Extraction of petroleum

Discovery of a New Way to Make Foams Could Lead to Lightweight, Sustainable Materials

If the researchers achieve their goal, growers will be able to meet 147 percent of the U.S. mandate for renewable fuels by growing the modified sugarcane on abandoned land in the southeastern United States (about 20 percent of the green zone on the map). | Graphic courtesy Stephen P. Long

Team converts sugarcane to a cold-tolerant, oil-producing crop

UMD Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’

Natural soil bacteria pump new life into exhausted oil wells