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JANUARY 8, 2013

Audi will introduce an SQ5 model powered by a supercharged gasoline engine at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show; heretofore, the SQ5 was only powered by a 3.0-liter The new top-of-the-line gasoline model, which was designed specifically for markets such as the United States, Canada and China accelerates from zero to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 5.3

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing nearly $80 million in four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms in the fields of living cell-based therapies, personalized heart tissue, point-of-care health systems and fuel derived from shale gas. hydrocarbon resources.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Category 1 Hurricane Isaac will have a minimal impact on Gulf manufacturing, according to GlobalData’s managing analyst for the downstream oil & gas sector, Jeffrey C. A typical refined barrel of crude in the Gulf area yields 46% gasoline, 25% diesel or heating oil, and 6% natural gas liquids.

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APRIL 12, 2012

The University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll has found that US consumers strongly support increased production of energy from domestic sources, particularly natural gas and renewables. The energy resources seen as providing the most jobs are oil, 34%; renewable energy, 13%; coal, 12%; natural gas, 11%; and nuclear, 3%.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Increased production from the Permian region in Texas and New Mexico accounts for 0.8 million b/d of growth to come from the Federal Gulf of Mexico, as seven new projects are expected to come online by the end of 2019. Gulf of Mexico production is forecast to average 1.7 million b/d of the forecast 1.2 million b/d and 1.3

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Our investments and expanding lineup reflect our view that global offerings of electrified vehicles will exceed gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 15 years. billion the company previously had planned to invest in a new plant in Mexico. Ford today announced it is cancelling plans for the new plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. Often referred to as a “drop-in” fuel, reformate is an ingredient in gasoline and jet fuel that can be added during the regular refinery process. Source: Cool Planet.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. This range is equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of fuels in 588,000 to 4,061,000 passenger vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Volkswagen is holding media drive events this week for the sporty new 2013 Jetta Turbo Hybrid ( earlier post ), which features the second version of a Volkswagen gasoline-electric hybrid drive system: a 1.4L Volkswagen’s first gasoline-electric hybrid system—that for the Touareg Hybrid—combines a 3.3-liter Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and CAFE standards increase new LDV fuel economy through model year 2025 and beyond, with more fuel-efficient new vehicles gradually replacing older vehicles on the road and raising the fuel efficiency of the LDV stock by an average of 2.0% per year, from 21.5 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

As the greenhouse gas impacts (costs or benefits) are much smaller than the health benefits, the conversion of petroleum vehicles to CNG can be justified on the basis of local air pollution benefits alone, they concluded. CNG vehicles can have large reductions in CO, NO x and particulates compared to similar gasoline or diesel vehicles.

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APRIL 13, 2009

The newly introduced GMC Terrain ( earlier post ) became the latest GM North American model that will feature a fuel-efficient gasoline direct injection (DI) engine in 2010. GM North America Gasoline Direct Injection Applications. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. Click to enlarge. Saturn Sky Red Line.

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JUNE 17, 2010

A new Rasmussen poll found that 48% of Americans are likely to purchase a car that runs on something other than gasoline within the next ten years; 45% say they are not likely to purchase an alternative fuel car. Other findings include: 63% say gas prices will likely rise as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Chrysler’s Ram Truck will offer a factory-built compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) pickup truck—the only manufacturer in North America to do so. liter HEMI V-8 and features both compressed gas storage tanks and an 8-gallon gasoline fuel tank. The CNG tanks provide a gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) of 18.2

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

During each of up to 3,000 revolutions per minute in the research engine, a minute amount of fuel shoots into the glass cylinder, is compressed and ignited, and the exhaust gas then expelled. Audi operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in partnership with Joule.

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JULY 16, 2013

A chemical analysis indicates that the source of oil sheens recently found floating at the ocean’s surface near the site of the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill is pockets of oil trapped within the wreckage of the sunken rig. The results are published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

What would you do if gasoline rose to $5 a gallon in two years? Two days after the BP drilling rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, Shell Oil's ex-president John Hofmeister. This video clip, now six months old, has been making the rounds yesterday and today. Still, it's worth pondering.

