WASHINGTON—In their Canadian laboratories, engineering professors Murray Gray and Zhenghe Xu can demonstrate the science necessary to minimize the bulky carbon footprint of extracting fuel from ...

Scientists are crafting a new cheap ingredient that can make carbon dioxide work harder and smarter in extracting oil. With a recent $1.3 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory ...

Solvents are used to increase production and reduce steam-to-oil ratio in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Variations of SAGD that use solvents, such as expanding solvent (ES) SAGD or ...

While policy ambitions now aim for greater self-reliance, the structural realities of cultivation, extraction, and trade make ...