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process (US Patent 5372708) invented in 1992 by Moshe Gvirtz (also spelled as Moshe
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Feldman also owned A.F.S.K. Industries, which in 2008 was sold to Orad, a company that develops software security systems. As of October 2011, Kazansky and Feldman are in arbitration with Orad for claims that Orad has not honored a service agreement worth 14 million NIS.
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Israeli businessman Ofer Glazer. However, the transaction was not finalized, and Hom Tov subsequently ceased to operate.
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209:Israel Presses for Oil From Shale
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351:Oil and gas companies of Israel
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132:Shale oil extraction process
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69:Shimon Kazansky (founder)
361:Companies based in Haifa
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371:Defunct oil companies
71:Yisrael Feldman (CEO)
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