Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The policy calls for the testing and use of various alternative marine fuels to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions today. GoodFuels supplied EPS with a residual-fuel equivalent Bio-Fuel Oil (BFO). The BFO is a replacement for low-sulfur fuel oil and/or heavy fuel oil.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Supplies 243

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Volkswagen Group Logistics will be using certified fuel from vegetable residues for certain new car shipments via marine routes. The fuel is produced from materials such as used oil from restaurants and the food industry. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way.

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Oil Fuel Mariner Climate Protection 418

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Moller - Maersk, has invested in Vertoro , a Dutch start-up focused on developing liquid lignin technology which can be used as a marine fuel. The output of this plant will be used to develop further marine fuels in partnership with Maersk as well as other applications for the materials and chemicals markets.

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Mariner Green Fuel Universal 243

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Neste Oil will bring to the market a low-sulfur marine fuel in accordance with the EU sulfur Directive requirements entering into force in 2015, and will begin distributing it in mid-December. The new fuel will significantly reduce sulfur, nitrogen and particle emissions in marine transportation.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 231

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Crude oil and gas naturally escape from the seabed in many places known as seeps. This microbe, an archaeon named Methanoliparia , transforms the hydrocarbons by a process called alkane disproportionation: it splits the oil into methane (CH 4) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). © Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology).

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Oil Mariner Mexico Gas 281

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JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications.

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Energy Storage Mariner Li-ion Oil 239

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MAY 29, 2020

A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to clean up oil spills inexpensively and efficiently without harming marine life. —Vikas Nandwana.

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Water Oil Mariner Pollution 243

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JANUARY 13, 2022

to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas resources. In the Dongfang Industrial Park of Hainan Province, China BlueChemical extracts large quantities of such offshore natural gas (marine gas) from gas fields in the South China Sea. Marine gas, unlike commercial natural gas, contains high concentrations of CO 2.

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Mariner Gas China Engine 186

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Co-processed marine fuel to Swedish market. Separately, Neste announced that it and ScanOcean have brought Neste’s co-processed marine fuel enabling lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the Swedish market. Neste Marine 0.1 In the production of the fuel, crude oil is partly replaced with renewable raw materials.

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Singapore Renewable Parts Mariner 368

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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Oil Renewable Finland Mariner 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

At a time when pollution regulations are increasingly focused on the emissions ships generate, the SCiB will contribute to the protection of the marine and global environments. The certification is based on Class NK’s “Guidelines for Large-capacity Storage Batteries,” which requires use of a BMU in the system as a safety feature.

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Mariner Li-ion Lithium Ion Battery 321

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Leading global heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation and installation contractor Jumbo, and commercial, sustainable marine biofuel company GoodFuels, are partnering to test Goodfuels’ marine Bio-Fuel Oil on an offshore decommissioning project.

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Oil Mariner Fuel Netherlands 207

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DECEMBER 23, 2012

Statoil has made the investment decision to develop the Mariner heavy oil field development in the UK North Sea. The Mariner Field is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea approximately 150 km east of the Shetland Isles. The heavy oil project will require pioneering technology in order to be developed.

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Mariner Oil Oil-Sands 2007 225

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APRIL 12, 2021

A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found the waters in the Faroe-Shetland Channel (FSC) are teeming with oil-eating bacteria. The FSC is a deepwater sub-Arctic region where the oil and gas industry has been active for the last 40?years. —Angelova et al. Angelina G. 03701-20.

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Oil Water Mariner Pollution 225

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approved the field development plan put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. Location of the Mariner field. Statoil expects to start production from Mariner in 2017, and the field is expected to produce for 30 years.

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Mariner Oil Climate Change 2007 225

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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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Oil Gas Chevron Houston 221

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Under the trial, sustainable Bio-Fuel Oil was used in a blend with conventional fossil-based marine fuels to power a vessel on a major oceangoing route. Both applications of the Bio-Fuel Oil showed a positive result, thus proving the technical compatibility of sustainable marine biofuels. Earlier post.).

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2019 Oil Fuel Mariner 195

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition accelerating the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, welcomed Canadian LNG provider FortisBC to the growing coalition. FortisBC brings to the coalition nearly 50 years’ experience in LNG production in Western Canada.

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Mariner Fuel Alternative Fuels Canada 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

The Canaport Energy East Marine Terminal will connect TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to an ice-free, deep water port. It will allow Canadian producers direct access to world markets for exporting Canadian oil via the world’s largest crude carrying vessels. —Paul Browning, President and CEO, Irving Oil.

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Mariner Oil Oil-Sands Energy 225

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MARCH 6, 2021

OCI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN) to develop methanol and ammonia as marine fuels to support industry-wide decarbonization and environmental preservation efforts. Also, EPS will construct newbuild vessels with MAN engines powered by the same two alternative marine fuels. OCI intends to charter the first retrofitted vessel from EPS.

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Mariner Fuel Engine Carbon 243

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JULY 15, 2013

The Cat marine hybrid power system uses AKA’s XeroPoint Hybrid system. Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has introduced the the Cat Powered Marine Hybrid System, a complete hybrid propulsion package applicable to all engine platforms. —Michael Braun, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems tug and salvage segment manager.

