Sentences with phrase «of liquid hydrocarbons»

But second place goes to Saturn's moon Titan (0.64), which hosts vast lakes of liquid hydrocarbons but has surface temperatures of — 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
For example, a stream of pure CO2 becomes available for capture and storage if biomass is used as the fuel for power plants or as feedstock for production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
For example, a stream of pure CO2 becomes available for capture and storage if biomass is used as the fuel for power plants or as feedstock for production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose surface remained invisible through its thick, ubiquitous haze, nonetheless teased observers with hints of a possible ocean of liquid hydrocarbons.
Cassini also detected lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan — the first stable bodies of liquid ever discovered on the surface of a world beyond Earth.
How do you manufacture on the scale of multiple — square - mile facilities and billions of gallons of liquid hydrocarbons that can go into ExxonMobil refineries?
Titan is home to lakes and rivers made of liquid hydrocarbons, which may be hospitable to life unlike that on Earth.
«The interesting thing about this alga is that it produces large amounts of liquid hydrocarbons, which can be used to make fuels such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel fuel,» Devarenne said.
The work suggests that frigid Titan actually resembles Earth in some key ways, such as seasonal weather, and it also hints at the possibility that the moon holds vast underground reservoirs of liquid hydrocarbons — a first for any other body in the solar system.
Marathon Oil Corp. engages in the exploration, production, and market of liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas.
«In 20 — 25 years the reserves of liquid hydrocarbons are beginning to go down so we have this window of time to convert over to renewables,» according to Harry Shimp, president and chief executive officer of BP's solar division.»
Carbon recycling can help with the two biggest energy challenges facing the U.S. and the world: stabilize the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and produce new supplies of liquid hydrocarbon fuels that help reduce the dependence on petroleum.
Reuters reports that the Karachaganak field provides Kazakhstan with 49 percent of its natural gas and 18 percent of its liquid hydrocarbon production.
Saturn's largest moon hosts lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, which normally appear mirror - smooth.
That maneuver, NASA told USA Today will be the probe's «final opportunity for up - close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon's northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface.»
Researchers at Nanjing Tech University in China have developed a new pathway for the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from lignocellulose.
This view of Titan's south polar region reveals an intriguing dark feature that may be the site of a past or present lake of liquid hydrocarbons.
For example, the orbiter spotted lakes of liquid hydrocarbons (mostly methane) on Titan's surface, and its observations suggest that the huge moon also hosts an ocean of salty water beneath its crust.
That probe has performed a number of approaches to Saturn's moon Titan, which is famous for having expansive lakes of liquid hydrocarbons and a thick atmosphere.
Profile of a methane sea on Titan26 April 2016 Saturn's largest moon is covered in seas and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons — and one sea has now been found to be filled with pure methane, with a seabed covered by a sludge of organic - rich material, and possibly surrounded by wetlands.
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