A team of chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a new process to separate crude oil ...

A mixture of oil and water is called an emulsion ... The ongoing attacks on tankers put a war premium back on crude oil. Combine this with a dominant seasonal buying pattern as US refiners ...

Water and hexane do not normally mix ... To adapt the material to separate the hydrocarbons found in crude oil, the researchers first modified the film by changing the bond that connects the ...

Some areas in the Permian have hit geological limits while others, yet to be drilled, are not expected to be as prolific as the prime Tier 1 acreage. Despite record U.S. crude oil production ...

Refiners on the Gulf Coast are shunning crude oil cargos from Mexico that feature an excessively high water content that makes the feedstock unfit for the production of gasoline and diesel fuel ...

it was a preferential receptor for ground water contamination from crude oil. To add to Chief Chukwu’s woes, the cause of spill was officially pronounced as sabotage, meaning he had no claim to ...