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Advanced engineering tools seen increasing drilling capacity, efficiency

Tuesday, 08 May 2012 11:17

Major oil companies are ramping up their engineering research and development as they seek to bolster drilling efficiency.
   

Do you dream of better fuel mileage? How about 3,300 miles to the gallon?

Monday, 07 May 2012 11:30

Budding engineers from throughout the world are taking place in competition to develop an engine that can run on only a small amount of fuel.
   

Microsubmarines could help cleanup oil spills, scientists say

Thursday, 03 May 2012 09:31

Scientists are testing a technology that could help in oil spill cleanups.
   

Company to begin testing electric airplane this spring

Monday, 30 April 2012 10:13

A new aircraft could run entirely on electricity, Popular Science reports.
   

Debate intensifies over oil produced from Canada's oil sands

Monday, 30 April 2012 10:11

As the U.S. continues to increasingly rely on Canada as its most important foreign oil source, environmentalists and scientists are concerned about the repercussions of the partnership.
   

Retractable sails could make cargo ships 30 percent more fuel efficient, engineers say

Wednesday, 25 April 2012 12:22

Cargo ships of the future could could look a bit more like they did in the past.
   

Electric grid woes hurting India's economic growth

Friday, 20 April 2012 10:48

India's torrid pace of economic growth has helped catapult the nation into being a dominant geopolitical force
   

Frito-Lay to use CNG-powered trucks in an effort to cut costs, improve efficiency

Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:24

Frito-Lay is spearheading a new initiative that could help drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the company's expansive fleet of trucks.
   

Fracking indirectly causing earthquakes, scientists claim

Monday, 16 April 2012 12:25

New data suggest that the surge in oil and natural gas drilling throughout the U.S. is, in fact, spurring earthquakes.
   

Shifting U.S. energy landscape portends fossil fuel resurgence, experts say

Thursday, 12 April 2012 11:56

A shifting energy landscape in the U.S. could have far-reaching repercussions over the next few decades, experts say.
   
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