News tagged with oil fields
Peeking at peak oil: Will consumers face oil rationing within a decade?
What happens when a handful of the world's largest oil fields— accounting for two-thirds of the world's oil—run dry? What are the implications of such a prospect for food production, economic growth and ultimately, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 30, 2012 |
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Greenhouse solar plant for cheaper extraction of oil
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company has found a way to reduce the cost of making steam for use in extracting oil from old oil fields: they heat the water using free sunlight.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 02, 2011 |
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China oil spill to have long-term impact: report
An oil spill off China's eastern coast kept hidden from the public for weeks has caused long-term environmental damage that will hurt the area's fishing industry, state media reported Tuesday.
Jul 05, 2011 |
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China launches offshore safety checks
China has launched safety inspections of all its offshore petroleum exploration and production bases, following an oil spill in the nation's northern Bohai Bay, the government said Sunday.
Sep 11, 2011 |
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Native groups sue over polar bear critical habitat
(AP) -- Alaska Native groups worried about losing tax revenues and royalties from oil development filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the federal government's designation of critical habitat for threatened polar bears on ...
May 14, 2011 |
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New Danish research shows how oil gets stuck underground
It is a mystery to many people why the world is running out of oil when most of the world's oilfields have only been half emptied. However some of the oil that has been located is trapped as droplets of oil in small cavities ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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International radio conference approves bandwidth to track ocean currents for science and disasters
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), charged by the United Nations with coordinating global radio spectrum use, recently came to an agreement that will foster improvements in ocean radar technology, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Oil boom possible but time is running out
Oil recovery using carbon dioxide could lead to a North Sea oil bonanza worth £150 billion ($240 billion) – but only if the current infrastructure is enhanced now, according to a new study published ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Oil from giant spill reaches Chinese coast: Xinhua
Oil from a huge spill off the Chinese coast has been found washed up on the shore in two separate areas, state media reported on Wednesday.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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China warns US oil firm after spill: report
China has told US oil giant ConocoPhillips to step up its efforts to seal leaks and clean up a spill off its north coast after finding oil was still leaking into the sea, state media reported Friday.
Sep 16, 2011 |
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The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels
Speakers at last week’s AAAS meeting presented abundant evidence that tropical rainforest destruction has accelerated in recent years, at least in part because of the worldwide push to produce more biofuels.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2009 |
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