Green Car Congress

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. The gradual decline foresees a decrease in crude oil production by around 30% and natural gas production by around 15% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

Solid-oxide fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and to develop fuel cell-powered ships. The two companies will work together to realize their vision of clean power for ships and a more sustainable marine shipping industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With tuning, the catalyst can achieve a selectivity of 80% toward motor oil (C 21 –C 45 ). As an indication of the industrial interest in this field, Neste and and Ravago recently announced plans to set up a joint venture to focus on chemical recycling of mixed waste plastic using a thermochemical liquefaction technology from Alterra Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that US crude oil production will average 11.9 Despite the increases in production, EIA expects the Brent crude oil price to remain above $100 per barrel this year, according to the agency’s May 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). million barrels per day this year and 12.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

project for industrial-scale production of green hydrogen via the electrolysis of water using ?renewable power, industry and transport sectors, especially those that are hard-to-electrify or ?expensive-to-electrify. technologies, focusing particularly on energy-intensive industries. renewable power, producing zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

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. billion dollars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

These include the financing and construction of an oil refinery in the DRC to be owned jointly by both countries to meet regional demand for refined petroleum products, along with the construction of storage facilities for refined products. —Equatorial Guinea’s Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima.

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Green Car Congress

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. Conversely, the consumption of oil within aviation will be virtually flat to 2050, with hydrocarbons set to have a 60% share in the sector in the same year.

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Green Car Congress

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. —Thompson et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2021

A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and WWF finds that nearly 20% of tropical Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) overlap with concessions for extractive industries such as mining, oil and gas. The total area of overlap is 376,449 square miles (975,000 square kilometers), about the size of Egypt. Grantham et al.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2024

The oil industry last week launched a legal challenge versus the U.S. EPA and its latest light- and medium-duty vehicle standards set for the 2027-2032 model years. The case was filed by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which represents members ranging from valve makers to Shell and Exxon Mobil.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2022

The companies are teaming to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects across the nuclear industry. Westinghouse and Bloom Energy will jointly develop an optimized and large-scale high-temperature integrated electrolysis solution for the nuclear industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste has initiated a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. The refining capacity of crude oil is approximately 10.5 Porvoo refinery. million ton/a.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2024

The post Texas EV Battery Startup Aims To Break Texas Oil Industry appeared first on CleanTechnica. The Texas startup Group1 is banking that the EV battery of the future will deploy potassium to cut costs and improve performance.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A joint industry partnership to commercialize clean, gold hydrogen, the program’s founding members include synthetic biology company Cemvita Factory (innovator in low-carbon microbial solutions for energy and mining resource extraction, production, and renewal); and Chart Industries, Inc. (a a leader in clean energy solutions).

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JUNE 8, 2021

This includes crude oil and petroleum products. Total petroleum products supplied is the sum of the products supplied for each petroleum product, crude oil, unfinished oils, and gasoline blending components. combustion use in the industrial and transportation sectors. Net imports peaked in 2005 at 12.5

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Green Car Congress

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. Cummins continues to work closely with industry partners to develop solutions that solve the industry’s needs for reliable and sustainable power.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Argos is the centerpiece of bp’s Mad Dog Phase 2 project, which extends the life of the super-giant oil field discovered in 1998. Earlier post.) bp is the operator with 60.5%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Aemetis, a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products ( earlier post ), has signed a 10-year, 450-million-gallon renewable diesel supply agreement with an industry-leading travel stop company, which is expected to generate more than $3 billion in revenue. The industrial site has 710,000 s.f.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024, using the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The $9-billion development will target an estimated resource base of about 600 million oil-equivalent barrels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To reduce the number of accidents in the global oil and gas industry caused by damaged pipelines, University of Houston researchers are developing an autonomous robot to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nidec Corporation’s Board of Directors approved a resolution to acquire the shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., After completion of the acquisition, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool will become Nidec-Shimpo’s third main business.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Gold Hydrogen is a novel source of carbon neutral hydrogen produced from depleted oil reservoirs that are ready for plug and abandonment, extending the life of wells that would otherwise be a significant burden. Cemvita Factory’s mission is to reimagine heavy industries such as oil & gas and mining for the net-zero economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

of the methane encountered during oil production. of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry. During oil production, producers encountering pockets of methane typically use flare stacks to burn off the vented gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2023

Researchers in India are using multi-wall carbon nanotube-optimized surfactant-polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery. In an open-access paper in the journal Fuel , they report that their experimental application of carbon nanotube-based fluids yielded an oil recovery factor of approximately 70% of the original oil in place.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

In the AEO2022 Reference case, transportation and industrial processes are the primary consumers of petroleum and other liquids in the United States. EIA projects that US industrial sector energy consumption will grow more than twice as fast as any other end-use sector from 2021 to 2050. Source: U.S.

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Electrek

MARCH 23, 2025

This dramatic rise was largely fueled by the electrification of transportation, record-breaking global temperatures that ramped up cooling needs, coupled with increased industrial activity, and growing energy demand from data centers and AI applications. Electricity consumption jumped by nearly 1,100 terawatt-hours a hefty 4.3%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2020

The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025. —Dr Marshall.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Goodyear’s new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil. The use of soybean oil in tires is a significant Goodyear innovation that helps keep a tire’s rubber compound pliable in changing temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The technology converts a low-value by-product into high-value, low-carbon fuel while also enabling the production of significantly more corn oil. The Fiberex platform consists of biological solutions that work in various stages of the ethanol production process.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS Markit. —Joseph McMonigle, secretary general, IEF.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

An upgrade from the previous fueling station offering oil, gas, hydrogen, electric charging services, the integrated complex can produce 1,000 kilograms of hydrogen a day, with a purity of 99.999%. Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales Co., China produces the most methanol in the world, accounting for 60% of the global total.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

This cost-effective solution can help meet the growing requirements for hydrogen use across various industries by leveraging existing refinery and transportation infrastructure. Existing idle oil refining assets can be revamped to release the hydrogen from the liquid carrier for use in multiple commercial and industrial applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

—Joe Gorder, Valero Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, To produce renewable diesel, Diamond Green Diesel first pretreats used cooking oil and inedible animal fats to remove impurities. The US restaurant industry generates an estimated 2.3 billion pounds of used cooking oil annually.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

The ability to produce aviation-grade fuel from oil derived from wood waste—which up until now has been difficult due to the high viscosity of the oil—could help international aviation companies comply with new emissions regulations scheduled to go into effect in 2027. Lignin constitutes 20 to 40 percent of lignocellulose.

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