Posted on 07/09/2007 9:26:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Petroleum company ConocoPhillips plans to build a water sustainability center in Doha, Qatar. The center, to be located in the Qatar Science & Technology Park at Education City, will examine ways to treat and use by-product water from oil production and refining operations, as well as other projects relating to industrial and municipal water sustainability.
The company said it will invest $25 million in the center over the first five to seven years.
The center will conduct research on and develop and test technologies relating to water production and management, and will be designated as ConocoPhillips' worldwide center for water technologies, disseminating findings to the company's global operations as well as to local government and industry partners.
Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News) said uses for the treated water could include crop irrigation, livestock watering, wildlife habitats and industrial cooling.
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