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Shell is eager to highlight the vital role played by innovation and technology in delivering energy to power people's lives via a free iPad application called Inside Energy.
The app itself has been around since November 2011, but Shell has kicked off a campaign to promote the app this week. Inside Energy will b... |
9 February 2012
10:20 GMT |
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You might think that you're making the healthier choice by buying olive oil instead of sunflower, but, without knowing it, you could be throwing money down the drain. The fake olive oil industry is very profitable, so here's you can make sure you're not one of its victims. A piece on Business Insider p... |
31 January 2012
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American conservationists have a new reason to celebrate an important victory. Obama has decided to reject the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline project, proposed by TransCanada.
His announcement has pleased all environmentally friendly groups, stating that the pipeline carrying oil from the Canadian tar sands to ... |
19 January 2012
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Two ingenious Israeli researchers are struggling to green up transportation through a new method of obtaining less polluting fuel made from all types of oil, including the kind used worldwide by fast food stands.
At times when the natural resources are scarce and expensive, Dr. Sobhi Basheer and Dr. Ahmed Tafesh ar... |
30 December 2011
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After a year dominated by uncertainties for major players operating on the solar power market, BP has announced its plans to let go of its eco-friendly projects developed in this sector.
The main reason is that, apparently, selling photovoltaic panels does not draw up a profitable line of business anymore, the Guard... |
21 December 2011
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Frequently, preservation measures drawn up to conserve unique ecosytems come against the obscure interests of major companies that put the environmental balance of such regions at great risk. In this case, the Arctic is threatened by the influence of notorious oil companies like Shell, BP and Statoil. These three ma... |
1 December 2011
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Canadian and American scientists agree upon the fact that a proposed route for a bitumen pipeline implies unacceptable environmental risks. In their opinion, this structure could trigger irreparable damages to the entire area and its inhabitants.
In a recent report experts suggest the Enbridge Inc.'s worth $5.... |
30 November 2011
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Oil has been used to produce all plastic products for decades, and its supremacy in doing so has never been challenged, until now. Experts at Dow Chemical say that they found a way of using sugarcane to produce the plastic compound polyethylene at low cost. Alternative methods of producing materials equivalent to pla... |
25 July 2011
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Scientists have recently determined that airports pose a much higher health risk to people than initially calculated. In a recent study, it was found that oil droplets jet engines spew on the runway while running idly can be broken up by sunlight into extremely dangerous particles. These particles are extremely small... |
11 May 2011
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Given that we are at, or nearly at, Peak Oil, it stands to reason that the costs associated with building roads are increasing, and that government can no longer afford to maintain their road systems. Now, a new method of producing asphalt is being developed to counter these effects.The technique is critical for avoi... |
1 November 2010
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A new study, funded by DONG Energy (UK) Ltd. and Ikon Science Ltd. and presented today at a conference on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, in London, concluded that oil recovery in the North Sea, using CO2, could worth £150 billion ($ 240 billion) and become the next... |
14 October 2010
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With the depletion of the world's fossil fuel reserves staring us in the face, we need to realize that we are now heading towards the Big Transition, which will seriously test our resolve, a new report shows.According to many analysts, the Peak Oil event and the subsequent drop in resources are the main events t... |
8 October 2010
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A team of experts has recently established a new organization meant to promote research, development and innovation in the field of prospecting for, and extracting oil and natural gas. The international Center for Drilling and Wells for Improved Recovery is supported by a number of organizations and universities in N... |
30 August 2010
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One of the main methods through which China can avoid becoming dependent on foreign oil is if it extends its conversion program that transforms coal into oil.The Asian nation wants to avoid becoming dependent on foreign resources, such as the United States is now. Authorities in Beijing are willing to invest massivel... |
25 August 2010
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A new study shows that, even with all their downfalls, fossil fuels are still reigning supreme when it comes to people' choices for fueling cars, power plants and so on.Even though scientists across the globe are drawing attention to the fact that fossil fuels need to be replaced, authorities seem to be unwillin... |
25 August 2010
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Most plastic compounds in the world today are produced from chemicals that are derived from oil. Now, a new method allows for plastic to be turned back into the fossil fuel.The team that created the machine capable of doing so says that their invention could in the near future ensure that plastic residues no longer p... |
23 August 2010
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One of the main reasons why alternative forms of energy production such as solar, wind, and geothermal power are not common today is the fact that they carry very high prices. In addition, obtaining energy from solar plants, wind farms and geothermal stations is an inconsistent process, in the sense that the amount o... |
