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Innovating energy solutions: Research and development highlights
R&D has been part of ExxonMobil’s DNA since our company began more than 135 years ago. Our innovations have helped provide the energy fundamental to modern life – from the clean, efficient fuels that power today’s transportation to the natural gas that provides light and heat to homes and businesses.
Today, our world faces a dual challenge: meeting growing demand for energy while also reducing environmental impacts, including the risks of climate change. ExxonMobil is committed to doing our part.
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- Energy Outlook: Natural gas
- ExxonMobil.com: Natural gas
- Mitigating emissions in our operations
- 6 charts that explain why natural gas will be the fuel of the future
- Top 10 states for natural gas
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- Download the reverse osmosis infographic
- Under the microscope: How energy savings and emission reductions begin at the molecular level
- Energy through a filter
- Reversing to move forward
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- Life cycle analysis ExxonMobil literature
- Innovative plastics to combat food waste
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- Collaborating with leading universities
- A collaboration in curiosity: ExxonMobil and MIT explore the oceans
- ExxonMobil and UT collaborate to solve our future energy challenges
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