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October 2011 |
Engines of Innovation Our desire for economical but environmentally friendly transport has driven progress in fuel and oil additives. But, further development is needed.   |
Food Processing
September 2007 |
Equipment Round-Up: Lubricants Heat transfer fluids... White mineral oils... New gear oils... Synthetic lubricants... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Samuel K. Moore |
You Tell Us: Electron Beams Zap Oil to Pump More Petrol Cold cracking uses beams of high-energy electrons to transform the thick parts of crude oil into oils, gasoline, and other petroleum products thin enough to pump through a pipeline. The question is whether a conservative, capital-intensive oil industry will buy the idea. |
Popular Mechanics
September 23, 2009
Mike Allen |
7 Car Mysteries Solved: Expert Car Clinic Experts answer the most puzzling car questions |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly. |
Food Processing
September 2008 |
Equipment Round Up: Lubricants Food Processing showcases a variety of lubricants for the food processing industry. |
Science News
April 14, 2001 |
TimeLine: April 11, 1931 The precious jewels in his head are twain... Invention makes electricity directly from sunlight... Synthetic lubricating oil made out of paraffin wax... |
Popular Mechanics
June 11, 2009
Mike Allen |
Seven Summertime Auto Myths Debunked Everything you thought was true about driving in the summertime. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Kris Eddy |
Digging Into the Oil Sands There's oil in them thar sands. The world wants it, and it's not doing the growing international economy much good trapped in sand. It's not easy or pretty to get to it, but for companies playing in the oil sands, sustained high oil prices would mean high sweet profits for years to come. |
Food Processing
September 2006 |
Equipment Round-Up: Lubricants The right selection and proper use of lubricants can keep a plant's processing equipment running smooth. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Peter Coy & Forest |
Why Is Oil So Expensive Again? More demand and fears of Mideast extremism are two reasons, but prices could ease soon |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Stephen Baker |
Saving Energy By Fighting Friction Here's the rub: Resistance alone may burn as much as one-third of the world's power. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Prepare Garden Engines for Winter Simple steps in fall save time and effort next spring... |
Popular Mechanics
October 1999
Cliff Gromer |
Putting On The Pressure ...And while one major outboard manufacturer is now struggling to stem the plague that's crippling its engines (and its reputation), along comes Yamaha with impressive new two-stroke technology for its 2000 model year engines.... |
Geotimes
July 2006
Rasoul Sorkhabi |
Energy Problems Need Energy Solutions A sensible energy policy should plan to heal, not worsen, our country's addiction to oil. This can be achieved by reducing our oil consumption, and diversifying our energy sources to create an "energy-mix" market. Both strategies are necessary. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2009
Richard F. Stier |
Food Safety: Lubrication as a Line of Defense Avoid adulteration risk with proper use and storage of food grade and non-food grade lubricants. |
Food Processing
April 2012
David Phillips |
Lubricants Make the (Food) Grade Synthetic and anti-microbial lubricants provide better service in food plants. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Gas Prices Won't Go Down Blaming Big Oil does not get to the root of rising prices at the pump, but the negative publicity oil companies face may cause oil stocks to sell off, and that could make for some temporary bargains in the oil patch. Pay attention, and you may just profit from the hoopla. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil, Bigger Profits ExxonMobil reaps the benefits of rising energy prices yet again. Whether the future holds more expensive oil or cheaper oil, investors can probably count on ExxonMobil to be there making the most of it. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
Mike Allen |
5 Car Maintenance Procedures You Don't Need: Scam Watch Your service manager, friendly soul that he is, has recommended an expensive addition to your routine maintenance -- even though your car is running fine. Should you agree to it? |
Wired
December 2005
Spencer Reiss |
Why $5 Gas Is Good for America The skyrocketing cost of oil is sending pump prices soaring. But it's also subsidizing research into new technologies that can change the energy game. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2006
Glen Kenney |
ExxonMobil's $400 Million Insult: Part 2 Oil companies are presently making a lot of money. They make it by pennies per gallon from refining, and only a little more from production. Oil prices are set by global supply and demand, and they will continue to rise as long as demand keeps increasing. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2005
Robert Aronen |
Another Peek at Peak Oil It's all downhill from here. What does the future hold? Even if we are not sitting atop the peak, the supply-and-demand balance is so tight that energy companies should lead the market for many more years. |
Smithsonian
September 2005
Frances Cerra Whittelsey |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Fuel For Thought Cars that run on vegetable oil? Do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs alike fill 'er up with the nation's fastest-growing propellant. |
Fast Company
October 1, 2007
Cora Daniels |
