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Students develop biodiesel fuel for University use

Published Sep 19, 2014

In 2013, a group of students from Engineers for a Sustainable World were awarded $15,000 by the Green Fee Committee — a University funded grant for projects related to sustainability — to purchase a biodiesel reactor.

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Hundreds attend public meeting on contaminated fuel

Published Sep 18, 2014

Hundreds of angry motorists attended a public meeting at the Gateway Hotel in Swinford tonight on the growing contaminated fuel issue.

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Water In Fuel Shuts Down At Least A Dozen Vehicles

Published Sep 17, 2014

You fill up at the fuel pump and trust that it will get you where you need to go but that's not the case for some area drivers recently. Some instead had to go straight to the service shop.

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Pemex advances diesel program at Mexican refineries

Published Sep 16, 2014

Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has let a contract to Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas to execute an ultralow-sulfur diesel project at its Lazaro Cardenas refinery near Minatitlan in Veracruz state

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Kerosene 'fuel' ruins more than 500 car engines

Published Sep 14, 2014

First you lose power, and then the motor starts knocking - you are a victim of new fuel scam 'petrol stretching'

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Methes Energies Achieves Record Biodiesel Production in August 2014 and Its Third Quarter

Published Sep 11, 2014

Methes Energies International Ltd. (NASDAQ: MEIL), a renewable energy company that offers an array of products and services to biodiesel fuel producers, announced today that it had produced over 412,000 gallons of ASTM quality biodiesel at its Sombra, Ontario facility in August 2014, a record month in terms of gallons produced, surpassing the previous monthly high of 308,000 gallons in November 2013.

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New White Diesel Fuel Can Save Energy, Reduce Emissions

Published Sep 11, 2014

Of course, we know that water doesn’t burn, but diesel fuel does

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Chevron pays fine for selling gas contaminated with water

Published Sep 11, 2014

Chevron has agreed to pay $298,000 in civil penalties and costs for accidentally selling gas contaminated with excess water at Orange County stations in 2011, causing minor damage to at least 44 vehicles.

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A big year at ASTM for biodiesel

Published Sep 11, 2014

Biodiesel Magazine talks with industry expert Steve Howell about the busiest six months in biodiesel's history at ASTM.

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Male drivers more likely to run out of fuel or misfuel

Published Sep 11, 2014

Research from the RAC has revealed that male drivers are more likely than female drivers to run out of fuel, or put the wrong type in the tank.

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