NEW ACTS FOR AUSTRALIAN OFF SHORE OIL & GAS

AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT REGULATIONS ON OFF SHORE OIL & GAS Friday 27 May 201 Changes to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act — New Inquiry — The House of Representatives Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry Committee will examine five bills introduced to the House on 25 May 2011 by the Hon Martin Ferguson AM [...]

Posted on May 27th, 2011 by Editor
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PIG MANURE TO FUEL CRUDE OIL

Chemists Get Scoop On Crude ‘Oil’ From Pig Manure Science (June 17, 2008) — After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, “This stuff smells worse than manure,” says NIST chemist Tom Bruno. [...]

Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ANIMALS, BIO DIESEL, BIO GAS, BIO MASS, BY-PRODUCTS, FUEL, METHANE, OILS PETROL | No Comments »

FOREST WASTE INTO VALUABLE CRUDE OIL FUEL

Bio-Crude Turns Cheap Wood Waste into Valuable Fuel Science (Feb. 4, 2008) — CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil. The bio-crude oil can be used to produce high value chemicals and biofuels, including both petrol and diesel replacement fuels. “By making changes to [...]

Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO MASS, BY-PRODUCTS, CARBON TRADING, FUEL, MINING & RESOURCES, OILS PETROL, PLANTS, RECYCLING, RENEWABLE ENERGY, WASTE, WOOD | No Comments »

USED VEGETABLE OIL TO BIODIESEL FUEL FOR MOTORS

Chemists Simplify Biodiesel Conversion ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2010) — As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, biodiesel “represents a significant energy resource and could someday supply 3 percent to [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2010 by Editor
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OIL MUNCHING BACTERIA EAT OIL SPILLS IN OCEAN

Oil-hungry microbes aid spill cleanup NEW YORK (UPI) — Among workers involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup will be some very tiny ones, U.S. researchers say — microbes that love to munch on crude oil. One of the hidden stars of the cleanup effort is an oil-hungry bacterium called Alcanivorax, one of [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ARTICLES, BACTERIA, CLEANING, ECO ISSUES, ECO REPORTS, FUEL, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OILS PETROL | No Comments »