Breakthrough In Saudi Arabia’s Policy Toward Ethanol Byproducts Announced
(AgriMarketing) …Culminating years of U.S. Grains Council efforts, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has added corn gluten feed (CGF) and distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to its import feed...
View ArticlePetroleum Refiners Get out the Old Fear-Mongering Playbook for Attack on...
by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest) Despite oil industry claims of “$10 million in fines for non-existent fuels” – they paid exactly $19,010.16 for cellulosic ethanol waivers in 2010, costing US...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Biorefinery from Algae Project
(Algae Industry Magazine) Salman Zafar writes in Ecomena.org that King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology is funding an innovative project called the Saudi Arabia Biorefinery from Algae...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia, World’s Leading Oil Producer, to Go “Green” at Home?
by John Daly (OilPrice.com) Renewable energy, currently a Republican object of derision and attack on the Obama administration in next month’s U.S. presidential election, may have found a most unlikely...
View ArticleBiomax Sets up Venture with Jeddah Firm for Bio-Fuel Unit
by Amit Mitra (The Hindu Business Line) Bio-fuel maker Biomax Fuels has set up a 50:50 joint venture with the Jeddah-based Middle East Environment Protection Co to set up the first bio-fuel plant in...
View ArticleSaudi Firm to Invest $650m on Sugar, Ethanol in Sudan
(Saudi Gazette) Sinnar state signed a partnership with the Saudi Tala Company to produce sugar, ethanol and bio-fuel in Sinnar state from the Jatropha tree to be cultivated in an area estimated at...
View ArticleCamelina on the Move: Global Clean Energy Holdings Acquires Sustainable Oils
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced that it has acquired Sustainable Oils, a leader in Camelina genetics and production. The acquisition includes 100%...
View ArticleRenewables Remain Critical in Meeting Long-Term U.S. Energy Needs
(25 x ’25) …It is interesting to see the advances in renewable energy being made in, of all places, nations with the largest oil reserves in the world. According to a recent report from Ernst and...
View ArticleBASF, National Prawn Co. Cooperate on Algae Technology
by Ron Kortrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Saudi Arabia-based National Prawn Co. and the German chemical giant BASF have signed an agreement to work together in developing algae technology. NPC is...
View ArticleSaudi – Kingdom to Produce 30,000 Tons of Algae
(MENAFN-Arab News) Saudi Arabia will be one of the few algae producing countries around the world, with production capacity expected to reach 30,000 tons by 2014, said Jaber Al-Shehri, undersecretary...
View Article12 MMgy Ultrasonic Biodiesel Facility Planned for Saudi Arabia
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Portugal-based biodiesel technology provider Incbio announced it has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Bio Renewable Energy Factory to supply a 40,000 ton...
View ArticleNew TV Ad Exposes Saudi Oil Money Bankrolling RFS Smear Campaign
(Americans United for Change/Biodiesel Magazine) Pro-renewable fuel standard, pro-American jobs groups Americans United for Change and VoteVets.org held a press call April 30 to reveal damaging IRS...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Plans To Raise Fuel Economy–But Not Gas Prices
by John Voelcker (Green Car Reports) … Now, another country is discussing new regulations that would require both new and imported used vehicles to meet minimum gas mileage standards. That country is...
View ArticleInside OPEC Room, Naimi Declares Price War on U.S. Shale Oil
by Alex Lawler, Amena Bakr and Dmitry Zhdannikov (Reuters) Saudi Arabia’s oil minister told fellow OPEC members they must combat the U.S. shale oil boom, arguing against cutting crude output in order...
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Shale vs OPEC: What’s Going on with Oil Prices? Will the Bleeding Stop, and...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Here’s what’s going on, as illustrated in this EIA chart, which shows the imbalance between increases in demand and the increases in non-OPEC production. In short,...
View ArticleMiddle East OPEC Countries See a Future in Algae
by Imran Khan (Algae Industry Magazine) The global demand for fossil fuels is swelling against a tight economic environment and the Middle East is no exception. The domestic consumption of energy in...
View ArticleHere’s What Will Send Oil Prices Back Up Again
by Martin Tillier (OilPrice.com) … The low price brigade cites another factor in making their predictions, the rise of alternative energy sources. There is no doubt that there have been significant...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Continues To Turn Screws On U.S. Shale
by James Stafford (OilPrice.com) Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC’s latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia...
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How Much Longer Can The Oil Age Last?
By Gaurav Agnihotri (OilPrice.com) History has been so fascinated with oil and its price movements that it is indeed hard to imagine our future without oil. Over the last few months, we have...
View ArticleCould Middle East Switch From Oil to Renewable Superpower?
by Darrell Delamaide (Oilprice.com/Time Magazine) Decreasing prices in solar power could provide opportunities for oil-poor countries … The recent decline in oil prices won’t make solar power...
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