ConocoPhillips monitors developments and trends in emerging technologies and alternative energy sources, and then develops technologies through disciplined investment programs, which span from lab-bench work through commercialization. In developing these technologies, ConocoPhillips follows the following principles:
 

• Focus on areas of high strategic relevance
• Alignment with core competencies
• Follow the best “new venture” practices
• Consistent and disciplined investments
• Leverage partnerships internally and externally

Recent News
ConocoPhillips has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to perform the first field trial of a promising technology that would allow the production of methane from gas hydrates on Alaska's North Slope.  To learn more, see the project data sheet (2MB .PDF).

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