Oil + Eyelashes = Maybelline?
One might find it hard to correlate the relationship between oil fields and make-up products. In a bizarre way though,…
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The Machine That Converts Plastic Into Oil
For years, one Japanese man has been hard at work creating a machine that will convert one of our society's…
The Slow Motion Oil Spill That You Can Help Stop
Almost every time you visit the gas station, it happens. In that split second between the pump shutting off and…
Shell Granted Permission to Export U.S.-Produced Crude
According to a January 2015 Wall Street Journal article, Shell has officially been granted permission to export U.S. produced crude oil…
Why Oil Refineries Emit Fireballs
A few days before Christmas 2014, the San Francisco Bay Area was shocked to find a fire lighting the nighttime…
The Hidden Oil Rigs of L.A.
Before Los Angeles was known for making movies, it was known for making something else; oil. Believe it or not,…
Oil and Life in the Deep Biosphere
The deep biosphere. It almost looks like the setting for a subterranean, Hollywood adventure film. The biosphere is the layer…
The World’s Largest Ship That Can Move Oil Rigs
Move over Titanic. There's a new supersize ship making waves that everybody should soon become familiar with. Enter the Pieter Schelte,…
The Petrobot Project
In an ever-progressing chain of developments designed to make the dirty work of oil production more safe and efficient, an…
The Magic Wand for Cleaning Oil Spills
Oil spills are a messy and unavoidable fact of life on Earth. When they happen, particularly in environments containing water,…