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Lab test supports method to synthesize extractable oil from solid organic matter locked 3 km underground
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Lab test supports method to synthesize extractable oil from solid organic matter locked 3 km underground

Skoltech researchers have found a way to convert organic matter locked in oil shale into extractable liquid oil by injecting very hot water...

Which Iranian oil and gas facilities has Israel hit? Why do they matter? | Oil and Gas News
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Which Iranian oil and gas facilities has Israel hit? Why do they matter? | Oil and Gas News

Israel has struck some of Iran’s most vital oil and gas facilities, the first such attacks despite decades of rivalry between the Middle...

Huge oil depot fire rages in Tehran after Israeli strike
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Huge oil depot fire rages in Tehran after Israeli strike

Video shows flames engulfing Iran’s Shahran oil depot in northern Tehran after an Israeli strike.

Oil markets are spooked as Iran-Israel tensions escalate | Oil and Gas News
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Oil markets are spooked as Iran-Israel tensions escalate | Oil and Gas News

Israel’s strike on military and nuclear sites, and Iran’s retaliation, have rocked already strained global supply chains. As airlines suspend flights to Tel...

Court backs California Coastal Commission in fight over offshore oil operation
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Court backs California Coastal Commission in fight over offshore oil operation

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just days after a Texas oil firm shocked California environmentalists and regulators by announcing the resumption of offshore oil...

Kazakhstan’s president on balancing Russia, China and the West | Oil and Gas
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Kazakhstan’s president on balancing Russia, China and the West | Oil and Gas

Kazakhstan sits at the crossroads of global power between Russia, China and key trade routes. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev talks to Al Jazeera about his reform...

Ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo sinks off Kerala coast
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Ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo sinks off Kerala coast

Video shows a cargo ship capsizing off Kerala’s coast in India, leaking oil and hazardous materials

Oil riches are on the horizon as Suriname chooses its next government | Elections News
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Oil riches are on the horizon as Suriname chooses its next government | Elections News

The Gran Morgu project may transform Suriname’s economy, rivalling oil-rich neighbour Guyana by 2028, officials predict. Voters in Suriname, which is on the...

A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy
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A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy

MIT engineers developed a membrane, pictured, that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce...