Industrial vs. Automotive Oils Not all lubricants are created equal. And just as you wouldn’t want to mix up, say, tanning oil with grease, you don’t want to mix up your automotive lubricants with your industrial...
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Sarah Simonovich
The Difference Between PSC and “Big Oil”
Even free-range chickens return to their coop. Environmentally-friendly, Sustainable, All-natural, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten-free, Organic, Kosher — one must wonder how people were living (and consuming) prior to the...
JJ
Rigs to Reefs: Mitigating Human Impact on the Environment
We’ve got the whole world in our hands Humans shape the environment that we live in. It’s plain and simple, and there’re really no getting around that. But, as with anything, there are degrees of impact. Something...
Number 86 — PSC celebrates its incorporation on St. Patrick’s Day
March 17 is a day of cultural and religious celebration for the Feast of Saint Patrick. And while individuals across the globe gather to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the individuals behind Petroleum Service...
The Problem With Petroleum — Crying Over Spilled Oil
It’s hurting both your profits and the earth – but as a natural substance, why do the various ecosystems of the globe (including our own society) respond so negatively to spilled oil? Oil waste – though, perennially, a...
Think trips to the Gas Pump are too Inconvenient? Now there’s an App for That.
So chances are you’ve been here at some point in your life: you’re driving to work, already running late due to traffic, and your gaslight comes on. How is this possible? Didn’t you just fill your tank? Between grocery...
Fuel as Food? It seems that not all oils are created equal.
Rarely do the sentiments of YouTube commenters so uniformly align. Refrained variations of the same consideration that you, indeed, “can’t drink gasoline,” because “you’ll die, (of course)” crowd the comments section...
The Art of Oil: Turning Petroleum into a New Medium
Oil Paintings What comes to mind when you hear of or think of oil paintings? Da Vinci? Rembrandt? Van Gogh? It’s doubtful that you actually think of oil, as in motor oil. Because oil paintings are done with a different...
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It’s no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean automobiles. Petroleum is everywhere, even in places where you least expect it. And while new...
Black Oil: How THE X-FILES Made Petroleum Spooky
“Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?” Sunday (January 24) marked the return of The X-Files, a science-fiction, horror, procedural drama that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002...