Raytheon Oil Shale Process
Posted by adam.dada on May 9th, 2006
The Boston Herald reports that they have a new oil shale process that they believe will help refine oil shale for retail consumption. Raytheon? A defense industry corporation? I’m sure this has little to do with Bush’s signing in August 2005 of The Energy Policy Act of 2005.
The Raytheon announcement is part of a cooperative between them and CF Technologies. It uses radio frequencies broadcast into the ground to help convert them to an oil that can be more easily extracted. CF Technologies stands for Critical Fluid Technologies and they have had a long standing history of providing services for DefenseLink, the Department of Defense subcontracting group. They’ve also worked with DARPA, LosAlamos Labs, the USAF and NASA. While their face is that of a tiny company, I’d be interested in anyone who can find me some background information on who runs the facility. Drop an e-mail.