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2012 Mexico Gas Oil 122

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Specifically, AEO2019 projects that: Increases in fuel economy standards temper growth in US motor gasoline consumption, which decreases by 26% between 2018 and 2050. Light-duty vehicle energy efficiencies are affected by current federal fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards. Other findings.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

Ethane is one of a number of natural gas liquids (NGL) products (also including propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural gasoline), which are used as raw materials by the petrochemical industry, as feedstocks by refiners in the production of motor gasoline and as fuel by industrial and residential users. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Rather, it is uncertain whether existing biofuels production provides any beneficial improvement over traditional gasoline, after taking into account land use changes and emissions of nitrous oxide. Legislation giving biofuels preferences on the basis of greenhouse gas benefits should be avoided.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 Our 2012 capital program includes spending of nearly $9 billion in the United States, with major new investments in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and our refinery at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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MAY 23, 2010

I’m not the least bit intimated or scared by any of the people now arguing against saving ourselves – whether they’re with the oil, coal or gas industries or in the highest reaches of the Republican Party or atop the US Chamber of Commerce. This allows methane gas stored under it under pressure to burst into the atmosphere.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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MAY 11, 2011

In addition, Linde will supply all of the CO 2 to Sapphire’s commercial demonstration facility in Columbus, New Mexico. Sapphire’s green crude drop-in fuels&mash;jet, diesel and gasoline—are completely compatible with existing infrastructure and engines.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

This includes determining the optimal operating conditions for processing algae crude oil into American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)-certified diesel, gasoline and jet fuel. In 2008, the Company successfully produced 91-octane gasoline from algae that fully conformed to ASTM standards.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The project also entails the addition of up to three boilers; construction of process unit upgrades and/ or modifications; repurposing of existing tankage; and relocation and modernization of existing Liquefied Propane Gas (LPG) truck rack and upgrades to the sales rack. The existing refinery has been used as a petroleum refinery since 1932.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

In other words, can high-octane fuels enable overall energy use and greenhouse gas reductions in the future, or is a better overall outcome achieved through making the best of today’s fuels? psi make it also attractive for bending into reformulated gasoline. The Audi e-gas plant in Werlte began feeding into the grid a few months ago.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. A paper on their work appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. —Liu 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Fred Diaz, President and CEO - Ram Truck Brand and Chrysler de Mexico, introduces the 2014 Ram ProMaster at the Chicago Auto Show. liter Pentastar V-6 gasoline engine option. High-efficiency exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) cooler (which also benefits emissions compliance). Click to enlarge. Lightweight alloy pistons.

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JULY 21, 2012

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. —Al-Sabawi and Chen (2012).

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JANUARY 24, 2018

If approved by the CPUC, the new proposal would enable a much wider deployment of charging stations in the region, which is home to more than 103,000 Class 2 through Class 8 commercial vehicles, including trucks that operate around the congested ports of entry along the US-Mexico border. million gallons of gasoline.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

An important analytical issue that needs to be addressed, the report notes, is the lack of lifecycle assessment studies focusing on a wider set of environmental impact indicators than greenhouse gas emissions. Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biofuels show a wide range of net greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels.

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JULY 28, 2015

The undisputed king of oil and gas is making some moves that could change the face of the global refining sector. We see refining margins weakening on worsening diesel fundamentals, particularly east of Suez, though gasoline should be supportive. Indian refiners are now buying more crude oil from Nigeria, Iraq, Venezuela and Mexico.

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JUNE 21, 2011

A team from the University of California, Berkeley concludes that reducing demand for light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel will likely be essential to meeting the international greenhouse gas emission and climate targets for the year 2050. L/100 km); or gasoline-fueled vehicles achieving in excess of 1,000 mpg (0.24 Sager et al.

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JUNE 12, 2015

The company currently has a number of projects underway producing or developing—with its different technology partners—e-gas (methane) ( earlier post ); e-ethanol ( earlier post ); two versions of e-diesel from different pathways ( earlier post , earlier post ); and e-benzin (gasoline) ( earlier post ). Audi e-gas.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts.

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