One month after a 65-year-old ExxonMobil pipeline burst without warning and dumped Canadian tar sands oil in the town of Mayflower, Ark., government investigators and residents are still looking for answers to basic questions about the spill. When did the pipeline begin leaking? When and how did the oil company find out about it? Original post on insideclimatenews.org Comments on reddit.com
It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the technology still faces many significant commercialisation challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E. coli bacteria,… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Hundreds of beached dolphin carcasses, shrimp with no eyes, contaminated fish, ancient corals caked in oil and some seriously unwell people are among the legacies that scientists are still uncovering in the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
ExxonMobil won’t say precisely what chemicals it spilled in Louisiana — maybe because it’s too busy keeping journalists away from another oil-oopsie in Arkansas. Original post on grist.org Comments on reddit.com
UPDATE: After this story was published, ExxonMobil updated the joint command incident report for Friday. The report now says that approximately 5,000 barrels of oil spilled in Mayflower. Original post on insideclimatenews.org Comments on reddit.com
The central Arkansas spill caused by Exxon’s aging Pegasus pipeline has reportedly unleashed 10,000 barrels of Canadian heavy crude – but a technicality says it’s not oil, letting the energy giant off the hook from paying into a national cleanup fund. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil was working to clean up thousands of barrels of oil in Mayflower, Arkansas, after a pipeline carrying heavy Canadian crude ruptured, a major spill likely to stoke debate Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists have just unveiled the lightest human-made substance on Earth. How light are we talking? Let’s put it this way: it’s less dense than helium. Original post on io9.com Comments on reddit.com
Indigenous groups claim they have not consented to oil projects, as politicians visit Beijing to publicise bidding process Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A new graphene aerogel created at China’s Zhejiang University is the world’s lightest material, with a density of 0.16 mg/cm3. Original post on gizmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Barge With 80,000 Gallons Oil Hits Bridge, Leaks Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
SOUTH Australia is sitting on oil potentially worth more than $20 trillion, independent reports claim – enough to turn Australia into a self-sufficient fuel producer. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Kichwa villagers from Sani Isla vow to resist oil prospecting by state-backed company Petroamazonas at all costs Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Pollutants in Canadian lakes are linked to exploitation of energy source. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
You might have seen that on Monday President Obama will likely nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. But what you probably haven’t seen — because everyone has forgotten — is that back in 2007, Hagel went totally crazy and told the truth about our invasion of Iraq. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Shell’s ill-fated attempt to tow an offshore oil rig from Alaska to Seattle in the final days of December was motivated by a desire to avoid $7m (£4.3m) of Alaskan state taxes, it emerged today. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The federal government’s preference for austerity and obscurantism could have long-term costs for Canada’s wilderness and wildlife. Original post on thestar.com Comments on reddit.com
Salaries of $50,000 a year have drawn many high school seniors away from higher education amid the frenzied pace of oil drilling. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
An oil spill at an ExxonMobil facility offshore from the Niger Delta has spread at least 20 miles from its source, coating waters used by fishermen in a film of sludge. Original post on dailystar.com.lb Comments on reddit.com
US self-sufficiency in energy is likely to end American reliance on despotic Gulf regimes but biggest loser of all may be Russia Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET: BP will pay approximately $4.5 billion and plead guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges as part of a settlement with the U.S. government over the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the L … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The firm also agreed to a criminal plea in the 2010 gulf oil spill. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s biggest oil producer before 2020 and will be energy independent 10 years later, according to the International Energy Agency. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
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ANN ARBOR—It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can ‘pressure-cook’ algae for as little as a minute Original post on umich.edu Comments on reddit.com
