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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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MAY 13, 2022

In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). —Emissions Analytics. Quoting such ratios, however, needs careful interpretation.

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Exhaust Emissions Pollution Legal

Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New research led by Mohammad Masnadi, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market—and the carbon footprint associated with both.

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Oil Carbon Global Market

Researchers develop large-scale, economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands and oil fields

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AUGUST 20, 2019

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.

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Oil-Sands Oil Hydrogen Venezuela

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. Many economies are now seeing emissions climbing above pre-crisis levels.

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Emissions Global Carbon 2020

CSIRO finds hydrogen could reduce aviation emissions within 5 years

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AUGUST 4, 2020

A new report from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO shows that clean hydrogen can significantly reduce aviation emissions with potential benefits seen within five years. Hydrogen used for treating crude or bio-crude oil to produce jet fuel with a lower carbon intensity is also considered as an early-stage application.

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Hydrogen Emissions Australia Fuel

EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

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JULY 2, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to provide more than $1 billion in funding to help reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector through the creation of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Includes flexibilities and exemptions.

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EPA Oil Gas Emissions

Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The fuel is produced from materials such as used oil from restaurants and the food industry. The first car freighter was refueled for the first time with this oil in mid-November 2020 and a second ship is due to follow at the beginning of 2021. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way.

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Oil Fuel Mariner Climate Protection

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

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MARCH 8, 2022

of the methane encountered during oil production. of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry. million project is funded by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year (REMEDY) program. The three-year, $2.9-million

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Emissions Escape Oil Gas

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

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JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. —Scully et al.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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MARCH 26, 2022

Austria-based OMV, an international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, announced its intention to become a net-zero (Scope 1, 2 and 3) company by no later than 2050. OMV’s plan foresees emission reduction targets of 30% in operations (Scope 1 & 2) and a 20% reduction target in the product portfolio (Scope 3) for 2030.

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Oil Gas Production Austria

Exploring The Pros and Cons of Ultra-Low Viscosity Oils: Are They Just For Emissions?

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MARCH 12, 2025

Ultra-low viscosity oils are becoming the norm for modern engines, especially smaller units prioritizing efficiency. Unfortunately, the trend has resulted in conflicting opinions about the actual usefulness of thinner oils. Compared to something like the common 5W-30, these are incredibly thin oils.

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bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

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JULY 12, 2021

Both primary energy consumption and carbon emissions from energy use fell at their fastest rate seen since the Second World War, while renewable energy continued its trajectory of strong growth, with wind and solar power recording their largest ever annual increase. World oil production fell for the first time since 2009 by 6.6

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Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

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JULY 15, 2021

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships. The further decarbonization of shipping will result in substantial CO 2 reductions, with the use of liquid natural gas enabling Volkswagen to cut the ships’ CO 2 emissions by up to 25% percent (tank-to-wake).

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Emissions Mariner Climate Climate Protection

IEA issues 10-point plan to cut oil use

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MARCH 20, 2022

In the face of the emerging global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the countervailing barrage of economic sanctions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is proposing a 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use. IEA claims that its plan would lower oil demand by 2.7 Work from home up to three days a week where possible.

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Oil Ukraine Economy Global

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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MAY 1, 2023

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. Natural gas 87.9

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West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont

Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Chemical recycling has great potential for this: If plastic components can be produced from pyrolysis oil instead of petroleum, it would be possible to significantly increase the proportion of sustainably manufactured components in automobiles. These plastic components are processed into pyrolysis oil by chemical recycling.

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Kits Audi Oil Automobile

ExxonMobil, Georgia Tech and Imperial College London publish joint research on potential breakthrough in membrane technology for oil refining

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JULY 18, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Imperial College of London have published in the journal Science joint research on potential breakthroughs in a new membrane technology that could reduce emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Imperial College London.

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Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

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JULY 5, 2023

The first global car maker to announce such a switch, Volvo calculates it will achieve an immediate reduction in fossil CO 2 emissions from intercontinental ocean freight by 55,000 tonnes over a year. Due to the renewable fuel, CO 2 emissions are reduced by at least 84% (Well-to-Wake, WTW) compared to fossil fuel.

