two million dollars.).

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MAY 26, 2021

This is the second revamp of the hydrotreater, following a revamp in 2010 that upgraded the unit to co-process 30% renewable feedstock using Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. This unit will benefit from Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce clean renewable diesel based on various renewable feedstocks, including rapeseed oil.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

is not important as long as all facets of fuel production (feedstock production, feedstock transportation, fuel production, fuel transportation and storage, and ILUC) and fuel use are similarly considered. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The harmonization of LCFS programs is not without risks.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

A status review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( earlier post ) for the period of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 by Dr. Sonia Yeh at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and Julie Witcover found that regulated parties in the LCFS—i.e., million), for a net surplus of 0.80 million tonnes CO 2 e.

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OCTOBER 22, 2011

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved a supplemental Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by BP for deepwater oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the 44 th plan that has been approved following the completion of a site-specific EA since stronger regulations were implemented in June 2010.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates in the April 2010 release of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 6.6% in 2010 and 1.1% EIA projects that world oil consumption will grow by 1.5 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2010 and 1.6

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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 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Reduced transmission friction thanks to the use of low viscosity oils. Variable flow oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump. Variable displacement oil pump.

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APRIL 27, 2015

The end hydrocarbon products are 30% blendable with ASTM petroleum fuels. The Battelle team has set its sights on achieving the near-commercial standard of 4,000 hours in the near future; 4,000 hours represents about half a year of continuous operation, Abdullah noted. This produces a vapor, which is then condensed to form bio-oil.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the reference case for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 ( AEO2010 ) released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Shell Oil Company is now producing oil from what it says is the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development. Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the Perdido regional DVA (direct vertical access) spar is the deepest spar production facility in the world. Perdido produced its first oil and gas on 31 March 2010.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

O’Neill, Eastern District of California, ruled on Thursday that the State of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program is in violation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution and issued an injunction prohibiting its enforcement. Federal District Judge Lawrence J. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. Driven by increasing population, urbanization and rising living standards, the world will require some 35% more energy in 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s annual forecast report: Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040.

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JULY 13, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2): cellulosic biofuel; biomass-based diesel; advanced biofuel; and renewable fuel. million ethanol-equivalent gallons (representing 5 - 17.1 million physical gallons).

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JULY 8, 2010

meets the key international standards for alternative aviation fuels, according to the company. Under the agreement, biojet produced from Evogene castor oil through UOP’s Green Jet technology, is expected to undergo additional advanced testing by NASA and AFRL. The analysis was conducted by Evogene, Inc., Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a reduction in the cellulosic biofuel and total renewable fuel standards (RFS) for 2014. billion gallons; the final 2013 overall volumes and standards require 16.55 EPA is proposing to maintain the biomass-based diesel standard for 2014 and 2015 at the 2013 level of 1.28

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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. The 2008 USGS assessment estimated 3.0 billion barrels.

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MAY 19, 2009

Linde has executed a new long term contract with PdV Midwest Refining LLC to supply hydrogen to the company’s CITGO Lemont, Illinois, oil refinery. The hydrogen will be produced by a new plant that Linde is building for CITGO’s production of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Dagenham Engine Plant is Ford’s largest diesel engine production facility globally, and produced the first EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) in April this year.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Begun in December 2007, development of the Pazflor oil field 150 kilometers (93 miles) offshore Angola is one of the biggest projects currently operated by Total. The Pazflor oil field comprises four reservoirs. One of them, Acacia, was formed around 25 million years ago in the Oligocene and contains light oil. Pazflor SSU.

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MARCH 13, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff has released for public comment four new Tier 2 renewable diesel (RD) pathways using soy oil, used cooking oil, tallow, and corn oil at the Diamond Green facility in St. All of these co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero refinery.

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JULY 23, 2010

EU biodiesel production increased 16.6% This increase is well below the increases in production in three of the four prior years (35% in. Despite this lower production increase, the EU remains the. In 2009, biodiesel represented about 75% of biofuels produced in Europe (bio-ethanol fuel production last year being.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign oil every day, and about 40% of that going to OPEC. [ Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 27, 2010

A team from University Technology Petronas—established in 1997 when the Malaysian government invited its national oil company Petronas to set up a university—has found that the upgrading of bio-oil resulting from the pyrolysis of palm shell via hydrodeoxygenation into higher value fuel hydrocarbons can be economically viable.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

The production version of Audi’s battery electric e-tron quattro SUV ( earlier post ), due out in 2018, is an important vehicle for the brand, and especially for Audi of America, which is driving many of the requirements for the C-segment electric SUV. plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025. Earlier post. ).

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply.

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APRIL 7, 2020

As part of its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030 long-term technology development program, the company is committed to reducing its average Well-to-Wheel CO 2 emissions to 50% of 2010 levels by 2030, and to 90% by 2050. Improving productivity and reducing costs are fundamental to the widespread future availability of algae biofuels.

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