FATTENED MICROBES COULD CHEW OIL TAR INTO NATURAL GAS, SAY SCIENTISTS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ANGLO-Canadian research team has found microbes living in dried oil tar can be provoked into digesting this petroleum well residue, turning it into natural gas. Scientists from England's University of Newcastle and Canada's University of Calgary found the microbes could be provoked into a tar feeding frenzy by supplying them with additional nutrients.
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AN ANGLO-Canadian research team has found microbes living in dried oil tar can be provoked into digesting this petroleum well residue, turning it into natural gas. Scientists from England's University of Newcastle and Canada's University of Calgary found the microbes could be provoked into a tar feeding frenzy by supplying them with additional nutrients.
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