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You may be surprised to know that everything from chocolate, vanilla ice cream, aspirin to toothpaste, perfume, cosmetics and many other household products contain petro…
A few decades ago, the US established the Strategic Petroleum Reserve - a reserve of crude oil that the US could tap into in an emergency.
An outdoor gas station using fully automated refueling robots was put into operation on December 29 in southwestern China.
A cultivar of canola is about to be used to replace petroleum as a jet fuel, potentially reducing emissions by up to 68%.
Oil is an extremely valuable source of fossil fuels, it takes hundreds of millions of years and many processes to go through, new oil fields are formed.
Nearly everyone has heard or read about oil, the fuel produced by humans in the modern world. But not everyone knows the basic knowledge of this kind of material called
According to researchers at Bristol University (UK), one of the most widely used stable petroleum alternatives worldwide is bio-ethanol biofuel.
PFLNG SATU is the giant floating ship that produces the world's first liquefied natural gas with a length greater than the height of the Eiffel Tower.
Scientists found giant craters on the seabed of Norway's coastline, revealing the cause of the famous Bermuda Triangle.
Perhaps many people will be surprised to know that many substances in oil are present in things they use every day such as lipstick, pain reliever.
Scientists from Vietnam Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology have successfully produced biofuels from waste vegetable oil.
Bacteria may be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they are the solution to the lack of fossil fuel supply and harm the e…
In the campaign to find new sources of fuel to replace petroleum, US cow farm owners are encouraged to expand the barn when scientists identify cattle waste as a valuabl…
For the first time, Vietnam has built its own 90-meter jack-up rig. This is a high-tech type and most stages in the manufacturing process are owned by Vietnamese.
Oil is one of the most important fuels of modern society. Oil is also used in the petrochemical industry to produce plastics and many other products.