Apr

20

Research Shows A New Understanding of Algae Oil Production

April 20, 2017 | 2 Comments

Kobe University researchers have found the mechanism behind oil synthesis within microalgae cells. The team believes the discovery could contribute to the development of biofuels. It has been a very long time since we’ve seen any news on the algae front. The improvement the team shows looks like an addition to algae competitiveness. The team’s […]

Aug

19

Researchers Find How Foam Enhances Oil Production

August 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment

A Rice University laboratory has provided proof that foam may be the right stuff to maximize enhanced oil recovery (EOR) increasing production. With over half of all the oil found so far still in the ground this may develop into very important news. The Rice team demonstrated that foam may be a superior means to […]

Oct

10

Foam Could Produce Lots More of Already Found Oil

October 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment

Rice University scientists describe in great detail and more precisely how bubbles form, evolve and act and in turn how they could be used to extract more oil from already discovered fields. In a new study led by Rice chemical and biomolecular engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering with lead […]

Feb

27

Algae Oil Gene Put Into Plant Leaves

February 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment

Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have successfully engineered a plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) with oily leaves.  The team has shown they could use an algae gene involved in oil production to engineer a plant that stores lipids or vegetable oil in its leaves – an uncommon occurrence for most plants. The results have been published in […]

Jan

17

Nuclear Reactors to Produce Oil

January 17, 2013 | 6 Comments

Al Fin found news in Japan at The Daily Yomiuri that an as yet unnamed Canadian oil sands production firm is working with the huge firm Toshiba’s nuclear reactor section to build, get approvals for and install reactors to produce steam to heat the underground oil sand’s bitumen for extraction and oil production. The plan, […]

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