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0Shell gets approval to drill three deepwater wells in Gulf of Mexico 1300906200
It's near impossible to forget that back in April of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon burst into flames, sunk into the sea and spewed oil for months. In early May, President Obama declared that no additional deepwater drilling efforts would commence until measures were in place to prevent this type of ...
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Shell pushes lubrication boundaries with fuel-saving 0W-10 synthetic motor oil 1300219500
Most modern automobile engines run with either 5W-20 or 5W-30 weight motor oil lubricating their internals. While these two oil viscosities have been shown to adequately protect an engine's moving parts, a lower-weight lubricant (0W-10, for example) could theoretically boost a vehicle's fuel ... -
Shell tests nitrogen-enriched diesel; fuel consumption decreases by up to 4.8% 1296827400
In initial tests of Shell's nitrogen-enriched diesel fuel, the oil giant's new fuel was shown to reduce consumption by up to 4.8 percent in heavy-duty vehicles. Shell's testing indicates that heavy-duty trucks, fueled with the nitrogen-enriched diesel and operating under severe stop-and-go city ...
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And that's that: Shell quits last algae biodiesel research project 1296675960
With the promise of 100 times as much fuel per acre than traditional sources like corn and soy, algae biofuel was thought to be the answer to biofuels. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy even gave out $24 million for research on this new technology, including $9 million to Cellana. Who ...
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Shell chooses oil over whales, threatening Western Pacific Gray 1296089940
"Pesky whales. They just have to have their feeding grounds right where we want to put another oil platform. Well, too bad for them." That would seem to be the attitude over at the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company offices, of which Shell is the largest partner after Russia's Gazprom. The ...
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2011 Shell Eco-marathon Americas includes additional category; plug-in electric vehicles 1287432060
The 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas, a competition that challenges high school and college students to design vehicles that travel using the least amount of energy, has expanded to include a new plug-in electric vehicle category. At next year's event, the fifth of its kind, plug-ins can enter ...
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Shell Dialogues hosting "future of energy" webchat July 22nd 1279580160
There's a lot of energy talk around here, but some of the most fun is about the future and thinking about the innovations that may forever change our perception of energy production. For example, what about solar energy beamed in from the moon? Want something a little more down-to-earth? Check out ...
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Iogen and Shell invest to move cellulosic ethanol venture toward commercial production 1276001820
Canadian cellulosic ethanol developer Iogen Corporation and its joint venture partner Royal Dutch Shell have committed further funding to keep the venture going for two more years. Iogen Energy is currently running a demonstration plant near Ottawa that is producing ethanol from wheat straw. The ...
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Shell introduces Ecobox; motor oil container that reduces plastic waste by 89% 1275923280
Back in 1965, a winemaker in Australia had a novel idea. He decided that wine in a bottle was wasteful in many ways and thus came forward with the invention of boxed wine. While some applauded his innovative thinking, wine purists thought that the invention was all kinds of evil (but it did set up ...
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Shell Dialogues hosting sustainable transportation, electric cars webchat May 11th 1273252680
If you think back ten years ago, could you have ever imagined a day when an oil company like Shell would come forward and openly discuss the emergence of vehicles that operate without a drop of crude? We didn't see it coming back then, but the times they are a-changin'. The Shell Dialogues team ...

