Cyclic steam injection is a common method of oil extraction in California in which steam is injected at high pressure into a heavy-oil formation. The process is largely unregulated and has been blamed ...

BAKERSFIELD — On the morning of the day he died, David Taylor and his crew were looking for a “chimney” — a fissure in the earth where steam and oil periodically spurted into the air in an oil field ...

California regulators have halted approvals for new projects in the state to produce crude oil using high-pressure steam injection, part of a set of initiatives to protect the environment and help the ...

Results of ARPA-e program showed 35% more efficiency and nearly elimination of nitrogen oxides Pratt & Whitney demonstrates its novel technology for using steam ...