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Total to participate in Futurol project


Oil & Gas Journal

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 12 -- Total SA said it will participate in Futurol, an ethanol research and development project with a €74 million estimated budget.

The project seeks to develop a process for producing ethanol by fermenting nonfood lignocellulosic biomass. The project also will seek to determine the industrial viability of such a process.

Futurol is expected to involve French research organizations, manufacturers, and financial institutions, Total said.

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