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Fuel Emissions From Marine Vessels Remain A Global Concern
September 9, 2008 — The forecast for clear skies and smooth sailing for oceanic vessels has been impeded by worldwide concerns of their significant contributions to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that impact ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Model To Map Continental Margins
September 8, 2008 — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new exploration method to assist the oil and gas industry in identifying more precisely where the oceans and continents ... > full story -
'Smart Water' May Help Boost Production From Oil Wells By 60 Percent
September 8, 2008 — Researchers in Norway report that injecting a special type of seawater called "smart water" into certain low-yield oil wells may help boost oil extraction by as much as 60 percent. The study could ... > full story -
Katrina And Rita Provide Glimpse Of What Could Happen To Offshore Drilling If Gustav Hits Gulf
August 29, 2008 — Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the US, engineers studied damage done to offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. If tropical storm Gustav strengthens into a Category 3 ... > full story -
Oil, Gas Seismic Work Not Affecting Gulf Sperm Whales, Study Shows
August 21, 2008 — In recent years, there has been concern that man-made noise may be a cause of stress for dolphins, whales and other marine mammals, but the results of a five-year study show that noise pollution ... > full story -
Scientists Found Fatty Acids After Hydrolysis Of Purified Crude Oil Fractions
August 11, 2008 — The nature, activity and metabolism of microbes that inhabit the deep subsurface environment are a matter of ongoing debate. Primarily limited by temperature , little is known about secondary factors ... > full story -
Huge Amount Of Fossil Fuels In Arctic: 90 Billion Barrels Of Oil And 1,670 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas
July 24, 2008 — The area north of the Arctic Circle has an estimated 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil, 1,670 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas, and 44 billion ... > full story -
Biofuels And Biodiversity Don't Mix, Ecologists Warn
July 8, 2008 — Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned. A new study ... > full story -
Nanowire-Mesh 'Paper Towel' For Oil Spills Absorbs 20 Times Its Weight In Oil
May 30, 2008 — A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, researchers report in Nature Nanotechnology. The Nanowire mesh ... > full story -
Marine Chemist Says 'Not So Fast' To Quick Oil Detection Method
May 28, 2008 — A new method for assessing environmental contamination after oil spills is in danger of being applied in situations where it doesn't work and might produce false ... > full story
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