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FP: Ottawa gas station first to sell fuel made from straw

"OTTAWA - Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's largest oil company, says a gas station in Ottawa will be the first in the world to fill tanks with gasoline that contains an advanced biofuel made from wheat straw..."

Upstream: Cyprus pushes on despite Turkish upset

"Cyprus said today it would press on with offshore oil exploration, despite strong objections from Turkey, and would open new fields for hydrocarbon research by early next year."

"In 2007, Cyprus launched its first licensing round for hydrocarbons in 11 offshore blocks, most in deepwater locations, despite objections from Turkey, which invaded the north of Cyprus in 1974 after a brief Greek inspired coup"

Upstream: 'Biggest oil demand drop since 1982'

"Global oil consumption fell by 420,000 barrels per day in 2008, the biggest decline since 1982, BP said today in the latest edition of its annual Statistical Review of World Energy..."

Bioliq

GCC: Biosyncrude Gasification Process Could Produce Motor Fuel at Cost of Around $3/gallon

"The Bioliq biosyncrude gasification process (earlier post) used in a large plant with a capacity of > 1 Mt/a can produce biosynfuel for about €1.04 per kg or €0.8 per liter (US$3.08/gallon US), according to an analysis by researchers at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany, which is co-developing the process with Lurgi..."

Lurgi is a subsidiary of Air Liquide(Euronext:AI)

Cost estimate for biosynfuel production via biosyncrude gasification(.pdf)

Air Liquide: Second generation biofuels: a new technological step

Catchy name, but an expensive process.