Colorado and Utah have as much oil as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Nigeria, Kuwait, Libya, Angola, Algeria, Indonesia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates combined. That's not science fiction. Trapped in limestone up to 200 feet thick in the two ...

Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are betting big on emerging technologies to extract lithium from drilling wastes and salt flats. Since oil and gas drilling began nearly 150 years ago, the salty wastewater it produces has been a nuisance for ...

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that we now use to power our homes existed even before the ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech on August 1, 2021. Credit: Facebook/Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister Subscribe for ads-free reading Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has admitted that his country’s attempt at oil ...