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ExxonMobil to proceed with $14B Hebron heavy oil project off Canada’s East Coast; more than 700B barrels of oil

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JANUARY 5, 2013

Exxon Mobil Corporation will develop the Hebron oil field offshore the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador using a gravity-based structure that will recover more than 700 million barrels of oil, an increase from earlier estimates. The platform is being designed for daily production of 150,000 barrels of oil.

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ONGC: Russia’s Sakhalin-1 oil output at 200,000 bpd

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MAY 30, 2023

India’s state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) said that oil output from the Sakhalin-1 project in Russia has returned to a plateau level of 190,000 - 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) from zero. In April 2023, Russia’s Rosneft offered dividend payments to OVL against its 20% stake, rather than equity oil.

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US Treasury allows Chevron to resume oil production in Venezuela, delivery to US only

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued Venezuela General License (GL) 41 , authorizing Chevron Corporation to resume limited natural resource extraction operations in Venezuela. from receiving profits from the oil sales by Chevron. Chevron currently holds a 39.2% Chevron also holds a 25.2%

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Venezuela Chevron Oil Production

Titanium Corporation receives patent for improved solvent recovery from oil sands tailings

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Titanium Corporation Inc. has secured what it calls a critical patent for its innovative technology which recovers hydrocarbon diluents (solvents) from oil sands tailings. Heavy minerals exist in Alberta’s oil sands in minor quantities. Earlier post.). Dr. Moran also collaborated with Dr.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Former president of Shell Oil calls for aggressive action on alternative fuels to break oil monopoly on transportation

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APRIL 30, 2013

John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil Company and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy (CFAE), is joining the Fuel Freedom Foundation (FFF) Advisory Board. There will not be enough oil to stay on the path we’re on globally over the short- and medium-, let alone the long-term. We need a competitor for oil.

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Neste Oil de-emphasizing microbial oil R&D for renewable diesel; seeking other uses for cellulosic biomass

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Despite the decision to de-emphasize microbial oil, Neste Oil emphasized that cellulosic waste will continue to play an important role in its research strategy, adding that it remains committed to its goal of further extending its feedstock base and making greater use of waste and residues in this area in particular.

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Oil Renewable Diesel Waste

Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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JULY 20, 2012

Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million

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YPF and Dow to partner on shale gas in Vaca Muerte; first shale gas project in Argentina

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APRIL 5, 2013

Argentina state-owned energy company YPF and Dow Chemical have signed a memorandum of understanding jointly to develop shale gas in the Vaca Muerta. In December, YPF and Bridas, an Argentina-based oil and gas company 50% owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation, agreed to invest $1.5 Earlier post.).

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Argentina Gas Oil Corporation

Canada oil sands producers form alliance to improve environmental performance

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MARCH 2, 2012

Twelve of Canada’s oil sands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada’s oil sands through collaborative action and innovation. The released water is recovered and recycled.

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TOYO Engineering signs multi-year oil sands deal

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Japan-based TOYO Engineering Corporation, through its Canadian subsidiary TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., TOYO has performed major projects in the global oil and gas industry for more than 50 years and, with the EPC scope of work for the JACOS Hangingstone Project, TOYO will be advancing its business in the Canadian oil and gas sector.

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Celanese and Airborne Oil & Gas partner on deepwater thermoplastic composite pipes

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MARCH 7, 2014

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, and Airborne Oil & Gas B.V., This multi-year alliance promises to further improve materials, systems and solutions that will meet the oil and gas industry requirements for harsh deepwater operations.

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President Obama calls on Congress to establish $2B Energy Security Trust for advanced transportation research, funded by oil and gas royalty revenues

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MARCH 15, 2013

The President’s proposal sets aside $2 billion over 10 years and will support research into a range of technologies such as advanced electrified vehicles, biofuels, fuel cells, and domestically produced natural gas. Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO of FedEx Corporation; and General P.X. The ESLC is led by Co-Chairmen Frederick W.

