New technology for extracting oil from oil sands could more than double the amount of oil that can be extracted from these abundant deposits. It could also reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Subsurface contamination at many former manufactured gas plants (MGP) resulted from on-site disposal in wells, pits, and lagoons of coal tar, ...

WASHINGTON—In their Canadian laboratories, engineering professors Murray Gray and Zhenghe Xu can demonstrate the science necessary to minimize the bulky carbon footprint of extracting fuel from ...

As part of efforts to promote sustainable manufacturing, an international team of chemical engineers has developed a high-efficiency green extraction technology that could redefine the future of the ...

Solvents are used to increase production and reduce steam-to-oil ratio in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Variations of SAGD that use solvents, such as expanding solvent (ES) SAGD or ...

A researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has pioneered an innovative essential oil extraction process that could cut costs and increase yields. Essential oils are used in a range of industries, ...