Dec
15
A New Way to Make Better Diesel Fuel
December 15, 2015 | 4 Comments
Researchers from KU Leuven and Utrecht University have discovered a new approach to the production of diesel fuel. The new method would be used to produce much cleaner diesel and can quickly be scaled up for industrial use. The researchers suggest that in 5 to 10 years, we may see the first cars driven by […]
Oct
28
Pack Natural Gas Into Fuel Tanks
October 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment
University of California at Berkeley chemists have developed an innovative new storage material for methane that could lessen the complexity of filling up with natural gas, and extend the range of such vehicles. The material is a flexible metal organic framework that expands when methane is pumped in. The UC Berkeley chemists and colleagues at […]
Jun
11
Nanobubbles May Be Key to Methane Hydrate Extraction
June 11, 2015 | Leave a Comment
University of British Columbia and National Research Council of Canada researchers are studying the role that methane nanobubbles might play in the formation and dissociation of natural gas hydrates. Natural gas hydrates also known as methane hydrates are an untapped source of natural gas that could be a chief energy source across much of the […]
Oct
22
Cleaning Up The Water From Hydraulic Fracturing
October 22, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia say they have found an economical solution to cleaning out the biggest pollutant from hydraulic fracturing oil and gas wells. The pollutant is salt in the water used to fracture the rock, that’s much saltier than seawater, after leaching salts from deep below the surface. The boom in […]
Sep
17
Natural Gas Well Hydraulic Fracking Found Not Guilty
September 17, 2014 | 4 Comments
An Ohio State University led study has pinpointed the likely source of most natural gas contamination in drinking-water wells associated with hydraulic fracturing is the walls of the gas well and their well casing seal to the ground. It’s not the source many people may have feared and should, if the press can get its […]
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