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GlobalData: COVID-19 puts EV sales and CO2 fleet emission targets at risk

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APRIL 8, 2020

GlobalData research shows that lower oil prices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis could reduce electric vehicle demand and impair EU efforts to significantly reduce average new vehicle CO 2 emissions in the European car market. —Mike Vousden, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData.

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CO2 Fleet Emissions Oil Prices

DNV forecasts oil demand in transport sector to halve by 2050

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MAY 8, 2023

Despite oil demand in the transport sector forecast to half by 2050, the present pace of the transition still falls severely short of the goals of the Paris Agreement. Today, transport of passengers and goods accounts for about a quarter of global energy-related CO 2 emissions, a share that will grow to 30% by 2050.

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Oil Transportation Hydrogen North America

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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Russia Emissions Powered Power

UK to invest £200M in fleet of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks

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MAY 14, 2022

UK Transport Minister Trudy Harrison announced more than £200 million (US$244 million) of government funding will be injected into an extensive zero-emission road freight demonstrator program. But we must accelerate our journey towards our net zero goals, and we’re committed to leading the way globally on non-zero emission road vehicles.

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Emissions Fleet Hydrogen Gasoline-Electric

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG emissions rose 1.3% in 2022

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite efforts to continue stimulating the US economy in the wake of the pandemic, high inflation put a damper on economic growth, which was exacerbated by a spike in oil prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Outside of the power sector, emissions increased slightly. Consequently, the US economy grew 1.9%

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IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. In 2021 alone, China’s CO 2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

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AUGUST 14, 2023

A team from Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology and FPT Motorenforschung reports in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel on the performance and emission characteristics of an 11-liter heavy-duty compression ignition engine which was optimized specifically for DME (dimethyl ether) combustion. from 16.5)

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CARB approves first emissions reduction plans for three Southern California communities

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The California Air Resources Board has approved the first three Community Emissions Reduction Programs (CERP) within the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under Assembly Bill 617. Oil and gas operations. East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, West Commerce. San Bernardino, Muscoy. Residential energy use. Urban sources.

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Neste charters two new lower-emission tankers from Terntank; methanol and sails

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APRIL 3, 2023

Neste has signed an agreement to charter two new lower-emission product tankers from Terntank. The tankers will transport a wide variety of liquid cargoes including renewable raw materials such as waste and residue oils and fats to Neste’s refineries.

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Emissions Renewable Waste Pollution

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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APRIL 13, 2020

The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions.

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Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

Cummins high horsepower diesel generator sets now approved for use with hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

announced approval of its entire line of diesel generator sets for use with paraffinic fuels (EN15940), including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), when used in standby applications. It has a very low life cycle carbon emission, making it attractive as a sustainable fuel. Cummins Inc.

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Diesel Oil Fuel Iowa

DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January 2021. This is why we have taken the decision to neutralize the carbon emission of all our LCL shipments.

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Carbon Emissions Global Climate Protection

Casterra to sell castor seeds for cultivation to leading oil and gas company; $9.1M initial purchase

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JUNE 25, 2023

signed a framework agreement to sell seeds of its proprietary castor varieties to one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies for cultivation in specific African territories. Casterra’s high-yield, high-oil castor seed varieties are optimized for biofuel production to support the growing market of sustainable energy.

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities. Methane emissions are a constant concern at coal mines, which vent the gas as it is emitted when coal seams are disturbed.

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Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine

High-blend renewable fuels could cut extra 46m tonnes GHG emissions from truck operations in UK by 2030

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MARCH 8, 2021

A new study by Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP) shows that with a market average of 30% high blend renewable fuels (HBRF), used in place of fossil fuels (diesel and natural gas) by 2030, the transport sector could save an additional 46m tonnes in GHG emissions over the next decade, with savings continuing to 2050.

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Renewable Emissions Fuel Gas

Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel in France

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APRIL 13, 2021

The biojet fuel, made from used cooking oil, will be delivered to French airports starting in April 2021. Total started up production at the La Mède biorefinery—converted from a former oil refinery—in 2019. Total will not use vegetable oils as feedstock. An 8-megawatt solar farm that can supply 13,000 people.

