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Sapphire Signs Deal For ‘Green’ Crude

by Michael McCoy
April 1, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 13

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Sapphire says it is now producing its green crude year-round.
A viscous black liquid flows from a pipe into a drum labeled “Sapphire Energy.”
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Sapphire says it is now producing its green crude year-round.

Sapphire Energy, a developer of an algae-derived “green” crude oil, has signed a deal to supply oil produced at its Green Crude Farm in Columbus, N.M., to Tesoro Refining & Marketing, operator of seven oil refineries in the western U.S. Sapphire says it recently began continuous cultivation and oil production at the site using a new technology that converts wet algae to crude oil, bypassing a drying step.

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