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APRIL 10, 2021

Starfire Energy, a Colorado-based developer of modular chemical plants for the carbon-free production of ammonia and hydrogen, has closed a major funding round. Proceeds will be used to advance the development of commercial-scale applications to decarbonize ammonia production and unlock its potential as a zero-carbon energy carrier.

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

Under the terms of the agreements, Chevron Canada Limited will acquire all of the interests currently owned by affiliates of EOG Resources Canada Inc. Operatorship of both facilities will transfer to Chevron Canada Limited. and Encana Corporation in the proposed Kitimat LNG Project and PTP.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Source: Chevron. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, will proceed with the development of the large Gorgon natural gas project offshore Western Australia. The Greater Gorgon Area—comprising the Jansz and Gorgon fields—has projected natural gas resources equivalent to 6.7 Source: Chevron.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Chevron Corporation’s Australian subsidiaries have signed additional binding agreements with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) offtake and equity interests in the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project. Joe Geagea, president, Chevron Gas and Midstream. MTPA and a domestic gas plant.

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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. Source: Chevron. Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e.,

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JULY 17, 2013

A subsidiary of Chevron Corporation signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. that furthers the development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province. Earlier post.) The agreement calls for initial outlays of approximately $1.24 Earlier post.).

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JULY 7, 2021

Aker Solutions has been awarded a major contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide a subsea gas compression system for the Jansz-Io field, offshore Western Australia. The scope covers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the all-electric subsea gas compression system. Earlier post.)

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Gas Chevron Gas-Electric Australia 243

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MARCH 22, 2020

A coalition of major oil & gas, power, automotive, fuel cell, and hydrogen companies have developed and released the full new report, a “ Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy. ” In addition, if the right actions are taken now a competitive hydrogen industry can meet 14 percent of US energy demand by 2050. Inc; Audi; Chevron; Cummins Inc.;

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Economy Hydrogen Chevron Low Cost 521

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Only two days earlier I had been at a meeting to plan our response and action if Garcetti were to choose to repower the plants to burn more gas for the next 30-40 years. But then on Monday afternoon word started to stream through that the Mayor was embracing the Green New Deal for Los Angeles and would announce there would be no gas repower.

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Los Angeles Chevron Climate Pollution 268

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA Inc. that identifies, evaluates and demonstrates emerging technologies, launched a demonstration project to test the viability of using solar energy to produce oil. The project uses more than 7,600 mirrors to focus the sun’s energy onto a solar boiler.

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JULY 6, 2011

GE Oil & Gas will supply three customized aeroderivative gas turbine-generator modules to provide reliable electric power for a new Chevron floating production unit that will produce oil and gas from the Jack and St. million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The LM2500+G4. The LM2500+G4. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company; Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron USA; and Hyzon Motors are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Chevron Products Company, a Chevron USA Inc. Delo 400 SD SAE 15W-30 is an API CJ-4 heavy duty diesel engine oil formulated using a new Chevron patent pending technology to provide key benefits for engines with “severe duty” cycles in on- and off-highway applications.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Chesapeake Energy Corporation entered into multiple agreements to sell the vast majority of its Permian properties, substantially all of its midstream assets and certain noncore leasehold for total net cash proceeds of approximately $6.9 a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. billion of term loans during the 2012 fourth quarter.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Propel Fuels announced a multi-year agreement with Pacific Convenience and Fuels (PC&F) to co-locate Propel Clean Fuel Points (E85/biodiesel) with PC&F gas stations and convenience stores throughout the Western US.

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MARCH 31, 2012

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell announced that two major milestones have been met in the state’s effort to bring Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. The North Slope holds more than 35 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas. Positioning North Slope gas for a large-scale gas pipeline project.

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JANUARY 5, 2013

Source: Chevron. Hebron co-venturers are Chevron Canada Limited (26.7%), Suncor Energy Inc. 22.7%), Statoil Canada (9.7%) and Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas (4.9%). Capital cost for the project, which is expected to begin oil production around the end of 2017, is estimated at $14 billion. Location of Hebron field.