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EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

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APRIL 14, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 30 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2021. In 2021, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,340.2 GHG emissions by economic sector.

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EPA 2020 Emissions Climate Change

Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

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AUGUST 13, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen—produced through steam methane reforming (SMR) of natural gas or coal gasification, but with CO 2 capture and storage—is being described as having low or zero carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions, including emissions from developing, processing, and transporting the fuels, are shown in orange.

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Hydrogen Gas Coal Exhaust

Global Clean Energy buys Bakersfield refinery for $40M, converting to produce renewable diesel

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MAY 9, 2020

Alon Bakersfield Refinery is an existing oil refinery located in Bakersfield, California. Historically, the refinery has produced diesel from crude oil and has a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day. GCEH will immediately commence retooling the refinery to produce renewable diesel from organic feedstocks such as vegetable oils.

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Renewable Diesel Clean Cleaning

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Additionally, LNG engines are tuned to either emit low nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions—at the cost of higher methane emissions in some cases—or to incorporate NO x reduction technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). We know from Olmer et al. —Pavlenko et al.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

Mercedes-Benz Trucks launching 3rd generation of OM 471 heavy-duty diesel

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APRIL 8, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is introducing the third generation of its OM 471 heavy-duty diesel engine this year; the engine will deliver increased fuel efficiency and compliance with the strictest emissions standards such as Euro VIe. Reduced friction losses and pressure control with low-viscosity oil. PowerShift Advanced and Top Torque.

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Mercedes Diesel Oil Exhaust

S&P Global Commodity Insights raises 10-year production outlook for Canadian oil sands

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MAY 26, 2023

Higher crude prices and continued optimization improvements have driven the first upward revision to the S&P Global Commodity Insights 10-year oil sands production outlook in more than half a decade. The new forecast, produced by the S&P Global Commodity Insights Oil Sands Dialogue , expects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.7

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Oil-Sands Insight Oil Global

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Analysis conducted after the trial concluded has shown that the use of HVO 100 biofuel saved 44,091kg CO 2 and reduced freight emissions by 89%. Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO 100) fuel is a 100% renewable fossil fuel free product derived from vegetable oils, waste oils and fats.

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Mercedes Emissions CO2 Belgium

S&P Global: absolute GHGs from Canadian oil sands did not increase in 2022 even as production grew

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Absolute greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oil sands production were flat in 2022 even as total production grew, according to an initial analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. Absolute emissions held steady at 81 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMTCO2) in 2022 while total production topped 3.1

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Oil-Sands Oil Global Insight

BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

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JUNE 2, 2022

The road transport sector could still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electrification, but urgent action would be required from policymakers and industry participants, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO). million barrels of oil demand per day.

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Transportation Emissions Economy Fleet

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

Researchers develop large-scale, economical method to extract hydrogen from oil sands and oil fields

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

CSIRO finds hydrogen could reduce aviation emissions within 5 years

EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

Exploring The Pros and Cons of Ultra-Low Viscosity Oils: Are They Just For Emissions?

bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

IEA issues 10-point plan to cut oil use

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

ExxonMobil, Georgia Tech and Imperial College London publish joint research on potential breakthrough in membrane technology for oil refining

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

GlobalData: COVID-19 puts EV sales and CO2 fleet emission targets at risk

DNV forecasts oil demand in transport sector to halve by 2050

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

UK to invest £200M in fleet of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG emissions rose 1.3% in 2022

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

CARB approves first emissions reduction plans for three Southern California communities

Neste charters two new lower-emission tankers from Terntank; methanol and sails

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Cummins high horsepower diesel generator sets now approved for use with hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel

DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

Casterra to sell castor seeds for cultivation to leading oil and gas company; $9.1M initial purchase

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

High-blend renewable fuels could cut extra 46m tonnes GHG emissions from truck operations in UK by 2030

Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel in France

EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

Global Clean Energy buys Bakersfield refinery for $40M, converting to produce renewable diesel

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Mercedes-Benz Trucks launching 3rd generation of OM 471 heavy-duty diesel

S&P Global Commodity Insights raises 10-year production outlook for Canadian oil sands

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

S&P Global: absolute GHGs from Canadian oil sands did not increase in 2022 even as production grew

BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

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