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Canadian researchers have developed a large-scale economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands (natural bitumen) and oil fields. The process can extract hydrogen from existing oil sands reservoirs, with huge existing supplies found in Canada and Venezuela. Proton Technologies is commercializing the process.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.
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This post examines the recent changes in the costs of powering gasoline, diesel, and electric vehicles. The expectation was that the cost of electricity had recently increased much less than the costs of gasoline and diesel. The reason is that, in the United States, oil is used to generate less than 1% of electricity.
billion program of pipeline expansions to carry an additional 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil from North Dakota and western Canada to refinery markets in Ontario, Quebec and the US Midwest. Estimated capital cost of this project is approximately $2.5 Initial capacity of 300,000 bpd at an estimated cost of $0.8
The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas fell by their most in two months, according to the latest data from oil services firm Baker Hughes. There were 19 oil rigs that were removed from operation as of Oct. There are now 1,590 active oil rigs, the lowest level in six weeks. 17, compared to the prior week.
a Canadian mid-stream company, and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a crude oil rail loading facility in Edmonton, Alberta, called the Alberta Crude Terminal. Keyera Corp., Kinder Morgan is proposing to construct a 16-inch pipeline to connect its North 40 Edmonton Terminal to Keyera’s Edmonton Terminal.
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The ability to use new multi-material additive manufacturing technologies to combine the manufacturing of microchannels with high-surface-area catalyst supports in one process step, has the potential to significantly reduce the costs of these reactors. —OSU lead researcher Brian Paul. Image: Oregon State University).
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t margin for oil refiners. Put simply, the empirical results merely reflect the fact that ethanol production increased during the sample period whereas the ratio of gasoline to crude oil prices decreased. When we control for the energy costs of refining using oil and natural gas prices, the estimated effect is $0.13
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This slower growth is attributed to the relatively higher cost of the vehicles, driven by the cost of batteries. China will see the largest increase—more than 4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day. The outlook projects that oil and natural gas will continue to meet about 60% of energy needs by 2040. Natural gas.
The oil industry is asking for carveouts from tariffs which will raise its cost of doing business and your cost of energy after spending tens of millions in bribes on a candidate that promised to raise everyones costs.
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Cool Planet Energy Systems projects that using its patented mechanical process and novel scaling approach ( earlier post ), it will be able to produce high-octane carbon-negative (with the use of its bio-char byproduct) renewable gasoline at a cost of $1.50 per gallon, without the need for government subsidies.
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November 27, oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. per barrel oil in 2015 and 2016 respectively, while the October projections are based $51.62 by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com. — Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. and $65.65 respectively.
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