Oil giant Shell and Imperial College London are to embark on a new joint five-year 'multi-million pound' research programme with the aim of producing cleaner fossil fuels. The Shell-Imperial Grand Challenge programme will focus on developing processes to enhance the recovery of unconventional or hard-to-extract hydrocarbons with minimal release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
Worldwide demand for energy is expected to grow by roughly 50% in the next two decades or so, said Shell's technology officer Jan van der Eijk, speaking at the launch of the initiative in London in February: 'Fossil fuel sources will continue to be important sources of energy for many …
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