Category: Innovations

Oil major ExxonMobil has pledged $100 million in funding for government research laboratories over the next ten years. Continue reading ExxonMobil to invest $100 million in emissions-reduction research

The production of green hydrogen may be cost-competitive with natural gas-based hydrogen by 2035, according to a new study from the Norway-based accredited registrar and classification society DNV GL.

Continue reading Green hydrogen may be economically feasible by 2035

ExxonMobil has announced a new affiliation with Microsoft to apply its cloud-based services to ExxonMobil’s operations in the Permian Basin, where it plans to quadruple production by 2025. It will be the largest gas and oil acreage so far to implement cloud technology.

Continue reading ExxonMobil looks to the cloud for Permian operations

Researchers for the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) have reported a new strategy for efficiently creating base oils for lubricants from biomass product like wood and such organic waste Continue reading Researchers synthesise renewable base oils

ExxonMobil has decided to sponsor a flagship programme at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA in order to drive the development of vehicle sustainability solutions Continue reading ExxonMobil sponsors vehicle sustainability project

Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, has clarified a controversial tweet in which he said he had secured the funding to take the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer private. Continue reading Saudi Arabia in talks to invest in Tesla

Carbon Engineering, a privately owned Canadian company, has published an article in scientific journal Joule describing a new process for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Once extracted, they intend to be able to convert it into fuel.

The new approach stands out because it Continue reading Canadian company announces new way to capture carbon dioxide

The future may see small wind turbines fitted to lampposts in a strategic partnership between IT company NVT Group and green technology firm Own Energy.

This partnership will lead to Continue reading Millions of UK lampposts could be getting wind turbines

A new cleaning technique makes it possible to remove oil, soot, dirt and grease buildup from machinery, industrial equipment and Continue reading Dry ice cleaning could be the future of oil and grease removal

The European Space Agency has got together with French and Chinese oil giants in order to launch highly pressurized vats of crude oil into orbit.

This piece of experimental space luggage is Continue reading Crude oil space mission underway