Surfactant chemical enables researchers to extract significant oil deposits, leaves positive environmental footprint

Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 07:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Chemicals found in common household items, like toothpaste and soap, are proving to be the right formula to safely extract up to 70 percent of the oil still embedded in high-salt oil reservoirs in the United States.

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