With funding from Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, the Biorefining Conversions Network aims to become a hub for bioeconomy investments and a world class centre of excellence for biorefining and biomass conversions. Using a Campus Alberta approach over the next three years, the network will receive $3.8 million for business development and research that turns the province's agricultural and ...
ForeverGreen Enterprises (FGE) is pleased to announce the selection of The Livingston Group, LLC, (TLG) as the company’s representative and strategic counselor with state and local governments along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Livingston Group was created in March 1999 and provides comprehensive public affairs, government relations and lobbying services on a global basis. Recognized as one of ...
Joule today announced another industry first in renewable fuel production: the direct conversion of waste CO2 into the essential components of gasoline and jet fuel. The breakthrough gives Joule the opportunity to expand its Sunflow™ product line and help address global demand for true hydrocarbon fuel replacements. In addition, the process uses waste CO2 as a feedstock, allowing ...
Energy analyst Zeus Development Corporation reports that entrepreneurs in North America are beginning to make the most of the wide spread between natural gas and petroleum prices by establishing new plants to convert gas into high value products. Zeus will host two back-to-back seminars March 6 and 7 to discuss the best locations in North America where plants can be constructed to access ...
Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GETH) announced today that the tire and plastic to oil samples that were approved in May 2012 precipitated the pricing at the "Brent Crude" spot price. One oil company stated that lab result qualities of all GETH's oil samples were well ...
Original story at MIT News Catherine Drennan, a professor of chemistry and biology, likes to wax poetic about the complex chemistry of microbes. "I think they’re elegant and beautiful," she says. Of course, she also sees their practical applications. "I love the fact that these microbes can be used for bioremediation in ...
This new patented product has been recognised by the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with the 2013 Spotlight award for reducing offshore oil and gas sector operating costs while benefiting the environment. Wärtsilä has introduced a unique product, GasReformer, which uses steam reforming technology to convert ...
LONDON, ENGLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 08/04/10 -- Centric Energy Corp. ("Centric Energy" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: CTE) announces that it has entered into a binding letter agreement whereby Tullow Oil PLC ("Tullow") (LSE: TLW) has agreed to farm-in to a 50 percent participating interest in Centric Energy's 100 percent owned Production Sharing Contract covering Block 10BA in north-western ...
Adventus Americas, Inc., an international remediation biotechnology firm, recently outlined topical decision-making criteria for remediation engineers and environmental professionals. This summary compares and contrasts our EHC® ISCR technology with carbon-only substrates consisting of emulsified vegetable oils. While the latter can be effective, there exist a number of fundamental ...
Topsoe, a Danish research company, has developed a process in cooperation with Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, making it possible to convert carbohydrates from biomass to lactic acid using a catalyst. Lactic acid is used for the production of bio-degradable plastic. A catalyst converting biomass This is the first time the process takes place over a ...
Currently 200 Plus Drilling Permits Issued With New Rigs Moving in WeeklyEDMONTON, AB -- (Marketwire) -- 08/10/10 -- Green Oasis Environmental Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRNO), a Florida corporation, is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary Custom Carbon Processing Inc. (CCP) is currently detailing the terms of a slop and emulsified oil processing agreement with Western Environmental ...
The viscosity-gravity constant (VGC) is a useful function for the approximate characterization of the viscous fractions of petroleum. It is relatively insensitive to molecular weight and is related to a fluids composition as expressed in terms of certain structural elements. Values of VGC near 0.800 ...
B&W Y-12(y12nsc), a nuclear security firm, has received several environmental awards. The company has been recognized by the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce for replacing a coal-fired steam plant with a new natural gas plant with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and for the creation of a sustainability and stewardship program. It has received the Silver ...
This test method is most commonly performed using a negative polarity point opposing a grounded sphere (NPS). The NPS breakdown voltage of fresh unused oils measured in the highly divergent field in this configuration depends on oil composition, decreasing with increasing concentration of aromatic, particularly polyaromatic, hydrocarbon molecules. This test method may be used to evaluate ...
EDMONTON, AB -- (Marketwire) -- 08/16/10 -- Green Oasis Environmental Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRNO), a Florida corporation, is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary, Custom Carbon Processing Inc. (CCP), reports its Montana location is now producing and exceeding forecasted oil production levels. As previously reported, the Waldo Processing Facility is CCP's newest site in ...
Green Oasis Environmental Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRNO), a Florida corporation, is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary Custom Carbon Processing Inc., (CCP) is currently making oil at a faster than expected rate. Oil production at this pace, as well as high stock levels, has netted CCP the best production month ever. With most of the finished oil coming from the Wyoming location, CCP ...
IHS Vice President, Ambassador Carlos Pascual testified today on the economic benefits to be gained by lifting the 1970s-era ban on U.S exports of crude oil before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Earlier this week, IHS released its most recent study examining the potential economic impacts of removing the crude oil export ban. The latest study focuses on industries that ...
This test method measures the tendency of automotive manual transmission and final drive lubricants to deteriorate under high-temperature conditions, resulting in thick oil, sludge, carbon and varnish deposits, and the formation of corrosive products. This deterioration can lead to ...