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Enhanced Recovery Systems was established in 1999 to develop an enhancer which could be commercially applied to mature oil wells in sandstone with a high water content hence - SIDOX.

Tests carried out in Russia and Canada have demonstrated that SIDOX injections do:

  • Increase oil output by an average of over 100% during the first 5 to 6 months.
  • The percentage of water in the mix is reduced.
  • The expectation that the recoverable oil from the reservoir is increased.

Today, ERS is the leading researcher of the processes of hydrophobization in oil formation, and we successfully use these processes on oil fields. The base technology, under the trademark SIDOX, is the most effective technology for hydrophobization of oil formations in the world.

The strategy of the company consists of creating technologies capable of increasing oil recovery, and decreasing the costs of oil recovery, on any oil fields. Our technologies increase the permeability of oil formations. These technologies allow us to restore high levels of oil recovery to old wells that have decreased levels of oil recovery. Furthermore, we can make wells that are unprofitable, profitable.

Our scientists and researchers cooperate with universities and oil research centers in different countries. We work in Canada, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, and the United States.

 

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Sir William Francis CBE FREng
Chairman

Sir William Francis has extensive experience in major construction projects both in the UK and overseas including petrochemical, manufacturing and steel fabrication plants, bridges, power stations and offshore platforms. He has a long and distinguished career in industry which has included:

  • Over 25 years with Tarmac where he became Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Tarmac Plc.
  • Main Board Executive Director of Trafalgar House Plc responsible for Construction in the UK and overseas
  • Non-executive Director of Trafalgar House Oil and Gas Ltd
  • Serving for some 30 years on a number of Government Advisory Boards including the British Overseas Trade Board and the Export Credit Guarantee Department
  • President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
  • In semi-retirement a number of non-executive appointments including Director of British Rail Board and Chairman of the Black Country Development Corporation.

Dr. Roger Cairns
Managing Director

Roger Cairns is a chemist by training. While at Hardy Oil & Gas plc Dr. Cairns was responsible for the technical and operational side of the Group’s activities covering ten countries including Canada and the USA.. He took early retirement from Hardy Oil & Gas in 1997, since when he has worked as a consultant or Director for various companies within the oil industry. He is an independent director on the Board of Technip, a leading international oil, gas and petrochemical engineering, construction and services company based in Paris and listed in Paris and New York. Dr Cairns has published 18 papers including “Increased oil production from wet wells in sandstone by modifying the relative permeability.He has extensive experience in the oil industry which has included:

  • Managing Director of Hardy Oil & Gas plc
  • Technical and Commercial Director of Trafalgar Oil & Gas Ltd
  • Over 18 years in various roles with BP.

Sergey Poletaev
Director

Sergey Poletaev is an engineer and businessman with over 20 years’ experience of working in Russia and the US, including:

  • General Director of United Way a Soviet-American joint-venture, which patented and produced electric welding equipment
  • President of The Center of New Technologies, a company formed to promote the development of technology and co-ordination between scientists
  • Executive Director of International Symposium Association LLC, a company formed in the US to promote the development of technology and co-ordination between scientists
  • The owner of International Industrial Services LLC in the United States to provide services to Russian oil companies

Alan Osborne
Director 

Alan Osborne has a First Class (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering, is a Fellow of the University of Central England and Visiting Professor of Liverpool John Moores University. He has published a number of professional and other papers. Alan Osborne has almost 60 years’ experience in industry, including:

  • Main Board Director of Tarmac Plc
  • Managing Director and Chairman of Tarmac Construction Ltd
  • Director and Chief Executive of Birmingham Heartlands Alan Osborne has a First Class (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering, is a Fellow of the University of Central England and Visiting Professor of Liverpool John Moores University. He has published a number of professional and other papers

 

Dr Peter Stefanini
Director

A Cambridge PhD with thirty five years general management experience in the plastics, chemical and scientific instruments sectors.  He has been director of a UK FTSE 250 PLC, led an MBI of a £50 million turnover chemical company, and as executive chairman of an early stage technology company took it to an AIM listing in 2004. 

