Co-authors: Raghu Dronamraju, Principal Process Engineer, Fluor Canada & Jon Isley, Executive Technical Director, Fluor Canada CO2 emissions from the transportation sector, including end-use sectors, account for approximately 23% of the total CO2 emissions globally. Based on current trends, these are projected to increase by nearly 50% by 2030 and more than 80% by 2050 [1]. Of this, aviation accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2022, having grown faster in recent [Read more]
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Harvey knocks out more refineries, shifting global oil flows
DALLAS - Hurricane Harvey is sending pump prices higher for U.S. motorists and causing temporary shifts in the flow of oil and gasoline around the world after taking down a huge chunk of U.S. refining capacity. It will be days or even weeks before the energy sector in the southeast Texas Gulf Coast is back to normal operations as it deals with flooding in the aftermath of Harvey, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm. The region from Corpus Christi, Texas, where Harvey made [Read more]
Cuba weathers storm in Venezuela but future looks uncertain
HAVANA - Refineries have gone dark. Gas rations have been slashed for hundreds of thousands of state workers. Construction materials are nearly impossible to find. But Cuba's hotels and restaurants are packed, major U.S. airlines are adding flights and government stores are full of frozen American chicken and U.S.-made candy. So far, Cuba is weathering the storm as Venezuela's economy craters and protesters fill its streets to denounce Cuba's greatest socialist ally. A [Read more]
Swift Fuels Announces Distribution Framework Strategy With Avfuel Corporation
OSHKOSH, WI--(Marketwired - Jul 23, 2015) - Swift Fuels, LLC, a recognized leader in developing unleaded aviation fuels, today announced it expects to finalize a fuel distribution framework agreement soon with Avfuel Corporation to distribute its recently launched Swift 94 MON Avgas. Swift Fuels, in collaboration with Avfuel Corporation, a global supplier of aviation fuel and services, is developing a framework agreement to serve as a template allowing equitable distribution processes [Read more]
Neil Young pans Keystone pipeline, likens oil sands landscape to Hiroshima
OTTAWA (Canadian Press) - Neil Young is singing a new tune, claiming he's seen the pipeline and the damage done.The Canadian music legend has waded into the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline with inflammatory comments that compare Fort McMurray, Alta., to the scene of an atomic bomb strike.Young declared himself "against the Keystone pipeline in a big way" as he described a recent driving visit to Fort McMurray, home base to northern Alberta's oil sands development."The fact is, Fort McMurray [Read more]