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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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While production costs and refining costs for heavy oil exceed that for light oil, applying information technology solutions for decision-making has provided a significant increase in the margins and profits of operations, according to Chevron engineers in a paper presented on their system earlier this year.

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The Quest for a DNA Data Drive

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Readable genomic DNA has been recovered after having been frozen in the tundra for 2 million years. The current generation of systems use either simple plumbing or light to control synthesis reactions. DNA is by far the most sophisticated, stable, and dense information-storage technology humans have ever come across or invented.

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