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Develop Universal Petroleum Applications

Create petroleum engineering systems that can convert petroleum into any desired product through flexible processing and chemical transformation. Universal petroleum applications would provide processing systems that can produce any needed chemical, material, or fuel from petroleum feedstocks by reconfiguring their operation automatically. The challenge involves developing flexible processing systems that can produce any product, creating universal chemical transformation technologies, and designing systems that optimize automatically for any target product. Applications include refineries that can produce any needed chemical on demand, petroleum processing that adapts to market needs instantly, and universal feedstock systems that convert petroleum into any useful product. Success would maximize the utility of petroleum resources, enable instant production of any petroleum-derived product, and provide ultimate flexibility in petroleum processing.

Engineering, Core Engineering, Petroleum Engineering