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Shell has selected Ascension Parish in Louisiana as the location for a potential natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will begin moving forward this year with projects that benefit the industry and those who travel throughout St. James and Ascension parishes.
Heckmann Corporation, a water solutions company focused on water issues worldwide and, in particular, oil and natural gas exploration and production, is teaming up with Encana Natural Gas Inc., Heckmann Corporation was created to buy and build companies in the water sector.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.
a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), has agreed to purchase about 1,200 acres of land near Alexandria, Louisiana, for the planned construction and operation of its first production facility. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Chesapeake invested $155 million in Sundrop Fuels last summer.
Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, and Plug Power Inc., Gabriel, Louisiana will produce 15 tons per day (tpd) of green hydrogen. The first production plant in St. A 2018 study by a team from Argonne National Laboratory (Lee et al. 2018.02.132.
Located near Alexandria, Louisiana, Sundrop Fuels plans to break ground late this year on its inaugural commercial plant, which will produce up to 50 million gallons of renewable gasoline annually. MTG reactor product is separated into gas, raw gasoline and water. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Earlier post.).
The Houston-based oil and gas equipment maker received the order from Diamond Green Diesel LLC. In January, the US Department of Energy offered Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture between Valero Energy Corporation and Darling International Inc., Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Earlier post.). UOP is a Honeywell company.
As we detailed at our recent investor conference, we expect opportunities in the prolific natural gas shales to be a primary driver of future growth at KMP. Combined, the joint venture assets will consist of more than 280 miles of gas gathering pipelines and approximately 112 miles of condensate gathering lines to be in service by year end.
(REG) has entered into an asset purchase agreement under which it would acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corporation, and assume substantially all of the material liabilities of Syntroleum, a Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids and renewable diesel fuel technology company. Syntroleum has 101 patents issued or pending.
Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of the Jack/St. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m). million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The Jack and St. Startup is anticipated in 2014.
Charles, Louisiana. DGD is a joint venture between Diamond Alternative Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients to process recycled animal fat, used cooking oil, and other feedstocks into renewable diesel fuel.). All of these co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero refinery. Used Cooking Oil.
The GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Project Title: Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG). Lead Investigator: Nancy N.
Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of its $4-billion Big Foot project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m).
These 50,000 dead weight tonne vessels will be built with MAN ME-LGI flex fuel engines running on methanol, fuel oil, marine diesel oil, or gas oil. Earlier post.). Methanol is a sulfur-free fuel that provides many environmental and clean burning benefits. The ships will be built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co.,
million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. Louisiana State University. The project focuses on gaps in understanding about the behavior of riser gas under high temperature and pressure.
a a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), has engaged international engineering and construction firm IHI E&C International Corporation, a US subsidiary of Tokyo-based IHI Corporation, as contractor of choice for its inaugural facility near Alexandria, Louisiana. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,
and Syntroleum Corporation. The fuel for the Navy will be manufactured at Dynamic Fuel’s Geismar, Louisiana, renewable fuels plant using US-sourced yellow grease (used cooking oil) as well as Solazyme’s tailored algal oil as feedstocks. Solazyme, Inc., The fuel will be delivered to the U.S. Navy in May 2012.
These projects are to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of non-conventional geothermal energy technologies in three research areas: low temperature fluids, geothermal fluids recovered from oil and gas wells, and highly pressurized geothermal fluids. Energent Corporation - Dixie Valley, Nev. - $1,200,000.
a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for its inaugural biogasoline production facility near Alexandria, Louisiana ( earlier post ). Sundrop Fuels, Inc., The gasification temperature of the HTW gasifier is 700 – 950 °C.).
Triadelphia, WV) This project will pilot-test an open-pond algae production technology that can capture at least 60% of flue gas CO 2 from an industrial coal-fired source to produce biofuel and other high value co-products. The project team plans to process CO 2 -laden flue gas from a Capital Aggregates, Ltd. (DOE Share: $24,243,509).
BP has agreed to acquire a portfolio of world-class unconventional oil and gas assets from BHP. The acquisition will bring BP extensive oil and gas production and resources in the liquids-rich regions of the Permian and Eagle Ford basins in Texas and in the Haynesville gas basin in Texas and Louisiana. On completion, $5.25
Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and anticipates that customer shipments will commence soon. billion in new and existing applications.
Albemarle Corporation has introduced. a new catalyst specifically designed for application to gas oil feeds to increase naphtha yields by as much as 3% while significantly reducing coke, a critical advantage for refiners.
ExxonMobil Corporation is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the US Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period. ExxonMobil is strategically investing in new refining and chemical-manufacturing projects in the US Gulf Coast region to expand its manufacturing and export capacity.
and related entities were filed in US District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. This portion of the criminal recovery will also be directed to significant barrier island restoration and/or river diversion off the coast of Louisiana to further benefit and improve coastal wetlands affected by the oil spill.
Louis Post-Dispatch , the Missouri State Attorney General, along with Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have sued to prevent CARB from banning new ICE vehicles after 2035. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.
The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. Louisiana State University and A&M College , Baton Rouge, La.
Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc. Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc. It also features up to an 80% lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel from petroleum. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
A typical gas pump delivers fuel with 10 percent ethanol, which limits the amount of renewable energy most consumers can purchase at the pump. With a more than 1:1 match from private and state resources, USDA estimates that the BIP grants will support nearly 5,000 pumps at over 1,400 fueling stations across the country. North Carolina.
About 85% of the CO 2 from the process stream will be captured and over 5 million tons sequestered into a depleted oil or gas field. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation. Mississippi Gasification LLC, a Leucadia affiliate, is building a petcoke-to-substitute natural gas plant in Moss Point, Miss., DOE Share: $3,014,666).
The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35,055 feet (10,685 meters) making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry. —Jay Johnson, senior vice president, Upstream, Chevron Corporation. Ownership percentages. – Gila. – – Gibson. – – Guadalupe.
For example, by simplifying and shrinking the process, this approach could enable natural gas refining directly at the wellhead, saving up to half of the energy lost in the ethanol cracking process today. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Louisiana State U.; VRCO; and many more small and medium-sized manufacturers. Missouri U.
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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. INTRODUCTION. 100% for some agricultural processes.
American Electric Power has signed on as a corporate sponsor of The Pickens Plan, proposed by oil and gas industry veteran T. We can’t significantly develop renewable energy resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and introduce competition for liquid transportation fuels without a well-designed, reliable national transmission grid.
GWP is a relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere, with carbon dioxide setting the comparison with a GWP of 1. A significant portion of European demand for the current automobile refrigerant, HFC-134a, is currently supplied from the US, so our new production plant in Louisiana will mirror this arrangement.
Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations. The new Mountains scenario: gas as the energy backbone.
Exxon Mobil Corporation is acquiring XTO Energy Inc. The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. in an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion.
Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.) Hydroprocessing.
The renewable diesel proposals both come from Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) in Louisiana, using used cooking oil (UCO) as a feedstock; the proposals differ in the mode of shipment to California: one by rail, one by ship. Charles, Louisiana in June 2013. No natural gas is used in these processes at the Champway facility. gCO 2 e/MJ.
has signed a full-service lease agreement for 100 compressed natural gas (CNG) sleeper tractors. This is Ryder’s first natural gas lease customer in Canada and its largest single natural gas vehicle customer to date. The natural gas fleet is expected to have a carbon emissions reduction of 2,564 metric tons.
Honeywell’s supply agreement with AGC will help us meet immediate demand for HFO-1234yf, which is steadily increasing in response to concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and the need to comply with regulations. The exact size of the plant will depend on supply agreements that Honeywell is putting in place with major customers.
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