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  • ILLINOIS STYLE: UI researcher makes crude oil from pig manure

    04/30/2006 7:07:09 PM PDT · by WestVirginiaRebel · 45 replies · 1,719+ views
    BellevilleNewsDemocrat.com ^ | 04-30-06 | WestVirginiaRebel
    HAMPSHIRE, Ill.-Can the other white meat's manure make black gold?"We are the first to actually do this," professor Yuanhui Shang says proudly of his team's ability to turn swine manure into crude oil. He's a bio-environmental engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who has led the 10-year research project that recently announced a breakthrough in porcine petroleum.