RSSTag : petroleum (122)

Exxon Mobil made nearly $1500 per second »

Posted by: GregD 1 year, 3 months ago in News

Exxon Mobil once again reported the largest quarterly profit in U.S. history Thursday, posting net income of $11.68 billion on revenue of $138 ...

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Study: Romantic Candlelit Dinners Could Cause Cancer »

Posted by: JessicaLaurie 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology

There’s nothing that says romance like a candlelit dinner – but scientists say burning certain kinds of candles may actually be hazardous to your health.

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F.T.C. Rule Aimed at Oil Price Manipulation »

Posted by: rumple4skin 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance

The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it would begin policing the petroleum industry with penalties for anyone attempting to manipulate energy prices.

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North Korea Missile Launch to Hawaii US Prepares for Possible Missile Launch »

Posted by: Eagle_Eye 5 months, 1 week ago in News

The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean launch across the Pacific, Defense Secretary Robert ...

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Green Start-up Companies »

Posted by: kr112157 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance

Food versus fuel. That debate has held back progress in biofuels, which
offer the promise of a low-carbon substitute for petroleum, but whose
development could ...

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Biodiesel 101 »

Posted by: Xaos 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology

From Biodiesel.org

Biodiesel (mono alkyl esters) is a cleaner-burning
diesel fuel made from natural, renewable sources such as vegetable oils.
Because it is renewable ...

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Lake of Petroleum-Like Liquid Confirmed on Titan »

Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology

Earthlings might be scrambling to find liquid hydrocarbons buried in our planet, but Saturn's moon Titan has plenty to spare.

Scientists say that a ...

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As Consumption Grows, China Stockpiles Oil Reserves »

Posted by: pagey 10 months, 3 weeks ago in News

Following the example of the United States, oil-thirsty China is looking to take advantage of low crude oil prices to build up a strategic reserve ...

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Market News Live: Video: China lends Russian oil $25 billion »

Posted by: SNance 9 months, 1 week ago in News

China lends Russian oil companies $25 billion in exchange for 20 years of oil from their new East Siberian oilfields. Cash-rich and energy-hungry China is ...

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Competing Technologies Push to Commercialize Renewable Petroleum »

Posted by: roxblog 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology

Here s the Earth s recipe for petroleum: Take plants. Add pressure and heat. Bake for hundreds of millions of years. Today, companies are racing ...

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Mower Uses Water As Hydraulic Fluid »

Posted by: greenmeany 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology

A group of Purdue University undergraduates have built an industrial riding lawn mower that uses water instead of petroleum-based hydraulic fluid.

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CEO Pay Is About Everything Other Than Performance! »

Posted by: EnlistMedia 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance

CEO pay seems to be the most sensational issue in the present times!

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Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Available Soon in Korea »

Posted by: MediaMember 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology

In Korea, car buyers will now be able to place orders for what will likely by the first hybrid available here in the States – the ...

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Market News Live: Video: Oil Prices Start The New Year Above $46 »

Posted by: SNance 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance

01/02/09 Despite being the one year anniversary of crude prices hitting $100 for the first time ever, this session ushered in a new ...

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Theft of oil products long undetected as they cross border | Energy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle »

Posted by: hoo1live 3 months, 1 week ago in News

MEXICO CITY — Smugglers have managed to slip at least $100 million in stolen oil products in tanker trucks past U.S. border inspectors in South ...

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