Fast Talk: Chevron's Underground Researcher Don Paul, a former research geophysicist who manages Chevron's R&D partnerships, has teamed up with Los Alamos scientists to use chemistry to convert oil shale into synthetic crude oil. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
Toby Shute |
Valero: Hooked on Crack Spreads Valero depends on them to earn its outsized profits. With gasoline inventories low, business is booming. These high spread levels can't last indefinitely -- so investors need to be careful with this refiner group. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Welch & Aston |
Fill 'Er Up -- But With What? An alternative to gasoline is inevitable, but it won't come anytime soon for Americans. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2006 |
Saving Money on Your Car These days, more people than ever are looking for ways to save money on the road. Some or all of the tips below might prove useful: Minimize your speeding... Change your type of oil... etc. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2005
Richard Vodra |
The Next Energy Crisis Diminishing oil supplies could be considered a variable that, like inflation, should be part of a judicious financial plan. Here's what advisers and consumers need to know. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Carl Hoffman |
New Tech to Tap North America's Vast Oil Reserves It takes big machines that make a big mess to mine black gold in Northern Alberta's oil sands. Is this oil rush worth it? |
Geotimes
April 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Oil prices outlook high Forecasts indicate that gas prices will continue to climb though there is debate as to how high. |
Food Processing
September 2006
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Robbing food to pay fuel Will efforts to find alternatives to oil, such as corn-derived ethanol, have us someday competing with our own SUVs for food? |
National Defense
September 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Energy Conservation Plans Overlook Military Realities Are skyrocketing oil prices just a temporary drain on the U.S. economy or a lasting national security threat? |
Prepared Foods
August 14, 2006 |
Frying Fats Deep-fat frying is perhaps the most complex processing operation known. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Saving Money on Your Car Your car can cost you less than it currently does. Included are some money-saving tips. |
Scientific American
May 15, 2006
Gunjan Sinha |
Pumping Coal Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2006
Glen Kenney |
ExxonMobil's $400 Million Insult How much compensation is too much? Former ExxonMobil chief Lee Raymond recently left with a $400 million golden parachute. How much of your $3-a-gallon gas goes to such compensation packages? |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Oxy's Well-Oiled Quarter Occidental Petroleum rode crude prices and an oil orientation to a solid third quarter. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
Salim Haji |
Unearthing Values in Oil Stocks As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. One company looks particularly good. As the price of oil continues to hit new highs, oil stocks should benefit. Suncor, a small, non-traditional Canadian company, particularly stands out as an attractive investment opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Robert Aronen |
Oh, Canada's Oil Sands Our northern neighbors are sitting on a potential 2.5 trillion barrels of oil. While oil sands production appears to be poised for future growth, investing in this area does carry some risks. |
Food Processing
April 2013
Kevin T. Higgins |
The Appropriate Lubricant Oil Is a Must to Pass Today's Audits Trace amounts of lubricant are unavoidable in many processes, and that's driving a steady migration to food-grade greases and oils. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Wendy Zellner |
The Winter Oil Forecast Is Far From Cozy From natural gas and propane to heating oil and gasoline, prices are on the rise. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Ford's Italian Affair The Ford-Fiat alliance may be part of a larger trend investors should keep an eye on. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: That Last-Quarter Slowdown Is Old News Despite surging oil prices, a waffling stock market, and some surprisingly weak job numbers, the economy began the third quarter on much firmer ground. |
Food Processing
April 2011 |
Choosing and Applying Lubricants in Food Processing Plants New additives and base stocks improve their performance. |
National Defense
October 2007
Michael G. Frodl |
USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal. |
Geotimes
July 2005
Hirsch et al. |
Peaking of World Oil Production: Is the Wolf Near? We are finding less and less oil in spite of vigorous efforts, suggesting that nature may not have much more to provide. As such, many credible analysts have recently become much more pessimistic about the possibility of finding the huge new reserves needed to meet growing world demand. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2005
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Filling a crack in concrete... Tightening shaky tool handles... Radio static when oil-burner fires... Software show a 'house of different colors'... Pressure washer guide... Lubrication basics... Moving appliances over sheet flooring... Damping range duct drafts... Project: Refurbing an old boat... |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Is the Oil Boom Over? The oil patch is undoubtedly cyclical. Do the numbers support the notion that the oil boom is coming to a close? Investors, take note. |