2 August 2010
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Exactly ten days ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. 48 hours later, on April 22, it sank, and triggered a large oil spill, which became apparent a couple of days later. Since then, the size of the oil slick has increased constantly, as authorities attempted ... |
30 April 2010
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The oil spill that resulted from the incident on April 20 involving the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform is constantly increasing in size. Officials in the United States say that the extent of the damage is still unclear, but add that as much as 1,000 barrels of crude may be seeping into the Gulf of Mexico each da... |
26 April 2010
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Marine researchers are perfectly aware of the fact that the world's oceans have only revealed a minute part of their secrets thus far. Immense swaths of ocean floor are still not mapped, and only superficially studied, as the sheer size of the water-covered areas makes thorough surveys difficult. Still, from tim... |
26 April 2010
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Scientists have been trying to find viable alternatives to fossil fuels for many years. They want to create biofuels from renewable resources that would eliminate our dependency on polluting gasoline and diesel. However, the main issue today is that producing these renewable substances is extremely expensive, because... |
9 March 2010
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According to a document published in the Monday issue of Financial Times, the oil giant Shell will scale back on its involvement in Canadian tar sands in the near future, and favor exploration instead. These tar fields keep their supplies of oil locked inside sand, so exploitations need to separate the two. This is a... |
25 January 2010
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The shores of the Prince William Sound island, in Alaska, were the most severely affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Despite the extensive mitigation actions that were taken by authorities as soon as they could reach the reclusive scene of the accident, the oil leak spread considerably in the surrounding are... |
18 January 2010
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Up until now, scientists have always considered that the only possible way of producing plastic, one of the main materials in our civilization, is through modifying and altering fossil fuels, primarily oil. But now, a team of South Korean scientists has managed to produce the compound for the first time without using... |
23 November 2009
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The economic factor is one of the main things that dictate whether an oil well will be opened or not, economists say. Experts at the Rice University have recently entered a new research effort, aimed at producing a nanometer-thick layer of graphene that would constitute an additive for average drilling bits. The inno... |
27 October 2009
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Removing oil or grease stains from kitchen and bathroom countertops, mirrors and garage floors with nothing but water may seem like a thing of science fiction, but the tools to do this are already in the works. At the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) annual meeting, in Washington DC, experts have showcased a ne... |
17 August 2009
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Until recently, geologists and scientists believed that hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas) were formed only from living microorganisms that were compressed in the upper layers of the Earth's crust, and heated with high temperatures from the upper mantle. Now, a new research comes to show that it may be, indeed, ... |
27 July 2009
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Bringing down the Olympic Games world record is not an easy feat, as proven by the fact that the times obtained in 1932 were only improved by 2008 with 0.6 seconds. This feat was accomplished mostly due to rigorous training exercises and an advancement in training technology. Now, a new scientific study conducted on ... |
29 June 2009
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Over the past couple of years, the necessity of finding sustainable alternative fuels to replace coal, oil, and natural gas for the next decades has become abundantly clear to everyone with a bit of common sense. Researchers from various universities and institutes have taken it upon themselves to come up with soluti... |
25 June 2009
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Losing weight successfully and managing to keep it off is quite an accomplishment and, as most of us probably know about now, it’s not necessarily something anyone can boast about. However, even those who can have another thing to worry over, namely, stretch marks which are more visible as the weight lost is gr... |
18 June 2009
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According to geological estimates, between 30 and 35 percent of the world's undiscovered oil deposits are found in the Arctic, alongside 13 percent of the globe's natural gas reserves. With the effects that global warming has on the North Pole, the ice barriers that once made it impossible to even consider ... |
29 May 2009
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A new type of material, developed by experts at the Northwestern University, has the potential to revolutionize a number of chemical applications, its inventors say. The black and brittle sponge-like structure is freeze-dried, like the ice cream astronauts eat, and has the ability to remove the chemical mercury from ... |
18 May 2009
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Denmark has in its coastal waters a fairly significant amount of oil, but the shape, location, and formation method of the deposits have been anyone's guess until recently. A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has come up with an explanation of how the oil is placed under the ocean floor, and,... |
11 May 2009
