There will be gas: microbes that gobble up heavy oil and spit out natural gas

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This summer, British and Canadian researchers plan to test new technology for releasing previously unrecoverable energy trapped in heavy oil deposits. It works by stimulating tiny microbes to chew up the sticky, tar-like heavy oil and metabolize it into natural gas. Guest: Steve Larter, New Castle University, University of Calgary
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