Chemical Enables Researchers to Extract Significant Oil Deposits; Leaves Positive Environmental Footprint
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemicals found in common household items are proving to be the right formula to safely extract up to 70 percent of oil still embedded in high-salt oil reservoirs in the United States. A team from the University of Oklahoma Institute for Applied Surfactant Research has formulated an environmentally sound compound that increases oil flow in previously pumped reservoirs.