Your chairs, synthetic rugs and plastic bags could one day be made out of cocoa, rice and vegetable waste rather than petroleum, scientists are now reporting. The novel process they develope... Read more
A new, simple catalyst, developed at the University of Twente, improves the quality of this oil before it is even transported to the refinery. Oil produced from biomass – such as wood... Read more
Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The conversion prod... Read more
Process simplifies transformation of algae to oil, water and usable byproducts Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in... Read more
Scientists at 2 Danish universities have made a major breakthrough in producing high-quality and cost-effective bio-oil using hydrothermal liquefaction A new generation of the HTL process ca... Read more
The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, a team of Princeton researchers has found. Bes... Read more
Officials at two companies that have built multimillion-dollar factories say they are very close to beginning large-scale, commercial production of these so-called cellulosic biofuels For ye... Read more
Crude oil is getting scarce. This is why researchers are seeking to substitute petroleum-based products – like plastics – with sustainable raw materials. Waste wood, divided into lignin and... Read more
In recent tests, a technology developed for algae harvesting has shown promise in reclaiming hydraulic fracturing flowback water From a Press Release OriginOil, developer of breakthrough tec... Read more
A method for getting oil out of tarry sands could reduce the costs and lower the greenhouse-gas emissions associated with its extraction. New technology for extracting oil from oil sands cou... Read more