She began hunting for microbes adapted to degrade plastic in the soil and water around refineries in her hometown of Houston.
She began hunting for microbes adapted to degrade plastic in the soil and water around refineries in her hometown of Houston.
She began hunting for microbes adapted to degrade plastic in the soil and water around refineries in her hometown of Houston.
His father owned oil refineries and multiple other businesses, with large holdings in Damascus and Homs, ,, and at one point pretty much controlled the price of wheat in the region.
In the short term a bigger impact on Asian fuel trade has come from the relaxed crude import licences that have allowed China's independent "teapot" refineries to increase their operating rates.
Chinese companies have built roads, railways, tunnels, power lines and refurbished oil refineries as well as special economic zones.
Production capacity at the refineries which turn fat into fuel is also far larger than demand, causing the US biodiesel industry to lose about $130m last year, a University of Illinois economist has estimated.