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Biofuels Power to build small-scale gas-to-liquids plant in Houston

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Houston-based Biofuels Power Corporation ( BFLS ) has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, Inc. to build a small-scale gas-to-liquid demonstration facility in Houston. BFLS originally intended to develop biofuel-fired power projects.

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Houston Gas Building Power

JOGMEC, Mitsubishi and Encana partner on research into unconventional gas development in Canada

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APRIL 3, 2013

JOGMEC (Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation); Cutbank Dawson Gas Resources Ltd. JOGMEC, CDGR and Encana will conduct integrated core analysis, geomechanical and seismic studies by using data from the CRP unconventional gas asset.

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Mitsubishi Canada Gas North America

Sinopec targeting 10B cubic meters of gas per year by 2017 from China’s first large-scale shale gas field

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APRIL 6, 2014

China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) said that it had made significant breakthroughs in the exploration and development of shale gas in China, and is planning to develop the Fuling shale gas field into China’s first shale gas field with an annual production capacity of 10 billion cubic meters by 2017.

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Kinder Morgan, Imperial Oil to build Edmonton crude oil rail terminal; $270M investment

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.and Imperial Oil formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a crude oil rail-loading facility in Strathcona County, Alberta, called the Edmonton Rail Terminal. Accessing new and existing markets is critical for our continued growth and responsible development of Canada’s oil sands.

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Oil Oil-Sands Building Connect

Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Hydrogen demand is currently concentrated in oil refining and ammonia production, but nearly 90% of projected demand growth through 2050 comes from new sectors like heavy-duty transportation, steel production, and long-term energy storage. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights’ hydrogen outlook, global hydrogen demand grows from 70.4

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China’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station now in operation

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FEBRUARY 25, 2023

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) officially launched China’s first methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station in Dalian, China. Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales Co., Ltd has built two integrated fueling stations in Dalian's free trade area, with six more now under construction.

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Hydrogen China Waste Oil

Japanese, Russian companies partner on feasibility study of blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia & Japan

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Toyo Engineering Corporation and?Irkutsk Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia and Japan. C in ambient pressure or 8.5

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Saft delivers first Intensium Flex Li-ion system to ECO-H Technologies for oil and gas industry

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The ECO-H System is a patent-pending Hybrid Power Management System for the oil and gas industry developed by ECO-H Technologies and distributed by Tesco Corporation. Saft delivered the battery in December 2013 and will continue working with distributors on systems opportunities in the coming years.

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Li-ion Oil Gas Industry

Statoil and Research & Development Corporation invest in Arctic and harsh-environment R&D

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JUNE 13, 2014

Canada’s Research & Development Corporation (RDC) and Statoil Canada Ltd. announced a collaborative investment in three new research and development projects to improve Arctic and harsh-environment offshore oil and gas operations in Newfoundland and Labrador and around the world. The total value of the projects is $3.9

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Neste Oil to recover CO2 at its renewable diesel refinery in Singapore

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), one of the one of the largest industrial gas manufacturers in Singapore, have signed an agreement to install a carbon dioxide recovery and liquefaction plant at Neste Oil’s renewable diesel (NExBTL) refinery in Singapore.

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Singapore Oil Renewable Diesel

Statoil announces another high-impact natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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DECEMBER 7, 2013

The discovery of an additional 2-3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in place in the Mronge-1 well brings the total of in-place volumes up to 17-20 Tcf in Block 2. (1 1 Tcf gas = 180 million barrels of oil equivalent.). The Mronge-1 well discovered gas at two separate levels.

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Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

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APRIL 7, 2022

liter, heavy-duty opposed-piston, three-cylinder diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners ( earlier post ) has entered fleet service with WALMART Corporation in a Peterbilt 579 tractor. Achates Power announced that the 10.6-liter,

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Diesel Fleet Peterbilt Eaton

Shell to proceed with Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the oil sands

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Shell will proceed with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. 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. Earlier post.).

