Petroteq Energy PQEFF PQE is an upstream exploration and production (E&P) company focused on advancing its proprietary Clean Oil Recovery Technology (CORT). Currently, the company is ramping up ...

Crude oil derives, by way of geological processing, from organic material initially buried in sediments at the bottom of ancient lakes and oceans. Crude oil formed at depth in a sedimentary basin ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 28-- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. together with North West Upgrading Inc. has submitted a proposal to Alberta for constructing and operating a bitumen upgrader and refinery near ...

State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has finalized a contract with Austria’s Porner Ingenieur GMBH for a grassroots bitumen plant as part of program designed to modernize and expand operations ...

CIRCOR, a manufacturer of differentiated technology products and sub-systems, highlights their IMO brand rotary screw pumps for processing and transferring asphaltenes and bitumen in a variety of ...

As this report demonstrates, diluted bitumen has unique properties that differentiate it from commonly transported crude oils. Because of these properties, diluted bitumen’s behavior in the ...

Although the history of bitumen dates back to the third millennium BC, only little is known about its surface structure. Researchers are now shedding light on the nature of the bitumen surface using ...

The underlying substance is Sumerian bitumen: a naturally occurring petroleum material (often called an asphalt-like “black goo”) long associated with waterproofing and adhesion, and even with ...