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May 03, 2012
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USA Leads World in Exports of Ethanol
Houston TX (SPX) May 03, 2012
Hart Energy's newly released study, U.S. and Brazil Ethanol Outlook to 2022, finds the United States has vaulted over Brazil to lead the world in the export of ethanol, a title it is positioned to retain in 2012 and beyond. The study also dismisses the notion that goals of two programs in the U.S. can be achieved. Biofuels volumes required by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) do not match with the realities of commercialization and availabil ... read more

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Japan buys stake in Australia LNG
Australia's Woodside Petroleum will sell a 14.7 percent stake in its $30 billion Browse liquefied natural gas project to Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi Corp. ... more
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Report: Poles to bid for Czech pipelines
Poland has joined a group of potential bidders interested in buying the Czech Republic's natural gas transit operator, a Prague report indicated this week. ... more
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Pattern Celebrates First Anniversary of St. Joseph Wind
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) has announced that its St. Joseph Wind project - the largest wind farm in Manitoba - has reached its first full year of operation. The 138 megawatt (MW) wind power ... more
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BIO FUEL

The Andersons Finalizes Purchase of Iowa Ethanol Plant
The Andersons announced it has completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa, now known as The Andersons Denison Ethanol LLC. The operations consist of an ethanol production f ... more
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US Biofuel Industry Moves From The Beaker To Barrel
Testifying before the U.S. House Small Business Committee's Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, Michael McAdams, president, Advanced Biofuels Association - ABFA, said he is, "proud to rep ... more
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Butamax Expands Early Adopters Group
Butamax Advanced Biofuels has announced that two additional ethanol producers have joined their Early Adopters Group and have signed letters of intent to this effect. The Early Adopters Group ... more
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HERO BX Adopts Arisdyne's Oleochemical Cavitation System to Reduce Biodiesel Catalyst Consumption
The Arisdyne Systems cavitation process has allowed biodiesel producer HERO BX to reduce catalyst consumption by over 25% and contributed to the reduction of monoglycerides, since its installation a ... more
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Shell icebreaker heading for Arctic: Greenpeace
A Finnish icebreaker contracted to Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has left Helsinki for the Arctic despite Greenpeace's attempts to block its departure, the environmental group said Wednesday. ... more
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S. African official mulls support for shale gas exploration
Controversial exploration of South Africa's Karoo region for shale gas might be worth the trouble if the work is subjected to strict controls, a national environment official said Wednesday. ... more
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Philippines asks US for radars, patrol boats and aircraft
The Philippines said Wednesday it has asked the United States to supply its armed forces with patrol boats and aircraft as well as radar systems amid an escalating territorial dispute with China. ... more
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India to cut back on Iran oil purchases: report
India's two biggest importers of crude oil from Iran will cut shipments from the Islamic republic by at least 15 percent this financial year due to US pressure, a report has said. ... more
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UN gives Sudan, South Sudan 48 hours to halt hostilities
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution giving Sudan and South Sudan 48 hours to halt hostilities or face potential sanctions. ... more
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Taiwan sets up airborne unit for Spratlys
Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday that it has formed a special airborne unit capable of scrambling to the contested Spratly islands in just hours, as tensions in the South China Sea mounted. ... more
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BIO FUEL

High-Yield Method for Producing Everyday Plastics from Biomass
A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles ... more
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Ford, GM sales skid as Chrysler, Toyota accelerate
General Motors and Ford saw their US sales skid in April as rivals Chrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen posted strong gains, industry data showed Tuesday. ... more
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BP profits slide on lower oil output
BP net profits sank 18 percent in the first quarter on lower oil output triggered by the sale of assets to meet costs of the Gulf of Mexico spill disaster, the British energy giant said on Tuesday. ... more
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Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound Shell icebreaker in Finland
Twenty Greenpeace activists chained themselves to an icebreaker in Helsinki's harbour on Tuesday in a bid to block Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. ... more
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April oil exports highest since 1989: Iraq
Iraq's crude exports in April were the highest monthly figure in more than 20 years, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Tuesday. ... more
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Brazil's gas find heralds a 'golden age'
Brazil says natural gas finds on land herald a golden age of the energy resource and will likely reduce dependence on gas imports from Bolivia. ... more
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China posed for more investment in shale?
China invested $222 million in its shale gas sector last year, a government official said. ... more
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BIO FUEL

Tests of aviation jet biofuel to start
U.S. tech firm Honeywell says it is starting one of the aviation industry's first comprehensive test programs for aviation biofuel. ... more
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OriginOil Technology Recovers 98% of Hydrocarbons in Oil and Gas Production Water
OriginOil has announced that in recent independent third-party testing OriginOil's algae harvesting process was able to remove 98% of hydrocarbons from a sample of West Texas oil well 'frac flowback ... more
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Student-devised process would prep shale gas for sale
A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective ma ... more
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China sets fines for Bohai oil spill
China has ordered oil giant ConocoPhillips and China National Offshore Oil Corp. to pay $269 million for oil spills at a Bohai Bay oilfield run by Conoco. ... more
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China to loan South Sudan $8 billion, Juba says
China has agreed to loan oil-rich South Sudan eight billion dollars for infrastructure development, Juba government spokesman Barnaba Mariel Benjamin said on Saturday. ... more
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Philippines plays down Chinese military threat
The Philippines sought to play down simmering tensions with China on Sunday, saying Beijing was unlikely to resort to military action to resolve their maritime dispute in the South China Sea. ... more
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Chinese tastes impact global car designs
As more and more Chinese buy cars, automakers say consumer tastes in the Asian nation have a growing influence on vehicle design the world over. ... more
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Philippines appeals for US help in building armed forces
The Philippines, lamenting the poor state of its armed forces, appealed Monday for US and international help in building a "minimum credible defense" amid an escalating territorial dispute with China. ... more
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New Sudan air raids alleged as hungry flee
A surging number of hungry refugees are fleeing fighting in Sudan where some are reduced to foraging in the wild, the UN said Monday, amid new allegations of Sudanese air strikes. ... more
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Oil palm surging source of greenhouse gas emissions
Continued expansion of industrial-scale oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo will become a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 unless strong forest and peatland protections are ... more
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Kuwaiti MP questions oil deal with China
A Kuwaiti opposition MP on Monday questioned what he called a "suspicious" deal to supply China's Sinopec with 300,000 barrels per day of oil for 10 years. ... more
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