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Mariner Hybrid Power Powered 262

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AUGUST 20, 2015

Researchers in the BioMara (Sustainable Fuels from Marine Biomass) project, report identifying two strains of marine algae— Nannochloropis oceanica and Chlorella vulgaris , which have a dry-weight oil content of more than 50%. —lead author Dr. Stephen Slocombe, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).

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Mariner Oil Low Cost 2015 150

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Boskalis, a leading global dredging and marine expert, and GoodFuels Marine, a leading provider of sustainable marine biofuels to the global commercial shipping fleet, have successfully performed live tests on a sustainable wood-based drop-in biofuel called UPM BioVerno. UPM BioVerno is produced from wood-based tall oil.

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Mariner Fleet Finland Oil 150

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JULY 14, 2023

The company reports that the successful combustion was performed on a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X type and produced positive results with particularly promising data regarding pilot-oil amount and combustion stability. This marks a major milestone on our road to developing a full-scale two-stroke ammonia marine engine. —Thomas S.

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Engine Mariner Water Fuel 369

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

bp and Maersk Tankers, with support from the Danish Maritime Authority, have successfully completed trials using biofuel-blended marine fuel in product tankers, demonstrating that sustainable biofuels can be used as a marine drop-in fuel to help reduce carbon emissions in shipping.

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Mariner Africa Oil Netherlands 334

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, has developed a new piston ring for two-stroke diesel engines that reduces oil consumption and marine pollution by allowing the quantity of lubricant used to be greatly reduced. This feed oil is not uniformly distributed on the cylinder wall.

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Mariner Oil Pollution Diesel 150

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Biomass technology group BTG plans to set up a new high-tech technology company that can convert crude pyrolysis oil into diesel fuel suitable for the shipping sector. It will be the first refinery in the world for an advanced marine biofuel based on pyrolysis oil.

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Oil Convert Fuel Mariner 186

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MAY 20, 2019

A life-cycle assessment of emissions from domestic and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), and heavy-fuel oil (HFO) for marine shipping by a team from the University of British Columbia has found that only high-pressure dual-fuel (HPDF) engines robustly reduce well-to-wake GHG emissions by 10% compared with their HFO-fueled counterparts.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Exhaust 236

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JUNE 5, 2024

Kia’s opened the order books on its new, affordable EV3 electric car, Volvo has a bunch of news for car enthusiasts and equipment geeks alike, we might be past peak oil, e-bikes are hot sellers, and Scooter Doll checks out some electric outboards from Mercury Marine. All this and more on today’s Quick Charge!

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Volvo Oil Mercury Kia 109

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JANUARY 2, 2018

Titan LNG, a full service supplier of LNG to the marine and industrial markets in North West Europe, reported that in 2017 around 11% of all new build contracts were LNG powered ships, a trend it expects to continue during 2018. The supplier suggests that LNG adoption as a marine fuel has passed the tipping point.

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Mariner 2017 Power Powered 150

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MAY 4, 2021

The plant will no longer produce fuels from crude oil, but instead will make fuels from used cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils. The renewable feedstocks will be primarily delivered across the Marine Terminal. The company will purchase 100% of the soybean oil production. Earlier post.).

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Conversion Renewable California Fuel 435

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The end-products include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine biofuel, and renewable diesel from waste biomass. Simplified Hydrofaction Process Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) applies supercritical water as a reaction medium for the conversion of biomass directly into a high-energy density renewable biocrude oil.

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Waste Energy Oil Conversion 293

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MARCH 20, 2013

Mærsk Group is currently involved in two projects focused on realizing the marine fuel potential of one of the world’s most abundant and sustainable biomass resources: lignin. For the past 75 years, the shipping companies have used oil, but looking at the next 75 years this is likely to change. Earlier post.). Luijten, C.C.M.,

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Mariner 2012 Oil Fuel 261

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Rolls-Royce launched its latest in a series of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled marine engines at the SMM maritime exhibition in Hamburg. Specific energy consumption is a low 7300kj/kWh mechanical ISO including two engine-driven pumps; specific lubricating oil consumption is less than 0.4g/kWh.

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Mariner Engine Diesel Gas-Electric 210

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) has agreed to move forward with a prohibition on the carriage of high-sulfur fuel oil for use on board ships, when that fuel oil is not compliant with a new low-sulfur limit which comes into force from 2020. of MARPOL Annex VI.

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Oil Fuel Pollution Mariner 277

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JUNE 22, 2012

and Schlumberger have created Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas , a joint venture to develop services for the oil and gas industry using Wave Gliders, the first wave-powered, autonomous marine vehicles. The joint venture will be the exclusive distributor of Wave Glider products and services to oil and gas customers worldwide.

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Mariner Oil Gas Industrial 210

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JULY 3, 2013

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems shipped the first MaK M 46 DF dual fuel marine engine. The M 46 DF, Caterpillar’s first marine dual fuel solution, will power a newbuild ordered by Germany’s AIDA cruises. Three 12 M 43 C marine engines will also power the cruise liner.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Oil 186