NOLA.comOil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico injures 2NOLA.com8) in a fire on a Shell oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said. The remaining 46 workers were safely evacuated. A Shell spokesman said the fire happened at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on it …

The HinduWatch: Converting used vegetable oil into biofuelThe HinduAt the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering in Shivamogga, Karnataka, used vegetable oil is converted into biofuel. In this process, called trans-esterification, carboxylic acid …

Financial TimesEyes in the sky put Saudi oil storage figures in doubtFinancial TimesOrbital Insight, a California company that uses satellite images and algorithms to track above-ground oil storage in Saudi Arabia and other countries, says its analysis of …

MIT NewsA new way to mix oil and waterMIT NewsThe reluctance of oil and water to mix together and stay that way is so well-known that it has become a cliché for describing any two things that do not go together well. Now, a new finding from researchers at …