Oil extraction technology marches on. University of Pittsburgh engineers show crude oil extraction could be improved significantly and accessible domestic oil reserves could be expanded with their new ...

As global reserves of conventional crude oil continue to decline, increased reliance on heavy and ultraheavy feedstocks will result in higher upgrading costs and more importantly a comparatively ...

Cyclic steam injection is a common method of oil extraction in California in which steam is injected at high pressure into a heavy-oil formation. The process is largely unregulated and has been blamed ...

The current oil sands extraction method is a slow-motion, climate-destroying train wreck. Fortunately, it looks like this process may be coming to an end. Over the last five years, the oil sands ...

A new breakthrough in biofuels production allows researchers to turn living algae into crude oil ready for processing -- and it only takes less than an hour. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

FARMINGTON, N.M., Aug. 24, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- WW Energy Inc. (OTCBB:WWNG) announced today that its subsidiary WW Oil & Gas Inc.'s technical team has evaluated the Tubbs and Gray Oil Projects on the ...