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Oil Chevron Canada Corporation 356

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chevron Corporation announced a $32.7 Included in the 2012 program are $3 billion of planned expenditures by affiliates, which do not require cash outlays by Chevron. By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 China: development of the Chuandongbei natural gas project.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Artist’s rendering of a GE Frame-7 gas turbine, similar to the units that GE Oil & Gas is supplying for the Gorgon project. The Greater Gorgon Area—comprising the Jansz and Gorgon fields—has projected natural gas resources equivalent to 6.7 First gas is planned for 2014. First gas is planned for 2014.

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Gas Oil Chevron Production 210

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

One of the world’s legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina’s shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production in South America’s largest unconventional prize—and a big boost for both supermajors and smaller players making big waves in the heart of new discovery areas. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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Argentina Chevron Oil Gas 319

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.

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Austin Gas Emissions Production 218

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MAY 14, 2012

Oil and gas services company Schlumberger defines artificial lift as any system that adds energy to the fluid column in a wellbore with the objective of initiating and improving production from the well. Artificial-lift systems use a range of operating principles, including rod pumping, gas lift and electric submersible pumps.

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Oil-Sands Companies Chevron Energy 210

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To reduce the number of accidents in the global oil and gas industry caused by damaged pipelines, University of Houston researchers are developing an autonomous robot to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections. Rendering of the SmartTouch technology now in development.

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Oil Gas Chevron Houston 221

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APRIL 11, 2012

Clathrate hydrate formation and subsequent plugging of deep-sea oil and gas pipelines represent a significant bottleneck for deep-sea oil and gas operations. Current methods for hydrate mitigation are expensive and energy intensive, comprising chemical, thermal, or flow management techniques.

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JUNE 24, 2023

MOL) and Chevron Singapore signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic alliance aimed at lowering the carbon intensity of the marine energy industry. MOL is honored to have the opportunity to jointly study GHG emission reductions through this MoU with Chevron. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist.

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Austin Universal Texas Gas 210

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

South African energy and chemicals group Sasol today announced that it has chosen the southwestern region of the State of Louisiana as the site for a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. —Gas to Liquids Life Cycle Assessment Synthesis Report.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

A group comprising 17 oil and gas companies has established a project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. Statoil is the operator of the project. The Barents Sea Shelf lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle. The project will immediately initiate a tender process for the seismic acquisition.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevron Corporation has examined the chemical composition and properties of several diesel fuels and blendstocks derived from Fischer?Tropsch Energy & Fuels. terpenoid hydrocarbon from sugar fermentation. hydroisomerized camelina oil. hydroisomerized algal oil.

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MAY 6, 2012

The market for water treatment for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to produce previously inaccessible shale gas will grow nine-fold to $9 billion in 2020, according to a new report from Lux Research. GasFrac, with technology licensed from Chevron, uses high-pressure propane, rather than high-pressure water, to fracture gas wells.

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Water 2020 Market Chevron 240

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AUGUST 6, 2022

The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions. High production volume is assumed unless explicitly specified. Fuel production pathways considered.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

billion Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil) and with support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta. Shell will proceed with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. —Mark Zoback.

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DECEMBER 21, 2013

Chevron, GreenPex, Shell and NUNAOIL are awarded an exclusive licence to exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Greenland Sea area, licence bloc 9 (“Umimmak”). It is with great pleasure, I note that we were able to attract the largest oil companies in the world to explore for oil and gas in our area. Source: NUNAOIL.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

Biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group, Inc. Oh, Renewable Energy Group President and CEO. Investors in LS9 included CTTV Investments LLC, the venture capital arm of Chevron Technology Ventures LLC; Flagship Ventures; Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. REG) has acquired LS9, Inc., —Daniel J.

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JUNE 14, 2009

Gas hydrate accumulations at one of the drill sites (Walker Ridge). The Gulf of Mexico is thus the first offshore area in the United States with enough information to identify gas hydrate energy resource targets with potential for gas production. Source: JIP. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

State-owned oil companies are retaining their dominant position in the world petroleum industry according to Energy Intelligence ’s annual ranking of the world’s top 50 oil and gas companies, which was published today in Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW). The Top 50 companies produce 75% of global oil output.

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