  • Executive chairman of Millbrook Scientific Instruments PLC 2000 –2007.  A start-up which he took to an AIM listing in 2004 and now has a turnover of £2.5 million.
  • Chief Executive of Manro Holdings Limited 1996-2000, a £50 million turnover manufacturer of surfactants.  He led the £33 million buy-in from a UK PLC and organized the sale to a US chemicals major.
  • Main board director of Croda International PLC 1992-6, a £400 million turnover chemical company, running a £100 million global division.
  • Chairman of the Business & Trade Board of the UK Chemical Industries Association 1992-6.
  • Managing Director of Coalite Chemicals Limited 1989-92.
  • Managing Director of Pozament Limited 1984-89, a manufacturer of specialist cements and grouts.
  • Unilever 1972-84.  Joined as graduate trainee and held various management positions in Unilever’s plastics operations.

 

Professor Anatoly Demakhin
Technical Director

Professor Demakhin is a Professor of Oil & Gas Chemistry at the University of Saratov, Russia. He is also a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Russia. Apart from his work on the development of oil production technologies and those of oil, oil-bearing rocks and oil schist’s processing, Professor Demakhin is a leading specialist on lewisite reaction mass treatment and arsenic oxide refining and has also carried out fundamental investigations into the search of electrolyte systems intended for chemical sources of current. He has published around 150 papers including “The Hydrophobic treatment of oil wells – an effective method to enhance oil production.” He has also published a number of scientific books about various topics related to oil recovery.


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Theoretical Background

The amount of oil flowing relative to the amount of water can be increased by:

1. Increasing the viscosity of water.

2. Decreasing the viscosity of oil.

3. Changing the relative permeabilities of the oil and water.

The viscosity of water can be increased by adding a water soluble polymer. The viscosity of oil can be decreased by heating, although this is generally only a method of choice for heavy oil wells where steam is injected to enable the oil to flow. The relative permeabilities can be changed by reducing the interfacial tension between water and oil or by altering the wettability of the reservoir formation in the vicinity of the well. Surface-active agents have been used to change the interfacial tension between oil and water in some enhanced recovery projects.

These are expensive because they must be continuously injected and their use can lead to problems due to emulsion formation. From considerations of relative permeability, changing the wettability of the formation so that it becomes less hydrophilic not only alters the mobility ratio in of oil in the vicinity of the well but also shifts the relative saturations in the treated pore space in favor of oil thus , enhancing the effect. It is this last choice that has been used to achieve the results found in the field trials.

ERS, through Professor Anatoly Demakhin is responsible for the research into and development of Sidox Technology, to improve the benefits arising from its application. Field experiments using Sidox Technology have shown that changing the relative permeability of a sandstone formation, within the vicinity of a well that is producing both oil and water, significantly alters the relative volumes of the produced fluids. In particular, oil production can more than double, on a time average basis.. The formulation of the treatment is important and depends upon the characteristics of the well. The nature of the material with which the well is treated is, of course, crucial. When an oil well in wet sandstone with over 70% water content is treated with Sidox Technology, its time-average oil production can double for about five to six months, sometimes longer.

Initial tests in Russia on 21 wells showed oil production rate improvements averaging 123% for a period of 5 months. This was on wells ranging from 15 to 160 bopd. The first field tests in Canada produced average oil production rate improvements of 108% over the 6 months following treatment (compared with the production rates in the month immediately preceding the treatment). A second treatment on three of these wells in Canada averaged a 50% improvement (over pre-treatment oil production rates), giving an overall average improvement of 80% over 12 months. Future treatments will benefit from the experience gained so far in the method and cost of application.

How Sidox Technology Works

Sidox Technology is the subject of Canadian Patent No. 2,389,760 which was granted on 18th April 2006, and in which details of the process can be found. The patent covers the total range of Sidox Technology, which was tested in Russia. In essence, the technology comprises of a number of components:

The main component is dispersed in a carrier fluid, , which is normally a light petroleum distillate or crude oil. Additional components may be used to give additional penetration; and where necessary, a retention material is added to retain the active ingredients in the reservoir. When treating a well, crude oil is injected pre-treatment to reduce water saturation in the vicinity of the well bore and then more crude oil is injected post- treatment to ensure that the active material is pushed sufficiently far into the formation. Typically Sidox treatment takes 4 hours using standard oil field equipment for squeeze treatment of a well. Crude oil, preferably that produced by the well, is pumped into the formation before the Sidox treatment itself, to reduce local water saturation. Further crude oil is pumped in after the Sidox treatment, to ensure that the material is pushed sufficiently far into the formation. Following a 24 hour stabilization period, the well is put back on production. After recovery of the carrier fluid results to date have shown an immediate increase in oil output.

