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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Solar and Big Oil Join Forces in Middle East

Solar and Big Oil Join Forces in Middle East

Solar technology can use heat from the sun to extract heavy crude from aging fields—and the idea is gaining ground and investment from big oil companies like Shell.Last week, Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDSA), RockPort Capital and a few others invested a total of $26 million in California-based GlassPoint Solar Inc. The investment will spur the company’s expansion in the Middle East--and it’s all about crude oil extraction.  What the energy majors are eyeing in particular is GlassPoint’s Enclosed Trough Concentrating Solar…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Solar-and-Big-Oil-Join-Forces-in-Middle-East.html

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