Oil Companies, Experts Discuss Alternative Energy Development

Around 1,800 oil and gas company executives, government energy ministers and other players in the world energy sector have gathered in Houston for the annual Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) conference, known as CERAWeek. This year’s meeting will have a special emphasis on developing new sources of energy.

The theme for this year’s conference is “The New Prize: Energy’s Next Era,” and that encompasses everything from extraction of oil from Canada’s extensive tar sands to development of solar power and ethanol.

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