OIL New oil discovery in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska points to larger potentialS & P Global Platts, March 31, 2021 Could mean oil-bearing Nanushuk formation larger than believedInitial data indicates presence of light, high-quality oil  Anchorage — Australian independent 88 Energy has made an apparent oil discovery with its Merlin-1 exploration well in the southeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, and … read more

News of the Day:  Here Come the Biden TaxesEditorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2021 So much for the illusion of cost-free spending blowouts. The bill for President Biden’s agenda is coming due, starting with Wednesday’s proposal for the largest corporate tax increase in decades. Can we finally drop the pretense that any of this is moderate or … read more

OIL Sponging up oil droplets from Arctic wastewaterPavani Cherukupally, Advanced Science News, March 29, 2021 A re-usable sponge can capture and recover crude oil droplets from cold water to generate clean water in a fragile ecosystem. After ten years, the Deepwater Horizon oil spills cleaning efforts are still struggling to remove crude oil droplets from the contaminated water. The removal … read more