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New method could mean that our oil reserves last longer

Julian Eastoe and colleagues at the University of Bristol have discovered a new method to extract oil using CO₂ in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.

Read their recent PCCP Perspective article which reviews the various approaches for modification of solvent properties of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂).

Perspective review article
CO₂: a wild solvent, tamed
Stephen Cummings, Kieran Trickett, Robert Enick and Julian Eastoe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C003856C

Read the university press release on their latest research:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/7339.html