Field Testing of Sidox

Sidox has been field tested in producing wells in Russia and in Alberta, Canada.

The Russian trials.

In Russia, 21 wells operated by Russian state oil companies were treated with Sidox in sandstone reservoirs at depths ranging from 1,070 to 2,113 meters and with water cuts ranging between 63% to 92%. These wells had average production rates of 24 bopd before treatment (range 5.1 to 161.7 bopd), which increased by an average of 123% after treatment. The range of results was, however, relatively wide, from a minimum of 53% improvement to 230%, with no obvious correlation with water cut, reservoir depth or pre-treatment flow rates

  1. The effect lasted for 5 months on average (range 3 months to 7 months, but the great majority 5 - 6 months)
  2. 2. The results are the time-average increase over the period for which an improvement in production rate was discernible.The results of these trials are summarized in a Technical Paper, presented at the Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium, ‘Chemistry in the Oil Industry VII’.
Alderson Oil Pool Trials
Alderson Oil Pool TrialsIn June 2004, SCC, a Company owned 50/50 by ERS and International Frontier Resources, initiated a Sidox Technology pilot project in the IFR operated Alderson oil pool in Alberta. Phase 1 results of the pilot project confirmed that Sidox Technology did enhance oil rates and reduce water cuts in the Alderson pool. The five producing wells in the field were treated with Sidox Technology and this improved production of oil significantly over the initial rate of 43 bopd. Phase 1 was a technical success, in which improved oil production rates averaged 108% on individual wells, but the effective treatment time was somewhat less than the average of 150 days experienced in the Russian tests.This may be due to the reservoir characteristics of the Alderson pool.

The Alderson experience has further confirmed the potential benefits of Sidox treatment, but also emphasized the importance of correct treatment, recognizing the different and variable conditions of each well/field. In the light of the experience to date, improvements are expected to continue with the potential for an increased recovery from the whole field and a reduced cost of treatment. IFR has identified a significant number of oil pools in southern Alberta that are similar to Alderson and thus should benefit from treatment by Sidox Technology. The Alderson trial results are set out in the technical paper produced by Professor Demakhin.

Current sourcing and manufacture.

Sidox has, to date, been entirely manufactured to ERS specifications in Saratov. The material can be prepared in several degrees of fineness for injection into fine-grained or coarse-grained sandstone. As the demand for Sidox Technology increases, it is the intention to construct additional manufacturing plants.

  • Volga Region Field Wells (Russia)
  • Alderson Field Wells (Canada)


OIL AND WATER RATIOS

No 

 Oil pre 
bopd		 Oil post 
bopd		 Production 
Increase %		 Water pre 
%		 Water post 
%		 Effective 
period months
1 1,76 7,67 + 77 90 56 6
2 10 28,49 + 64 74 58 8
3 5,2 14,4 + 63 56 23 7
4 12,95 22,7 + 42 59 36 8
5 12,5 14,53 + 14 63 46 9
6 8 17,23 + 53 70 35 15
7 9 24 + 63 68 30 12
8 12,4 21 + 40 78 58 14
9 5,2 17,23 + 69 52 6 11
10 10 23,77 + 57 82 67 16


OIL AND WATER RATIOS

No 

 Oil pre 
bopd		 Oil post 
bopd		 Production 
Increase %		 Water pre 
%		 Water post 
%		 Effective 
period months
1 12.5 19.1 53 92 88 7
2 15.4 31.9 106 86 74 5
3 23.5 54.4 131 87 70 4
4 16.1 34.5 114 92 84 3
5 10.3 22.1 114 88 75 5
6 21.3 39.7 86 91 85 5
7 15.4 27.2 76 79 63 4
8 5.1 8.6 67 88 82 6
9 8.1 22.1 172 78 50 3
10 13.2 27.0 104 74 53 6
11 8.1 14.7 81 90 82 3
12 161.7 338.1 110 90 72 4

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Canadian Patents Database 


(12) Patent:

(11) CA 2389760 

(54) COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR OIL EXTRACTION 

(54) COMPOSITION ET PROCEDE D'EXTRACTION DE PETROLE

ABSTRACT:

The invention relates to a composition for use in the extraction of oil and to a method of extracting oil using the composition. The composition comprises components A, B and C in which: A is a first solid hydrophobic material which is insoluble in an organic solvent selected from light fractions of petroleum, distillate, kerosene, acetone, gasoil, hexane, benzene and condensate; B is a second hydrophobic material which is either soluble in or can be emulsified with an organic solvent selected from light fractions of petroleum, distillate, kerosene, acetone, gasoil, hexane, benzene and condensate; and C is a retention improving material comprising a mineral material. A solvent, D, is added before the composition is used to treat an oil well. In oil well systems in which water or surfactant is pumped into the stratum through an injection well under pressure so that petroleum is forced from the rock stratum into the bottom hole zone of an extraction well, the composition is added to the extraction well.

