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Power is critical to any society—the more diverse a country's power grid, the stronger its people.

This brings us to the Attarat Power Company south of Amman, the capital city of Jordan.

Fed by a large deposit of oil shale (sedimentary rock with hydrocarbons trapped within), APCO built a two-235 MW turbine power plant to supply 15% of Jordan's power.

We visited the mining operation, specifically with Near East Equipment Company, Jordan's Komatsu dealer. We checked the stripping and oil shale mining operations, which featured the usual cast of enormous machines.

I had NO idea such an operation existed before we visited, which made for a fantastic day!