Sep

3

First Propane Made With Bacteria

September 3, 2014 | 1 Comment

Imperial College London researchers have engineered the harmless gut bacteria E.coli to generate the first renewable bio-propane fuel. The Brits development is a step towards commercial production of biologically produced fuel that could one day provide an alternative to fossil fuels. Propane is an attractive source of fuel because it burns cleanly, is easy to […]

Jul

31

A New Way To Fracture Oil and Gas Wells

July 31, 2012 | 2 Comments

GASFRAC of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has developed an innovative closed stimulation process and injection method, utilizing gelled LPG rather than water based conventional formation fracturing fluids. The firm has developed a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or propane based gel that is as natural to a well as soil is to the earth. It’s dissolves into […]

Sep

8

A New Biodiesel Process

September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment

A research collaboration of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Mexico’s Instituto Politecnico Nacional have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids that converts the tested vegetable oils jatropha, palm and canola to renewable diesel and propane (LPG) fuels. The research addresses some critical issues with […]

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