Have we passed peak oil demand? The world might never use as much oil again, experts say
The industry anticipates a fragile outlook for the rest of the year, and even further.
Tag: oil
Pregnant women living near oil and gas wells are 40% more likely to birth low-weight babies
Researchers looked at the records of three million births in California and found a disturbing pattern.
Oil prices could drop to $10 amid coronavirus outbreak
Oil storage levels across the world’s storage facilities have climbed to about three-quarters full on average as demand dries up.
Saudi oil company Aramco prepares for $1.5 trillion IPO
This would make it the most valuable company in the world, overtaking Apple by about half a trillion dollars.
What are the healthiest oils to cook with? An explainer
Supermarket shelves are packed with a variety of cooking oils -- but which on to choose?
Major oil corporations spent $1 billion on climate lobbying against Paris Agreement-related regulations
Big oil has been all about double standards these past couple of years.
Eating bad PUFAs may put you at risk of developing asthma — but fish contains the good PUFAs
I'm thrilled that PUFAs is an actual scientific term.
Nanoparticle treatment developed to scrub water clean of oil pollution
Nobody likes oil in their water.
Bahrain announces new, massive 80-billion-barrels shale oil reservoir
Is this good news or bad news?
Oil slicks continue to grow in the East China Sea after tanker sank in the area
It does not look good.
What is petroleum, and where does it come from?
You gotta crack some plankton to make crude oil.
First images of the Amazonian reef released by Greenpeace
More like Amazingonian reef, am I right?
US and Canada ban offshore drilling in the Arctic
Obama hopes the move will be hard to undo for his successor.
Oil & gas lobby shouldn’t have a full seat at the climate table
The wolves, dining with the sheep.
New method developed to create biocrude oil from wastewater
From your toilet to the gas tank.
British energy expert: ‘oil companies have 10 years to change strategy or die’
One energy expert from the U.K. made headlines with his bold comments. He says oil companies have only 10 years ...
Researchers find hundreds of methane leaks at well pads in nation-wide thermal imaging study
The Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program has released a new nation-wide report of the most common sites of ...
Oddly enough, phytoplankton thrive above natural oil seeps
Marine biologists study microbes in the waters above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico stumbled upon something unexpected. ...
Illegal waste dumping turns Roman catacomb into a lake of acrid oil
Authorities sealed off the area and are now investigating possible environmental pollution from the underground lake of acrid oil.
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