CLAIMS: Show all claims

*** Note: Data on abstracts and claims is shown in the official language in which it was submitted.  

(72) Inventors (Country):

POLETAEV, SERGEI (United States) 
DEMAKHIN, ANATOLY (Russian Federation) 

(73) Owners (Country):

ENHANCED RECOVERY SYSTEMS LIMITED (U.K.) 

(71) Applicants (Country):

ENHANCED RECOVERY SYSTEMS LIMITED (U.K.) 

(74) Agent:

BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP 

(45) Issued:

Apr. 18, 2006 

(86) PCT Filing Date:

Nov. 1 , 2000 

(87) PCT Publication Date:

May 10, 2001 

Examination requested:

Jan. 12, 2005 

(51) International Class (IPC):

C09K 7/06 (2000.01)
C09K 8/58 (2006.01)
C09K 8/565 (2006.01)
C09K 8/60 (2006.01)
C09K 8/588 (2006.01)
E21B 43/25 (2006.01)
E21B 43/22 (2006.01)  

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Yes

(85) National Entry:

May 1 , 2002 

(86) PCT Filing number:

PCT/GB2000/004194 

(87) International publication number:

WO2001/033039 

 (30) Application priority data:

Application No.

Country

Date 

9925835.2 

U.K. 

Nov. 1 , 1999  

Availability of licence:

N/A 

Language of filing:

English 

Developing Technology

The great advantage of Sidox technology is that its basic technical features can be utilized along with the other technological methods for intensified oil production in order to improve treatment work being done. It is these directions that command prospective development of the Company, i.e.:

- A number of hydrophobic reagent compositions used in Sidox technology can be introduced into muds at the stage of primary stratum opening. There presence reduces the effect of colmatage processes brought about by drill water and its clayey;

    - Chemical reagents compositions are being worked out to be traditionally introduced for application with pay layer under acidic treatment, to directionally affect water and oil saturated zones in order to improve permeability of the latter. The same objectives are pursued when employing reagent impulse treatment of the bottom hole zone with the method of high voltage electro-hydraulic impact being used to increase fracturing of the layer;

    - Chemical reagents compositions are being worked out to remove asphalt and paraffin deposits from production equipment and from bottom hole zone; new magnetic devices to prevent paraffin deposition are being developed as well;

    - New emulsion compositions based on hard emulsifies and their mixtures with liquid ones are being worked out to restrict water coming into oil wells.

The main objective of ERS investigations is the development of complex technologies for bottom hole zone treatment intended to get the maximum of the efficiency and minimize the costs per one extra tone of oil extracted.

 

Hydrophobic Treatment of Oil Wells – an Effective Method to Enhance Oil Production

At later stage of oil production the deposits exhibit a decline in output and an increase in water content of the product obtained. One of the reasons that accounts for this is the formation of water blockages in the bottom hole zone of oil wells, thus hampering the fluid filtration. Water might come into the pay zone by way of water based drilling fluid; in the process of well shutting-in; it might encroach from the stratum worked at operational stage and some of it invades the bottom hole zone being pressed through injection well intended to keep up layer pressure. Some of the water is kept back in the bottom hole zone by surface and capillary forces thus facilitating formation of water blockages that plug layer pores and bring down oil yields (see Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Water film formation on a rock surface
oreover, the rock surface due to water film thus formed becomes hydrophilic, bringing about phase permeability for oil (see Fig. 2).

To ensure the input of fluid from the layer into the well it is essential for the layer pressure (Pl) to exceed hydrostatical (Phydro) and capillary (Pcap) pressure put together, i.e. Pl > Phydro + Pcap. Any decrease of Phydro is not always conceivable and expedient, for it may result in a negative outcome. So, to enhance the output of oil wells it is essential to bring down the capillary pressure for oil filtration in particular.

