Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we encounter. But the few hydrocarbons that trace their ...

Plate subduction traverses multiple Earth spheres, transporting surface and lithospheric materials to the deep interior and reaching the core-mantle boundary (CMB). Conversely, mantle plumes convey ...

The exploration and characterization of petroleum systems remain central to addressing critical challenges at the intersection of energy security, ...

The Vaca Muerta shale play, discovered in Argentina, contains an estimated 16 billion barrels of recoverable shale oil and 308 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, making it one of the top five ...

Dendralene hydrocarbons have a reputation for being difficult — it seemed that these molecules couldn't easily be made. A practical synthesis of dendralenes opens them up for study, and reveals some ...

Surface geochemical surveys are often dismissed due to the idea that intervening stratigraphy may block or prevent upwardly moving hydrocarbons from passing through them. Many of the published analogs ...

We talk increasingly about “critical minerals,” sources for elements spanning the periodic table that are vital, considered to be strategically important, and for which substitutes are very difficult ...

Mexico's state energy company, Pemex, has announced a strategic shift towards hydraulic fracturing to exploit unconventional hydrocarbon deposits. The move is a bid to reverse years of declining oil ...