In a pilot project executed in May, INA tested co-processing of 1,000 tonnes 5% palm oil mill effluent biogenic feedstock ...

Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling… ...

Last month, following a collapse in the price of Brent crude to a four-year low, Saudi Arabia and its OPEC-plus partners announced their second consecutive monthly supply hike. Doubtless this will ...

U.S. crude-oil inventories fell last week by 3.6 million barrels, surpassing an expected decline of 1.6 million-barrels.

In a historic moment for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, the new Otakikpo crude oil terminal, the country’s first indigenous onshore crude export facility in over five decades built by Green ...

MIT engineers have developed a novel membrane-based method for separating crude oil components that could reduce the energy used in refining by up to 90%, potentially transforming the global fuel ...

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 2.8 million barrels, exceeding estimates for a drop of 600,000 barrels.

A new polymer membrane for separating hydrocarbons in crude oil might one day save huge amounts of energy by removing the need for fractional distillation. The polymer is similar to reverse osmosis ...

Separating crude oil into products such as gasoline, diesel, and heating oil is an energy-intensive process that accounts for about 6 percent of the world’s CO 2 emissions.

Crude oil is cheaper than it's been in four years. It may be too cheap for the oil industry. A barrel of oil now sells for less than most companies’ break-even point.

Fractional distillation is the variation of this process that allows for crude oil to begin its process of refinement.