Houston-based Edge Global Innovation, through its subsidiary VitriCycle LLC, has been issued a patent for a thermochemical ...

In the COCOBIN project, coordinated by the University of Oulu, coating materials are being developed from suberin, a natural ...

Substituting the petrochemicals that underpin everyday life is challenging, but there are ways to produce what we need without fossil fuels I tried to live for 24 hours without using oil-based ...

America is the world's leading oil producer. The United States is less reliant on foreign oil than at times in the past. And of the oil we do import, only 8% comes from the Middle East. Why, then, ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian ...

In a speech to the nation on April 1, President Donald Trump spoke of the Iran war, and the contest for control of the Strait of Hormuz, as if their outcome had little bearing on the market for oil ...

Echium seed oil is a plant-derived source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, including stearidonic acid, that may support skin barrier function, lipid metabolism, and inflammatory balance. Current ...

U.S. crude oil recorded its biggest weekly gain on record, dating back to the inception of the West Texas Intermediate oil contract in March 1983, as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy ...

Bio-based polyurethanes (PUs) offer a route to reduce fossil-derived plastics. Here, we synthesize castor oil-based PU films via a two-step prepolymer method and systematically vary the NCO/OH ratio ...

Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in an overnight raid Saturday, all eyes could be on Houston-based energy giant Chevron in the coming weeks ...

This study aims to produce polyols from Moringa oleifera oil (MO) sourced from two different origins, employing the oxirane ring opening technique for hydroxylation. These polyols are then utilized in ...