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 […]

Mar

28

US Consumers and Environmentalists Win One on Oil Shipping

March 28, 2012 | 6 Comments

It didn’t take long for the oil industry to go to Plan B to get the massive new supplies of Bakken Formation oil in North Dakota and the Canadian Oil Sands to the remaining refineries at the Gulf Coast.  It may not overcome the closing of refineries on the US east and west coasts, but […]

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