Oil Spill News

Posted June 11, 2009:

• Microbes Found That Eat Hydrocarbons, And Leave Behind Non-Toxic Residue

Posted May 13, 2009:

• Natural Petroleum Seeps Release Equivalent Of Up To 80 Exxon Valdez Oil Spills

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Biomass As A Source Of Raw Materials

Posted April 7, 2009:

• Climate Negotiations Must Consider The Situation Of Oil-Exporting Countries

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Prestige Oil Spill Caused Changes In Cell Structure Of Mussels

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Arctic Governments And Industry Still Unprepared For Oil Spills 20 Years After Exxon Valdez

Posted March 16, 2009:

• Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

Posted March 3, 2009:

• Chicken Manure Biodegrades Crude Oil In Contaminated Soil

Posted February 19, 2009:

• Oil In Ocean Shows Up On NASA Images: Half Of The Oil In The Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally From Seafloor

Posted February 13, 2009:

• 'Frozen Smoke:' Ultimate Sponge For Cleaning Up Oil Spills

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Arctic Region Underprepared For Maritime Accidents, Report Finds

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Improving Oil Extraction With New Mapping Technology

Posted January 13, 2009:

• 'Green' Gasoline On The Horizon

Posted December 10, 2008:

• Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Microbes Useful For For Environmental Cleanup And Oil Recovery

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Fungus Fights Air Pollution By Removing Sulfur From Crude Oil

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Tiny Organisms Feast On Oil Thousands Of Feet Below Bottom Of Sea

Posted September 22, 2008:

• Proposed Extraction Process May Have Economic, Environmental Benefits

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Oil-Eating Microbes Give Clue To Ancient Energy Source
• Fuel Emissions From Marine Vessels Remain A Global Concern

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Scientists Develop Model To Map Continental Margins
• 'Smart Water' May Help Boost Production From Oil Wells By 60 Percent

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Katrina And Rita Provide Glimpse Of What Could Happen To Offshore Drilling If Gustav Hits Gulf

Posted August 21, 2008:

• Oil, Gas Seismic Work Not Affecting Gulf Sperm Whales, Study Shows

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Scientists Found Fatty Acids After Hydrolysis Of Purified Crude Oil Fractions

Posted July 24, 2008:

• Huge Amount Of Fossil Fuels In Arctic: 90 Billion Barrels Of Oil And 1,670 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas

Posted July 8, 2008:

• Biofuels And Biodiversity Don't Mix, Ecologists Warn

Posted May 30, 2008:

• Nanowire-Mesh 'Paper Towel' For Oil Spills Absorbs 20 Times Its Weight In Oil

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Marine Chemist Says 'Not So Fast' To Quick Oil Detection Method

Posted February 16, 2008:

• Impacts Of Fossil Fuels On Fish And People

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Oil Palm Research In Context: Identifying The Need For Biodiversity Assessment

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Finding New Oil In Long-Exhausted Oil Wells

Posted January 30, 2008:

• Oil Exploration In Arctic Highly Risky: 'Response Gap' In Case Of Oil Spill, According To New Report

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Seagull Blood Shows Promise For Monitoring Pollutants From Oil Spills

Posted January 4, 2008:

• Polar Bears Threatened: Million Of Acres To Be Opened To Oil And Gas Activities

Posted December 12, 2007:

• Making Gas Out Of Crude Oil: Discovery Could Lead To Dramatic Improvement In Fossil Fuel Processing

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Massive Canadian Oilfield Could Be Exploited Using New System

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Black Sea To Take Years To Recover From Oil Spill

Posted November 12, 2007:

• Oiled-Bird Being Rescued In San Francisco

Posted October 20, 2007:

• New Theory Predicts Location Of Oil And Gas Reserves

Posted October 1, 2007:

• Lubrication Oil Pollutes, Even In Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles

Posted September 14, 2007:

• Oil Spill Clean-Up Volunteers Suffer Prolonged Respiratory Problems

Posted July 30, 2007:

• Oil Spill Clean-Up Agents Threaten Coral Reefs

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Crude Oil Contains Less Toxic Mercury Than Coal

Posted May 29, 2007:

• Drilling Could Be Nail In The Coffin For World's Most Endangered Whale Population

Posted May 23, 2007:

• Ten Counties In Florida, Eight In N.C. Among Top 20 At Risk For Storms And Hurricanes, Experts Say

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Bacteria Found In Tar Pits Live On Substances Contained In Asphalt

Posted April 23, 2007:

• Buried, Residual Oil Is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After A Spill

Posted March 30, 2007:

• World Oil Production Close To Peak

Posted March 26, 2007:

• Modeling Exactly How Oil And Water Interact

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