A new class of materials which are suitable agents for oil displacing in enhanced oil recovery have been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea Uni... Read more
NEW GAS and water technologies could add decades to the life span of oil reserves in the North Sea, according to researchers. A team at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University say they have made... Read more
By designing droplets using electricity, researchers have opened new possibilities in physics. This technique could possibly be used for everything from extracting oil from wells to creating... Read more
Technology that enlists natural soil bacteria as 21st century roughnecks now is commercially available and poised to recover precious oil remaining in thousands of exhausted oil wells... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Greener, Cheaper More Efficient Oil Extraction Made Possible A research team led by the University of Bristol has used STFC’s ISIS Neutron Source to come up with a... Read more