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ENERGY CENTER TO FOCUS ON NATURAL GAS RESEARCH
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Research of natural gas, as an increasingly potential
future energy source, remains a goal of The Energy Center in Norman
despite funding setbacks.
Barnet "Barney" Groten, executive director of the center at the
University of Oklahoma, has said The Energy Center hopes to focus on
crucial natural gas basic research with a goal of gaining national,
if not international, renown in the industry.
"Natural gas. . .has been for much of its history a low-valued
commodity whose ful...
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NATURAL GAS SAID KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION
The Journal Record
; The 21st Century could be the coming of age for natural gas ideals touted for many years by Robert Hefner III, president of The GHK Co. in Oklahoma City. Timing of his remarks Tuesday coincided somewhat with the Governor's Energy Conference in downtown Oklahoma City Wednesday and today's Compressed
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OU STUDENTS ENTER RACE FOR NATURAL GAS-FUELED TRUCKS
The Journal Record
; GD63;AGB;IP1,2.6;ITS;PS51,66;XP;END; A team of University of Oklahoma engineering students will enter a pickup truck that runs on natural gas in the 1991 Society of Automotive Engineers Natural Gas Vehicle Challenge, which will draw 24 university teams from the United States and Canada to OU's
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Big business backups: propane-generated synthetic natural gas offers promise for winter crunch.
LP/Gas
; If the nation's natural gas supply remains critically low and sky-high in price this winter as projected, propane dealers may be able to benefit from a niche market that is gathering steam domestically as well as overseas. Synthetic natural gas is a mixture of air--not necessarily pure oxygen --and
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CONFERENCE SLATED ON NATURAL GAS VEHICLES
The Journal Record
; Natural gas and its potential as an alternative fuel will be the main topic at the Continental Conference on Natural Gas Vehicles June 5 and 6 at the University of Oklahoma's Sarkeys Energy Center in Norman. The conference will examine the technology, as well as the policy, economics and social
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Lower natural gas prices foreseen
The Journal Record
; Gasoline prices are skyrocketing but natural gas prices have plummeted to the lowest they've been in the past 18 months, according to Dr. Charles Mankin, director, Sarkeys Energy Center, University of Oklahoma. He said the reason for both is related to supply and demand. "We don't have enough
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