Biodegradable plastics from palm oil waste
A biodegradable film made from waste from the palm oil industry could be used for food packaging
Materials Science
Nov 10, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence has learned to estimate oil viscosity
A group of Skoltech scientists have developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come ...
Materials Science
Nov 3, 2020
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Indonesia readies its green diesel. These are the likely social and environmental impacts
In July, Indonesia's state-owned oil company, Pertamina, produced its first batch of biofuel made entirely from palm oil.
Environment
Oct 23, 2020
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Properties of catalysts studied with gamma ray resonance
Steam-assisted oil extraction methods for heavy deposits have long been the focus of attention at Kazan Federal University. In particular, much attention is paid to in-situ combustion catalysts.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 13, 2020
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Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report
Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world's insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday, in a "bet" on society's failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2020
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Ten years after huge US oil spill, fears of offshore drilling persist
On April 20, 2010, the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform claimed the lives of 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Apr 19, 2020
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EPA plans to abandon regulations on methane emissions, reports say
The Trump administration is expected to announce a proposal to ease methane emission regulations in the oil and gas sector on Thursday, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
Environment
Aug 29, 2019
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Scientists learn to control the oil lens
Groups of observation wells designed to monitor the groundwater regime will not help to track the movement dynamics of an oil lens. This is an important indicator that reflects the degree of environmental safety, because ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2019
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Egg-unboiling machine takes on fish oil
The technology that unboiled the egg is being used to help improve people's capacity to absorb fish oil.
Nanomaterials
May 22, 2019
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Why Alberta would be foolish to abandon carbon policy
Alberta's New Democratic Party government has had an aggressive carbon policy that's been central to its term in office. The carbon policy was meant to be a bookend to getting a pipeline built to tidewater so Alberta oil ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2019
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