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SeanTOD on April 15, 2008 - 12:44pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

A small FYI. I believe Shlumberger(SLB) recently bought the rights to the Raytheon developed Microwave technology. SLB has given no indication of what it plans to do with it or when.

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Darwinian on April 16, 2008 - 9:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The Schlumberger microwave story can be found in Oilweek here:
http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=13789

And in the International Herald Tribune Here:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/22/america/NA-FIN-US-Oil-From-Sha...

From Oilweek:

Much as a microwave oven heats food, Raytheon Co.‘s (NYSE:RTN) technology relies on microwaves to generate underground heat and melt a waxy substance in the shale called kerogen so it can be converted into oil.

Ron Patterson

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