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Q2 results: @DTE_Energy announces net income of $200 million compared with $87mn in Q2 2010 — http://bit.ly/o71HoE
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The popular image of oil derricks place them in sunny locales, in deserts and at sea. But with the search for new oil reserves spreading, the ability to use solar power for enhanced oil recovery faces some elemental challenges.
Southern California, where GlassPoint Solar operates a facility, satisfies the two main requirements for solar thermal enhanced oil recovery –abundant sunlight and heavy oil. But these requirements limit the technology’s application in other areas of the country. Within the US, GlassPoint CEO Rod MacGregor mentioned only West Texas as prospective for solar thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) use. Keep reading →
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It was an unusual setting for a light bulb show.
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The process though won’t happen overnight, he said. Keep reading →
Brazilian energy giant Petrobras plans to spend almost $107,000 a minute over the next four years as part of its immense and recently expanded $224.7 billion spending plan.
Petrobras will execute its first asset sale program and take on substantial debt to fund its 2011-2015 business plan, which will cost nearly $154 million each day, much of that planned for spending on exploration and production. Keep reading →
