Sentences with phrase «say jet fuel»

Say jet fuel trades at $ 2 per gallon.

With demand likely to keep growing, Michael Dei - Michei, head of research at JBC Energy in Vienna, Austria, said jet fuel will more frequently outprice diesel and at times gasoline.

Not exact matches

Deluce likes to call the CS100 a «whisper - jet,» though it would be more accurate to say that it's a «mimic - jet» — one whose noise profile and fuel consumption look more like those of a turboprop.

But several Republicans said in response they would not back a provision in a larger tax bill that would give Delta a significant tax break — it would exempt from state sales taxes some jet fuel purchased at the Atlanta - Hartsfield Jackson Airport.

It said its fuel warning does not extend to aircraft that use jet fuel, also known in the industry as «Jet A.&raqjet fuel, also known in the industry as «Jet A.&raqJet A.»

Executives of the airline say that business could begin to expand now that jet fuel prices have dropped and the airline has lowered its fares.

NEW YORK Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

NEW YORK, April 12 Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

Demand for jet fuel has increased over the last two years as the global economy has strengthened and airplane passenger traffic has risen, said Sandy Fielden, director of oil and products research at Morningstar Commodities in Austin, Texas.

In New York Harbor, jet fuel for physical delivery traded on Thursday at 1.50 cents per gallon above the futures contract, traders said.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Prices for jet fuel have strengthened relative to diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong demand for air travel fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.

UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, said last week it will shrink its fleet by up to 4 percent this year to combat the skyrocketing cost of jet fuel.

• Mr. Paddock fired at least two rifle rounds that struck a jet fuel tank on the western perimeter of McCarran International Airport, an airport spokesman said on Thursday.

This, I can say on authority, was used to fuel the entire Presidency, including the Presidential Jet and other National Security operations.

These alterations would make the aircraft use 37 percent less fuel than a typical passenger jet, Uranga says.

«Oil - to - Jet is one of the direct and efficient routes to convert bio-based feedstocks to jet fuel,» said Vijay Singh, Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research LaboratoJet is one of the direct and efficient routes to convert bio-based feedstocks to jet fuel,» said Vijay Singh, Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratojet fuel,» said Vijay Singh, Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory.

«We estimate that this biofuel would cost the airline industry $ 5.31 / gallon, which is less than most of the reported prices of renewable jet fuel produced from other oil crops or algae,» said Deepak Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Illinois, who led the analysis.

«Gasoline tends to contain short - chain hydrocarbons, say C8, with more branches, whereas diesel and jet fuel contain long - chain hydrocarbons with few branches,» Keasling notes.

«Oil companies have processes to turn this [syngas] into gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel,» said Rich Masel, CEO of Dioxide Materials and a retired professor, pointing out how companies like BP PLC have operated synthetic fuel facilities for 20 years, albeit using natural gas instead of recycled carbon as a feedstock.

«Jet fuel and biofuel mix is something that is easily done,» he says «I don't believe 100 percent biofuel is the answer.»

«We are able to take lignin — which most biorefineries consider waste to be burned for its heat — and turn it into high - value molecules that have applications in fragrance, flavoring and high - octane jet fuels,» Abu - Omar said.

Voit says this would allow the airline to eliminate some cables, which can add significantly to the weight of their jets, and save on fuel.

«Our method of direct conversion of ethanol offers a pathway to produce suitable hydrocarbon blend - stock that may be blended at a refinery to yield fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel or commodity chemicals,» Narula said.

Last month, Sapphire Energy, an algae biofuel company that participated in the Continental test flight, said it would be producing 1 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel a year by 2011 (Greenwire, April 28).

Air New Zealand said yesterday that using a 50 percent blend of biofuel with traditional jet A-1 fuel can improve fuel efficiency by more than 1 percent, according to data collected during the December 2008 test flight.

Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha — plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops — could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as early as next year, a Boeing executive said yesterday.

Ralph Lorenz at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland says we could use other water jets — those formed when spacecraft release astronaut urine and waste water from fuel cells — to learn about that.

Bill Glover, managing director of environmental strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which is leading an effort to develop, test and certify alternative jet fuels, said the technology is ready.

«The entire cycle is a self - regulating feedback mechanism, like the thermostat on a house's heating and cooling system, because the «puddle» of gas around the black hole provides the fuel that powers the jets,» NASA said in the statement.

«The airlines see alternative jet fuel as a strategic need, helping guarantee smooth business operations and a long - term and sustainable jet fuel supply,» Zhang said.

I got to say, Anthony, are poop powered planes, the jet fuel that's usually...

[49] When cruising at 43,000 feet, the jet is said to consume just 339 litres (89.5 gallons) of fuel per hour.

It's said to feature new roller - finger followers in the valvetrain; hollow camshafts for weight reduction; redesigned valve - lash adjusters and new intake and exhaust valves for better durability; both direct and port fuel injection; piston - cooling oil jets; a forged - steel, fully counterweighted crankshaft; and all - new turbochargers designed to delver more boost.

The researchers say the idea has merit because jets will continue to fly by burning liquid fuel for many years to come, and automobiles — barring big advances in batteries — will also need a liquid fill - up well past the point where the world has a billion cars.

In considering climate change implications, it would seem that this work identifies priority areas for developing lower - carbon fuels — i.e., biofuels for aviation or, say, Qatar's process for turning natural gas into a jet fuel.

«Decarbonization of heavy industry and aviation will be difficult, which makes converting industrial waste gases into low - carbon jet fuel a fascinating prospect,» said James Beard, climate and aviation specialist at WWF in the U.K. «All airlines should pursue the development of genuinely sustainable, low - carbon fuels that are certified to minimize indirect land use change.»

The article says Burleson claimed that, «despite Piltz's claims that greenhouse gas emissions from planes have been increasing, Bureau of Transportation statistics show CO2 emissions from jet fuel have actually decreased by 5 percent since 2000, despite a growth in capacity.»

Quick back of envelope calculation at 50 % efficiency converting electricity to jet - a says you need the continuous output from a 500 megawatt reactor and it produces $ 300,000 per day worth of fuel or about $ 100 million per year.

««Somewhere on earth, on land, one - quarter of all our carbon emissions released through fossil fuel emissions is disappearing,» said David Crisp, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

«We should be asking people to pay the cost of putting carbon into the atmosphere as they buy the fuel,» said Josh Willis, climate scientist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Lackner says the captured CO2 could be used to create fuel for jet engines and cars, the two most common carbon emitters.

Water World: «The US Navy is surrounded by seawater and the Navy needs jet fuel,» a Navy research scientist says.

Solazyme says that its microbial - derived jet fuel has passed the eleven «most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel.&rafuel has passed the eleven «most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel.&raFuel.»

The annual conference «provides franchisees with an injection of «jet fuel» for the coming months,» says the company.