Mar

3

Saving A Lot Of Energy Pumping Oil

March 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at Temple University have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings in oil transport. Rongjia Tao proposed in 2006 a more efficient way of improving flow rates by applying an electric field to the oil. The idea […]

Jan

2

Is 2013 the Year of Oil?

January 2, 2013 | 4 Comments

The free market of high oil prices for the past few years has made a Renaissance in this country for crude oil.  With no help and lots of barriers and new expenses the oil industry has powered right on lifting the U.S. to producing nearly 7 million barrels a day and going over and more […]

Oct

11

Huge Oil Strike in Oklahoma

October 11, 2012 | 5 Comments

Continental Resources Inc. unveiled its newest oil field with a reservoir rock of an oil-rich portion of the Woodford Shale that lies beneath oil fields tapped long ago by some of the state’s biggest oil names, including Phillips Petroleum, Noble, Hefner and Skelly Oil. The new field is in an area of southern Oklahoma that […]

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