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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Oil prices fell back suddenly over the last few trading sessions, dragged down by some forces beyond the oil market. dollar has helped drive up crude prices for weeks , but that came to an abrupt halt last week. A rebound for the greenback led to a steep decline in oil prices on Friday.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2016

US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Hopper released the final plan to guide future energy development for the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for 2017-2022. The vast majority of US offshore oil production occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Current product flow at Kern River field. Data: California DOGGR.

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APRIL 6, 2017

billion barrels of conventional oil were discovered, roughly 45 days of global crude consumption or 0.2 Russia’s exploration activities, which were hit not only by plummeting oil prices but also by a targeted sanctions regime, suffered a double blow during this period. In 2016, only 3.7 percent of global proved reserves.

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MARCH 2, 2015

We develop technologies that point the way well into the future. ”. According to Winterkorn, the company now employs 46,000 researchers and developers as well as more than 10,000 IT experts, all of whom are working on the mobility of the future such as alternative drive concepts or the digitalization of vehicles and factories.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In the paper, Nataliya Malyshkina and Deb Niemeier point out that the peak of oil production is estimated to occur approximately between 2010 and 2030, and note that all those dates are considerably earlier than their estimate of the time until renewable replacement technologies are viable in the market (around 2140).

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

As part of the report, which was requested by Senators Barbara Boxer (as Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) and Susan Collins, the GAO makes several recommendations to Congress and for executive (i.e. Increased biofuels production could have a variety of environmental effects, but the magnitude is largely unknown.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Debate about the future of oil sands development is so contentious that even the name of the resource is disputed: proponents typically use oil sands while opponents use tar sands. All told, they wrote, the well-to-wheel (WTW) emissions of oil sands products constitute roughly 2% of total emissions in Canada and the US.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

The committee that wrote the report said that production of adequate volumes of biofuels are expected to meet consumption mandates for conventional biofuels and biomass-based diesel fuel. As of 2010, biofuel production was contingent on subsidies, tax credits, the import tariff, loan guarantees, RFS2, and similar policies.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. DNV GL is studying a number of alternative fuels or energy carriers that are already used or could be potentially used in shipping in the future. Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. Source: DNV GL.

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MAY 24, 2009

A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)— The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs Climate Change — claims that prudent greenhouse gas regulations can limit emissions from Canadian oil sands while still enabling robust development of the energy resource. Levi, CFR’s David M.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The analysis examines how these global forces may impact business and industry; calculates the environmental costs to business; and calls for business and policymakers to work more closely to mitigate future business risk and act on opportunities. Global food prices are predicted to rise 70 to 90 percent by 2030. Source: KPMG.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

It may be difficult to look beyond the current pricing environment for oil, but the depletion of low-cost reserves and the increasing inability to find major new discoveries ensures a future of expensive oil. However, now that oil prices are so low, oil companies have no room to boost spending.

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MAY 9, 2020

The second quarter of 2020 will see the largest volume of liquids production cuts, including shut-in production, in the history of the oil industry, according to IHS Markit. Oil is produced in a wide variety of environments, which means there is no fixed equation and decision factors vary.

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JUNE 20, 2011

The company aims to transform the chemical industry through the cost-advantaged, smaller-footprint production of bio-based chemicals as direct replacements for major industrial chemicals that are currently petroleum-based in a trillion-dollar global market. Genomatica expects to begin commercial production of Bio-BDO in 2012.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco is gearing-up production of its right-hand drive natural gas powered Daily following the success of a six month trial which saw the vehicle used for recycling and street cleansing operations on behalf of Camden Council. Tags: Biofuels Latest news Daily gas Iveco LBM production. litres/100km.

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JUNE 11, 2008

which makes Panasonic products, will begin producing lithium-ion batteries next year and move into full-scale production in 2010, Toyota said. more ) M eanwhile, in the United States, the political environment to support plug ins continues to grow. "On Event Summary Oil prices are at record highs.

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JUNE 30, 2015

We know alternative fuels is an emerging industry that is vital to the future of aviation and this is just one of our initiatives to help make these fuels saleable and scalable. This syngas is purified and processed through the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process to produce a syncrude product which is then upgraded to jet fuel or diesel.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

While US automakers are working on PEVs, the US electric vehicle industry lags behind other regions—particularly Asia—in the areas of battery manufacturing, supply chain development, and raw materials production. Automakers could ramp up PEV production if consumer demand proves to be larger than expected. Market Drivers.

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AUGUST 13, 2015

In October, Saudi sources first prepared the market with statements that the country would be comfortable with oil prices as low as $80 per barrel for “a year or two.” At the November OPEC meeting, the Saudi oil minister, Ali Al-Naimi, publicly announced Saudi Arabia would allow market forces to set prices.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The Energy Department is also preparing to award as muchas $25 billion in low-cost federal loans for production ofadvanced technology vehicles, with many of the applicationscoming from companies planning to build plug-ins or thebatteries and components needed to power them. “I Oil prices are going to go up.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Another challenge was, at first sight, the impact of the 50%-plus collapse in the oil price in the second half of last year. In the US there is uncertainty over the future of the US Production Tax Credit for wind, but costs are now so low that the sector is more insulated than in the past.

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JANUARY 23, 2011

For example, at peak oil price in 2008, Indonesia was spending 40% of its budget on transport fuel—more than health, education and infrastructure development combined. Earlier post.) ” Some of the main lessons drawn from the report include: Fossil-fuel subsidies absorb serious amounts of money.

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APRIL 15, 2015

Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. Blue’ technologies have also until now not been ‘green’ enough to make sense for the environment. by James Stafford for Oilprice.com.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. The entire framework will go through a series of tests starting this year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Here are three reasons why I think BYD will become an important company in the not too distant future. This is a company that has already invented new processes (the way it makes batteries) and products (the battery in its electric car) and it is focused on innovation. He, too, was very impressed with Mr. Wang.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, several conflicting reports about the future of EVs have emerged: some predict EVs to grow by 38% year-over-year, while others forecast a 43% drop. Silent engines, positive impact on the environment, and decreased fuel costs are all reasons for this transition to EVs.

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