A new oil boom may not come from new discoveries. Advanced recovery technology could unlock hundreds of billions of barrels already trapped in existing fields ...

A black powder of spherical carbon nanoparticles with specific properties can be synthesized using the hydrothermal method. Surface modifications can be achieved by chemically bonding organic ...

In an unlikely collaboration between Skoltech's Petroleum Center and the drug delivery team from the Institute's Neuro Center, researchers have proposed new surfactants that enhance oil recovery when ...

Occidental chief executive Vicki Hollub doesn’t quite feel so lonely in the direct air capture (DAC) sector anymore. About a decade ago, while looking for additional carbon dioxide supply to unlock ...

President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells. A boosted tax credit for enhanced oil recovery, or EOR, aims to encourage oil ...

The OOR process is a proven enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology that optimizes reservoir performance, improves recovery rates and reduces in-situ hydrogen sulphide levels for operators. Image by ...

The next great American oil boom may not come from discovering a new basin. It may come from recovering more oil from fields ...

The company will bring online 60 wells that use “enhanced oil recovery,” which involves operators using carbon dioxide sucked out of the air to squeeze more oil out of the ground. Occidental Petroleum ...