We’re a world on the move. Traveling is now an everyday part of life, whether it’s a drive to a new neighborhood or a flight around the world. With all of this movement, there need to be sources of ...

GLOBAL oil markets have historically been prone to epic cycles of boom and bust. Because it generally takes years for a fresh exploration project to yield its first barrels, producers tend to ...

The Court of Appeal dismisses both parties' appeals in a patents dispute over microbial oil extraction processes used to produce omega-3 fatty acids.

A study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research evaluated the impact of various oil-based extraction methods from cannabis plants. The researchers specifically used medium-chain triglycerides ...

The palm oil industry is among the most productive vegetable oil producers worldwide, supported in part by the oil palm’s exceptionally high yield (kg/ha/yr) compared with other vegetable oil plants.

An EPA study that downplays the threat of fracking on drinking water supplies was hailed Friday by oil industry supporters of the controversial high-pressure oil-extraction method, but ...

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Barbara R. Shook, senior reporter-at-large at the Energy Intelligence Group, about how low oil prices need to go to make "unconventional oil" extraction too expensive.