Canada 's Highbury and partner Highbury Energy have begun research and development work on creating synthetic crude from oil refining byproduct petcoke. The aim is to manufacture a crude which can be used in a traditional refinery without any changes to infrastructure, and develop a long-term use for petcoke. According to the Alberta Energy Regulator , stockpiles of the material in 7/13/2018 were at 106 million tonnes . MGX Minerals and Highbury Energy have so far focused on extracting metals such as vanadium, nickel, and cobalt from petcoke, as well as hydrogen gas output.
Canada's MGX Minerals and partner Highbury Energy have begun research and development work on creating synthetic crude from oil refining byproduct petcoke. The aim is to manufacture a crude which can be used in a traditional refinery without any changes to infrastructure, and develop a long-term use for petcoke. According to the Alberta Energy Regulator, stockpiles of the material in 2016 were at 106 million tonnes. MGX and Highbury have so far focused on extracting metals such as vanadium, nickel, and cobalt from petcoke, as well as hydrogen gas output.