Oil extraction technology marches on. University of Pittsburgh engineers show crude oil extraction could be improved significantly and accessible domestic oil reserves could be expanded with their new ...

Researchers have developed a soap-like additive for CO2 that turns it into a viable solvent for commercial-scale enhanced oil recovery to increase the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from ...

Artist’s conception of the CO2 enhanced oil recovery process. Credit: HTC CO2 systems Corp. Two days before Halloween, Kurt Waltzer appeared before the House subcommittees on Energy and the ...

The main driver for the emerging technique of carbon burial remains its role in boosting oil extraction, according to a leading clean energy firm specialising in carbon capture and burial research.

The solar-thermal system at the Xinli oil extraction plant sector III of Northeast China's Jilin oil field under the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has entered official operations, signaling the ...