Residual oil yields clean turbine fuel

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JGC Corp of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a method capable of producing turbine grade fuel from heavy oil taken from the bottom of a petroleum- refinery crude unit. The process is set to be marketed worldwide under the name Gefinery in a deal with Schenectady, NY-based General Electric Co. JGC's Gefinery process, which has a yield ranging from 70% to 90%, has a refining cost of $4-5/bbl that makes it ideal for electricity generation.

Japan, Oil Products, Petroleum products, JGC Corp.

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Another new route to deep-desulfurization of diesel fuel

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Another less expensive alternative means of desulfurizing diesel fuel has been developed at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Lyon, France. The CNRS process, which is undergoing evaluation by a consortium that includes Elf, Total Fina SA and the French Petroleum Institute, removes alkylated dibenzothiophenes via a separate step. This permits hydrodesulfurization to be conducted in milder conditions.

France

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Oil from bagasse

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DynaMotive Technologies has developed a process for producing high-quality biodiesel fuel from sugar cane bagasse using a bubbling fluidized-bed pyrolysis process. The company is building a scale-up pilot plant that will convert 10 MT daily of biomass into 6,000 liters daily of diesel fuel and a 25 MT/d commercial demonstration plant. Dynamotive says bagasse is a major potential feedstock for the process since 375 million MT of bagasse were produced in 1999.

Canada, DynaMotive Technologies Corp.

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