New Zealand’s Aquaflow produces first batch of green crude from wild algae grown on sewage

In New Zealand, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation said that it had produced its first batch of commercially competitive green crude oil made from algae oil. The crude oil product is made from wild algae grown on human sewage. Company executives said that the development was significant because the company could separate fuels such as diesel fuels, aviation fuels, and high-value chemicals, from a green crude product.

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