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Hair can suffer extreme damage from regular workout sessions, hairstylists point out, especially if we don’t pay more attention to it than we would under normal circumstances. So, instead of looking and feeling gorgeous, we could end up with just looking gorgeous from the neck down because of dull, brittle hair... |
5 May 2009
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Despite the fact that oil is the “engine” of modern economy, few people know how it's made, deep down inside the ground, under intense pressure. Not even scientists are exactly sure what materials existed deep in the crust before oil started forming, although some agree that tiny microorganisms that ... |
17 March 2009
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One of the main arguments brought by critics to renewable energy such as solar and wind power is that these methods of generating electricity are very expensive, and that continuing to produce the needed amounts of power from oil and coal is justified by the lower costs, especially in the crippled economy. Now, new a... |
16 March 2009
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What would you say if you walked on the street and the air smelled like coffee instead of burned gas? Although the very few people who can't stand the smell of coffee (assuming there are any) may be disappointed, for those who aim at having waste turned into fuel, good news is here: coffee and biofuels just beca... |
16 December 2008
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Italian archaeologists have uncovered an ancient pottery factory, where the oil lamps that were most used throughout the old Roman empire had been produced. As with most findings in this field of research, the discovery has been made accidentally, during excavation works carried in order to raise a residential comple... |
6 December 2008
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The current state of the global economy has evolved in such a manner that oil prices, which reached as much as 147 dollars per barrel about three months ago, have now been cut in half by decreased demand. The same level of production implies that more oil is stocked by distributors, instead of being sold. Lower deman... |
30 October 2008
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The long underwater pipelines that are to be built in Australian waters aim at eliminating the need for oil extraction platforms being set in dangerous areas for primary oil processing. With the new pipes, the large reserves of natural gases will be transported directly to refineries situated on Australia's coas... |
11 October 2008
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Peak oil (lowering oil supplies), once ignored as a problem for a distant future, is bound to happen soon. Although this fact is far less known, copper, phosphorus and some rare chemical elements face the same impending doom. Actually, it's us who are facing it. You may not be aware of what the disappearanc... |
13 September 2008
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We are living in a civilization based on oil. It is an issue that makes us extremely vulnerable. That's because of the global "Peak Oil." The oil production follows a bell curve. Its peak is the moment when oil has been 50% depleted. After the peak, oil production decreases while its price starts to go up.Many s... |
10 May 2008
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Weighing a massive 60 tons and with the dimensions of a small house, the UT-1 Ultra Trencher is now the biggest underwater robot ever made to be used for installing subsea cables for telecommunications and pipelines used in the oil industry. UT-1 Ultra Trencher is 7.8 meters long, 7.8 meters wide and 5.6 meters tall,... |
24 March 2008
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Now that's really unexpected! I always thought that the first pollution-free city will be build in the United States, not in the middle east. I guess this should be an example for a country that considers itself the most technologically advanced in the world, but is still being the biggest carbon dioxide emitter... |
22 January 2008
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Fish oil is the childhood nightmare for many of our grandparents. And while fish oil supplements could be recommended for some cardiac patients, others could experience negative effects, as found by a meta analysis carried out at St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto and published in the Canadian Medi... |
15 January 2008
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We live in an oil dominated world: who gets it holds the power. That's why the western world is struggling to find new fuels that would free it from an oil-and-gas based economy, which renders them vulnerable to the blackmail of some oil-and-gas rich countries, like many in Middle East, Russia or Venezuela, wher... |
12 December 2007
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The oil spill wipes out life on its way; the tidal areas are depleted of life. A large array of sea species, from marine mammals (cetaceans, seals, otters) to sea birds, turtles, fish, crustaceans, and mollusks lose their habitat. The petroleum attacks directly the animals and plants, both physically and chemically. ... |
12 December 2007
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There are over 200 species of plants linked to the existence of underground ore deposits. Plants usually need in low amounts metals for their metabolism. If there is too high the amount encountered in the soil, the plants depose the absorbed excess in their tissues. Sometimes, the deposits can be so big, that when th... |
21 November 2007
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The Black Sea is already considered one of the most polluted seas in the world. In the last 40 years it turned into a sort of depository for half of Europe, a place for depositing huge amounts of phosphorus compounds, mercury, DDT, oil and other toxic wastes coming from the 160 million people inhabiting its shores. T... |
16 November 2007
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That was the greatest ecological disaster on the sea: in 1978 the tanker "Amoco-Cadiz" contaminated with 280,000 tonnes of crude oil the coasts off Bretagne (Western France). More "famous" is the ecological catastrophe produced by Exon Valdez in 1989 on Alaska's shores. During the 1991 Gulf War, about one millio... |
30 August 2007
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