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Neste Oil launches sales of NExBTL renewable naphtha; plastics feedstock and biocomponent for gasoline

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Neste Oil—the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel—has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale. vegetable oils) to green fuels (the core of the NExBTL process), Sotelo-Boyás et al.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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MAY 12, 2021

One of the planned pilot projects, funded cooperatively by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy with industry cost share, combines the resources of the oil and gas industry with PNNL’s technology. Oil and gas extraction across the US and Canada pumps subsurface water to the surface as part of the extraction process.

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New Zealand Water Corporation Canada

TransCanada launches binding open season for eastern oil pipeline; oil sands crude to Eastern Canada

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APRIL 2, 2013

TransCanada Corporation will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian markets. The Energy East Pipeline could eliminate Canada’s reliance on higher priced crude oil currently being imported, TransCanada suggests.

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Oil-Sands Oil Canada 2013

Statoil makes another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania

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JUNE 18, 2014

Statoil reports another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania; the discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil’s and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. 1 Tcf = 180 million barrels of oil equivalent). 1 Tcf = 180 million barrels of oil equivalent).

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CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology performance exceeds targets in oil sands project

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APRIL 13, 2014

an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oil sands project. Canada-based CO 2 Solutions Inc., CO 2 Solutions’ technology platform uses carbonic anhydrase to accelerate the capture of CO 2 with energy-efficient solvents.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon CO2

China’s CNOOC announces first gas from UK North Sea Rochelle Field

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OCTOBER 26, 2013

China’s CNOOC Limited announced first production from the Rochelle gas-condensate field in the UK North Sea. At Rochelle field, Nexen UK has 41% interest, with other partners being Endeavour International Corporation (44%) and Premier Oil (15%). At Rochelle field, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Nexen UK has a 41.9%

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Gas 2013 Corporation Oil

GE and Chesapeake Energy to partner on infrastructure to speed adoption of natural gas as transportation fuel; CNG, LNG and home refueling

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MARCH 7, 2012

GE and Chesapeake Energy Corporation have agreed to collaborate to develop infrastructure solutions that will help accelerate the adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Key features include: The gas compression, storage, cooling, drying and controls are easy to ship and maintain due to its compact “In Box” design.

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Gas Transportation Fuel Energy

New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

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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. ” Toyota; and Xcel Energy. The US is home to industrial sector leaders capable of scaling a hydrogen economy.

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Petrostar and Maverick Synfuels execute MOU for gas-to-methanol venture in Canada

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MAY 16, 2014

Canada-based Petrostar Petroleum Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture with US-based Maverick Synfuels to facilitate the development and operation of GTL (gas-to-liquids technology) in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

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Canada Gas Convert Waste

TransCanada to proceed with $12B, 1.1M barrel/day Energy East oil pipeline project to Eastern Canada

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AUGUST 1, 2013

TransCanada Corporation is moving forward with the 1.1 The conclusion of the successful open season confirmed strong market support for a pipeline with approximately 900,000 bbl/d of firm, long-term contracts to transport crude oil from the oil sands area in Western Canada to Eastern Canadian refineries and export terminals.

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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Exxon Mobil Corporation added 2.7 billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2017, replacing 183% of production. billion oil-equivalent barrels at year-end 2017. During 2017, proved additions at Upper Zakum in Abu Dhabi totaled more than 800 million barrels of crude oil. Resource Base.

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ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Exxon Mobil Corporation’s new The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 , released last week, projects that global energy demand in 2040 will be about 30% higher than it was in 2010 as population grows to 9 billion and global GDP doubles. Light duty vehicle fleet by type and average fuel efficiency. Source: ExxonMobil Outlook.

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Personal Global Transportation Fuel

ExxonMobil to discontinue operations at Sakhalin-1, make no new investments in Russia

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MARCH 2, 2022

The International Consortium Sakhalin-1 includes members from four countries: The Project Operator is Exxon Neftegas Limited, an ExxonMobil Corporation (USA) subsidiary, which has a 30% stake in the Sakhalin-1 Project. ONGC Videsh Limited, India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has 20% interest.

