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- California oil refineries use 94 million gallons of water a day and nobody is stopping them Wed, 17 Jun 15, 11:33pmIn California, the ground is dry, cracking, and sinking faster than ever. Farmers are walking away from hundreds of thousands of acres of croplands because there is no water to irrigate. Golf courses and celebs are shamed...
- New bill could cut $135 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel companies Wed, 13 May 15, 11:30pmRecently presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, together with Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison proposed a bill entitled the "End Polluter Welfare Act," in which they seek to bring an end to the federal subsidies provided...
- Keystone XL Could Raise Gasoline Prices by 40 Cents Per Gallon, Report Finds Tue, 16 Jul 13, 10:03pmA Consumer Watchdog report released today has found that the Keystone XL pipeline will to hike gasoline prices in the Midwest and ultimately hurt the US economy...
- The Myth That the US Will Soon Become an Oil Exporter Sat, 21 Apr 12, 1:04amCountries trade crude oil and oil products back and forth. When all of these transactions are netted out, is the US close to becoming a “net” oil exporter?
- Global Refining Capacity Wed, 30 Mar 11, 7:05pmThis is a guest post by Stephen Bowers (TOD user carnot) who works for Evonik, a major chemical company based in Germany. Stephen is a petroleum chemist with over 30 years experience and started his career as a mud logger...
- More on Refining: Distillation Curves Mon, 11 Jan 10, 1:58amLast week, I pointed out that the crude oil that comes out of the ground is not made up of a single hydrocarbon, but rather is a mix of different hydrocarbons that have to be separated...
- More on Refining Mon, 11 Jan 10, 1:58amLast week, I pointed out that the crude oil that comes out of the ground is not made up of a single hydrocarbon, but rather is a mix of different hydrocarbons that have to be separated...
- Separating Different Components from a Crude Oil Mon, 4 Jan 10, 2:04amIn this series of tech talks, I have been writing about the progress of crude oil as it passes from the reservoir up through the production casing, and out to the GOSP, where water, oil, natural gas, sand and sulfur products...
- Top 10 Energy Stories of 2009 Sat, 26 Dec 09, 1:35amHere are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different from theirs. I have a couple of stories here that they didn't list,...
- Top 10 Energy Stories of 2009 - Robert Rapier Fri, 25 Dec 09, 4:25pmHere are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different from theirs. I have a couple of stories here that they didn't list,...