MRS Bulletin
- MRS Bulletin December 2010 35 : pp 956-957
- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010
- DOI: 10.1557/mrs2010.698 (About DOI)
- Published online by Cambridge University Press: January 2011
Energy Quarterly
Energy Quarterly
Energy Sector Analysis
The science of oil drilling goes deep
Philip Ball
Advanced techniques can characterize the physical and chemical properties of oil and the porous rock containing it, but the proof is in the drilling. Spills are an inevitable risk, but natural microorganisms that feed off the hydrocarbons can help to clean them up.
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