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Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation. OriginOil, Inc.,

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CNPC’s first hydrogen station in Beijing in operation

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) recently put its first hydrogen station in Beijing into operation. Based in China, it has oil and gas assets and interests in more than 30 countries in Africa, Central Asia-Russia, America, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.

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Hydrogen Asia Russia Africa

Apache confirms significant new resource play in Texas: 75 Tcf gas, 3B barrels of oil

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Apache Corporation has confirmed the discovery of a significant new resource play—the “Alpine High”—in the southern portion of the Delaware Basin, primarily in Reeves County, Texas. Apache also sees significant oil potential in the shallower Pennsylvanian, Bone Springs and Wolfcamp formations.

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Oil Texas Gas Delaware

Honda discloses estimates of annual greenhouse gas emissions related to its operations and customer use of products

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AUGUST 25, 2012

disclosed estimates of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to Honda including emissions from Honda’s global business operations and customer use of Honda motorcycles, automobiles and power products. emissions from combustion of fuel oil at factories, emissions from corporate vehicles, etc.). Honda Motor Co., Emissions. (t-CO

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Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Hyundai Motor Motors Motoring

ExxonMobil to proceed with $14B Hebron heavy oil project off Canada’s East Coast; more than 700B barrels of oil

ONGC: Russia’s Sakhalin-1 oil output at 200,000 bpd

US Treasury allows Chevron to resume oil production in Venezuela, delivery to US only

Titanium Corporation receives patent for improved solvent recovery from oil sands tailings

ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Former president of Shell Oil calls for aggressive action on alternative fuels to break oil monopoly on transportation

Neste Oil de-emphasizing microbial oil R&D for renewable diesel; seeking other uses for cellulosic biomass

Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

YPF and Dow to partner on shale gas in Vaca Muerte; first shale gas project in Argentina

Canada oil sands producers form alliance to improve environmental performance

TOYO Engineering signs multi-year oil sands deal

Celanese and Airborne Oil & Gas partner on deepwater thermoplastic composite pipes

President Obama calls on Congress to establish $2B Energy Security Trust for advanced transportation research, funded by oil and gas royalty revenues

Biofuels Power to build small-scale gas-to-liquids plant in Houston

JOGMEC, Mitsubishi and Encana partner on research into unconventional gas development in Canada

Sinopec targeting 10B cubic meters of gas per year by 2017 from China’s first large-scale shale gas field

Kinder Morgan, Imperial Oil to build Edmonton crude oil rail terminal; $270M investment

Cohort of new stakeholders joins Open Hydrogen Initiative

China’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station now in operation

Japanese, Russian companies partner on feasibility study of blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia & Japan

Saft delivers first Intensium Flex Li-ion system to ECO-H Technologies for oil and gas industry

Statoil and Research & Development Corporation invest in Arctic and harsh-environment R&D

Neste Oil to recover CO2 at its renewable diesel refinery in Singapore

Statoil announces another high-impact natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania

Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

Shell to proceed with Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the oil sands

Neste Oil launches sales of NExBTL renewable naphtha; plastics feedstock and biocomponent for gasoline

PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

TransCanada launches binding open season for eastern oil pipeline; oil sands crude to Eastern Canada

Statoil makes another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania

CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology performance exceeds targets in oil sands project

China’s CNOOC announces first gas from UK North Sea Rochelle Field

GE and Chesapeake Energy to partner on infrastructure to speed adoption of natural gas as transportation fuel; CNG, LNG and home refueling

New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

Petrostar and Maverick Synfuels execute MOU for gas-to-methanol venture in Canada

TransCanada to proceed with $12B, 1.1M barrel/day Energy East oil pipeline project to Eastern Canada

ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

ExxonMobil to discontinue operations at Sakhalin-1, make no new investments in Russia

Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

CNPC’s first hydrogen station in Beijing in operation

Apache confirms significant new resource play in Texas: 75 Tcf gas, 3B barrels of oil

Honda discloses estimates of annual greenhouse gas emissions related to its operations and customer use of products

Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

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