News tagged with oil deposits
Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, ...
Satellites show the way to new oil finds
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Feb 27, 2009 |
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A new map of the Earth’s gravitational force based on satellite measurements makes it much less resource intensive to find new oil deposits. The map will be particularly useful as the ice melts in the oil-rich ...
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New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Researchers in Canada and Turkey report discovery of a new process for economically tapping vast resources of crude oil in the United States, Canada, and other countries now locked away in rocky deposits called ...
Using microbes for the quick clean up of dirty oil
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Microbiologists from the University of Essex, UK have used microbes to break down and remove toxic compounds from crude oil and tar sands. These acidic compounds persist in the environment, taking up to 10 years to break ...
Study confirms untold levels of oil sands pollution on the Athabasca
Dec 07, 2009 |
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After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oil sands ...
Quantifying Earth's copper: Study puts numbers on nonrenewabilility
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Unlike forests, fisheries and other resources that can be renewed relatively rapidly through natural processes, mineral deposits form so slowly that they're classified as nonrenewable. But just how non-renewable are they, ...
Bioavailable contaminants come from the Exxon Valdez oil catastrophe
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe. This clearly disproves the theory that natural coal ...
Undersea channels might aid oil recovery
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2006 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists are trying to help energy companies draw millions of additional barrels of oil from the sea.
First comprehensive geological Arctic map published
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 15, 2009 |
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Canada has unveiled the first comprehensive Arctic atlas, detailing geological features that point to where oil and gas, gold and diamond deposits are likely hidden beneath snow and ice.
SRNL's microbes useful for for environmental cleanup and oil recovery
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Oct 16, 2008 |
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A unique, patent-pending collection of microbes that can be used both for cleaning up the environment and addressing our energy needs has earned the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory kudos from ...
Making gas out of crude oil
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2007 |
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An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world – including in Alberta’s oil sands – are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir.
Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Sewer overflows are a nasty business, posing dangers to human health and the environment. North Carolina State University is launching a new project with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that targets ...
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