- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 2nd, 2015
Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Catches Fire, the Flames Kill 4
Another 16 people were injured and 302 had to be evacuated, details Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 26th, 2014
Cooking Oil-Based Bio-Asphalt Created by US Researcher
The asphalt is the brainchild of Haifang Wen with the Washington State University
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 25th, 2013
African Petroleum Producers' Association Hacked by Tunisian Group
The website was defaced to display an Islamic prayer
- Research & Tech
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 12th, 2012
Gulf Bacteria Ate Up 200,000 Tons of Oil and Gas Released During the Deepwater Horizon Spill
The feast lasted for about five months after the incident occurred
- Energy
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 27th, 2012
National Petroleum Day Now Celebrated in the US
American citizens are encouraged to think about how crude oil changed their lives
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 20th, 2012
Canada Now Faced with Major Oil Spill
230,000 liters of crude oil leak as a result of pipeline accident
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 29th, 2012
Replacing Petroleum in Petrochemicals
Newly developed technologies use biological processes instead
- Energy
- By Oana Grigoras
- December 6th, 2011
Australia Has to Pay $100 Billion (€74.7 Billion) to Go Solar
New reports indicates Australia uses coal to satisfy up to 80% of the entire energy demand
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2011
Replacing Petroleum-Based Styrene May Be Possible
Researchers are investigating the use of biomaterials in this application
- Travel & Transportation
- By Oana Grigoras
- November 10th, 2011
Hybrid Commercial Vehicles Fight the E-commerce Pollution
Purdue University will improve hybrid commercial vehicles in a five-year project
- Research & Tech
- By Oana Grigoras
- November 8th, 2011
Methane-Based Ethylene, Expected to Redesign the Plastic Industry
Major companies want to go green by replacing petroleum with methane to obtain ethylene
- Food & Health
- By Oana Grigoras
- November 7th, 2011
Chicken Feathers Will Rock the Market of Biodegradable Plastic
Scientists proved that chicken feather-based thermoplastics are a viable, green option
- Travel & Transportation
- By Oana Grigoras
- October 26th, 2011
University of Delaware's Bus Runs on Recycled Cooking Oil
Students are now able to produce up to 100 gallons of biofuel from recycled cooking oil
- Energy
- By Oana Grigoras
- October 18th, 2011
Joules Receives 2011 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Renewable Fuel
The company is able to become a game changer on the market of green, premium fuel
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 3rd, 2011
Converting Methane Directly into Ethylene
A new startup seeks to devise this complex technology
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 30th, 2009
Certain Microbes Annihilate Oil Spills
They could be used when a catastrophe occurs
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 23rd, 2008
German Company Introduces Liquid Wood
The new product can be shaped like plastic