Early oil refining was unpredictable and often dangerous. Over time, industry leaders like John D. Rockefeller and companies like Standard Oil introduced scientific methods and ...

Across teaching and research labs, chemists are rethinking solvent choices to protect health and the planet. From replacing carcinogenic dichloromethane to reusing ethyl acetate, greener practices are ...

Middle East oil producers will require several months to fully restore output once the war ends, promising extended tightness in markets, according to research from CERA, part of S&P Global Energy. At ...

Distillation shapes a spirit’s flavor, aroma, and texture by removing unwanted compounds while concentrating ethanol and desirable characteristics. Different methods — such as pot still, column still, ...

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez appointed a new hydrocarbons minister as the US guides the South American country’s oil recovery under a new energy law after President Donald Trump’s ...

Equinor EQNR2.25%increase; green up pointing triangle and its partners have made a commercial oil discovery in the North Sea. The Norwegian energy major said Monday that according to preliminary ...

In building LLM applications, enterprises often have to create very long system prompts to adjust the model’s behavior for their applications. These prompts contain company knowledge, preferences, and ...

When enterprises fine-tune LLMs for new tasks, they risk breaking everything the models already know. This forces companies to maintain separate models for every skill. Researchers at MIT, the ...

Venezuela's official figure of over 300 billion barrels of proven oil reserves is mostly a statistical reclassification of extra-heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt, driven by high oil prices and ...

A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig is pictured outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) in Caracas on February 26, 2025. (Photo by Pedro MATTEY / AFP) ...