The fluidised catalytic cracking process of breaking up heavier hydrocarbon molecules into lighter hydrocarbon fractions (see Cracking)

Subsea is a general term frequently used to refer to equipment, technology, and methods employed to explore, drill, and develop oil and gas fields that exist below the ocean floors. This may be in � [..]

A fuel made from renewable biological sources. Biofuels include ethanol, methanol, and biodiesel. Biofuel sources include, but are not limited to: corn, soybeans, flaxseed,rapeseed, sugarcane, palm oi [..]

Plant material such as wood, grains, agricultural waste, and vegetation that can be used as an energy source

Any process that uses complete living cells or their components (eg, bacteria, enzymes, chloroplasts) to obtain desired products

Petroleum that exists in the semisolid or solid phase in natural deposits – it is the molasses-like substance which can compromise anywhere from 1 to 18 per cent of the oil sand

Heavy residual fuel oil, often high in sulphur and metals, that remains after the lighter portion has been distilled off

The removal and storage of carbon dioxide from high-emitting processes such as coal-fired power generation or cement manufacture before it enters the atmosphere

Ethanol derived from plant material such as switch grass, wood chips instead of food grade grains such as corn. Its production is much more energy efficient than that for conventional ethanol

Clean energy is energy that is produced without burning fossil fuels. Examples include wind, solar, hydro-electricity, geothermal, nuclear power