In the oil industry, fuel oil is known as the bottom of the barrel. It’s typically cheap, unloved and, crucially, comes from ...

A key crude oil distillation unit has been destroyed at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai by Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF), together with the Russian resistance movement ...

Hollow, pumpkin-shaped molecules can efficiently separate valuable hydrocarbons from crude oil, KAUST researchers have shown. These "molecular sieves," known as cucurbiturils, could enable a more ...

Iranian crude oil has a rare chemical profile that neither American shale nor Venezuelan heavy crude can replicate, making it irreplaceable for refineries across Asia. Here is the science behind why ...