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Strategic Biofuels successfully tests carbon capture and storage for renewable diesel plant

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Strategic Biofuels announced that its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Test Well Program was successfully completed at the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Project (LGF) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. The program used oil field workers and traditional oilfield equipment to advance this green energy project.

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Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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The basic New Oil process. Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock.

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DOE’s BETO holding four alternative fuel workshops over next three weeks

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To support research and development planning efforts within the thermochemical conversion program, the Bioenergy Technologies Office is hosting a Biomass Indirect Liquefaction (IDL) Workshop on 20–21M arch in Golden, Colorado. The Algal Biofuels Strategy Workshop will be held 26–27 March in Charleston, South Carolina.

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EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

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According to an analysis by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), planned additions over the next two years to the US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve the bottleneck at Cushing, Oklahoma which has been caused by the oversupply of oil resulting from the growth of crude oil production in the US mid-continent and Canada.

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USDA awarding $136M to five major research projects focused in part on developing cellulosic drop-in aviation fuels

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US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced five major agricultural research projects aimed at developing regional, renewable energy markets, generating rural jobs, and decreasing America’s dependence on foreign oil. A team of researchers led by Louisiana State University received $17.2

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Phillips 66 to convert Alliance Refinery to terminal facility

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The conversion is expected to take place in 2022. The Alliance Refinery, located on the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 25 miles south of New Orleans, employs approximately 500 employees and 400 contractors. The refinery processes mainly light, low-sulfur crude oil. to a terminal facility.

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