Tags: Oil industry

Carbon Flooding in Oil Industry Remains Strong Despite Environmental, Health Risks

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 04.18.2021 02:26 AM

Despite its many environmental and health risks, the practice of carbon dioxide flooding remains rampant in the oil industry with its benefits to crude production.

Petronas Unveils Target for Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

11.05.2020 10:00 AM

Petronas is the latest in the global oil market to adopt a more environmentally-friendly goal. Petronas, the Malaysian state-run oil and gas company, has declared its target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 - the latest in the global oil market to adopt a more environmentally-friendly goal.

Satellite Shows That a Vast US Oil- And Natural Gas- Producing Region Is Leaking Methane More Than Twice As Previously Thought

04.23.2020 09:51 AM

European Space Agency satellite data show 60 percent higher than the national average of methane leaking from a vast U.S. oil- and natural gas-producing region.

They Lied to Us: Big Companies Still Burning Natural Gas

10.17.2019 07:53 AM

Big oil companies such as ExxonMobil and BP have pledged to reduce flaring of natural gas, yet data from big oil field with drilling activities by these companies indicated otherwise.

Amazonian Tribe Stalls Big Oil’s Plans

05.24.2019 09:31 AM

The Waorani have protected half a million acres of their territory from potential drilling. The World's fight for the rainforests has been long and tiresome.

Scientists Discover That Magnetic Nanoparticles Can Separate Oil From Water Better Than The Conventional Method in the Oil Industry

06.09.2017 14:35 PM

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin are able to use magnetic nanoparticles to separate oil from water, providing a better method to clean the water.

Climate Change Poses Risk to Fossil Fuel Industry

04.19.2017 10:33 AM

The fossil fuel industry faces the risk as the commitment to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses increases worldwide.

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