Hydrophobizing compositions intended for oil well treatment are an effective means for removal of surface water films from the bottom hole zone. Such a treatment not only helps removing water blockage but promotes creation of a hydrophobized area within the bottom hole zone, which would strongly effect the process of capillary oil soaking. Silicaorganic compounds [1] have had the upper hand if varied hydrophobizing reagents used at different stages of technological developments proposed for marked increase in oil output.

To achieve this Enhanced Recovery System. Ltd has developed and successfully employed a complex technology of hydrophobic treatment of wells, i.e. SidoxTM [2]. Sidox technology renders treatment of bottom hole zones of operational wells and aimed at curbing water ingression by way of specific material intended to hydrophobize the rock surface of the layer bottom hole. Treating productive wells with hydrophobic compositions gets the layer hydrophobized to certain depth and results in the formation of a hydrophobizing membrane within the layer bottom hole, thus changing filtration parameters of the rock and increasing phase permeability for oil while impede the one for water (See Fig. 3). Sidox composition is, in fact, a mixture of solid and liquid hydrophobizers, with oil and its fractures being based on lighter hydrocarbons being a solvent. The components of the composition are liable to individual selection for any particular well after having considered specific features of the layer, the thickness of the interval perforated, the amount of water in the emulsion, composition and properties of oil and those of local water. Crude oil is supposed to be used as an overload when treating.

The Enhanced Recovery System. Ltd arranged technical trials together with the International Frontier Resources on its Alderson field, located in Southern Alberta (Canada). The deposit is at 945-970 m depth and is made up of sands with permeability of 50 mD. By the moment of the trials they had six producing well and one injection well. The oil of Alderson is a low gravity crude that does not flow easily. The deposit output had been declining for the years preceding the trials treatment and was about 45 barrels/day with water cut ranging from 55 to 90 % depending on the well taken. The trials operations took place on the background of insufficient intake capability of the injection well which failed to provide the amount of water needed to squeeze the oil out. In these circumstances and for a field of this type normal recovery would be expected to be about 11 %.

In June, 2004 all of the producing wells were treated with Sidox show the results achieved at well 8-27 and those of the whole of Alderson for 14 month post treatment. The treatment enhanced the fluid yield by 50-70 % with the oil output by 40-110 % and lowered the water cut by 20-30 %, with the effect duration from 6 to 14 months. General results has confirmed the effects expected and the mechanical soundness of hydrophobic employed with regard to filtration capability of the stratum. yields

 


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International Frontier Resources Corporation: Exclusive License Acquired for Sidox in Canada

Source: CCN Matthews

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - June 16, 2005) -

 This news release is not intended for distribution to US news wire services or for dissemination in the United States and does not constitute an offer of the securities described herein.

International Frontier Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:IFR) ("the Company") reported today that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Sidox Chemicals Canada Ltd.("SCC") has acquired an Exclusive Canadian License for the chemical compound Sidox. Sidox is a patented oil production enhancement technology that SCC is working on for commercial use in Canada. Concurrent with acquiring the License, Enhanced Recovery System Ltd., the owners of an international patent for the Sidox technology, elected to acquire a 50% shareholding SCC. The Company (100%) is currently conducting phase two of a pilot project on the Alderson Lower Manville M2M pool located in the Brooks area of southern Alberta.

The Company also reported today it has elected to participate in a 2D seismic program covering up to 250 kilometers located on EL-397 in the Central Mackenzie Valley, NWT. The seismic survey has been designed to identify additional drilling locations on the south half of EL-397 immediately south of the Summit Creek B-44 discovery well that was
production tested at rates of approximately 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in Q-1, 2005. The seismic program is scheduled to commence in July and be completed in September 2005.

The Company seeks safe harbor.

International Frontier Resources Corp.: Sidox Pilot Project Commences Distribution

Source : CCNMatthews

Date : Monday, June 21, 2004 CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Jun 21, 2004)

International Frontier Resources Corporation ("IFR" TSX- V) announces it has purchased an additional 20% interest in the Company operated Brooks oil property for a cash consideration of $273,780. With this acquisition the Company holds between 95% and 100% in six producing oil wells, three water disposal wells, three shut-in wells and related oil facilities.

A SIDOX pilot project will commence on the Brooks property on June 25th, 2004. SIDOX is a cost effective patented oil production enhancement and water reduction technology developed and successfully field tested in Russia. In field testing Russian operators reported daily oil rates increased on averaged 105% and water rates decreased on average 20% for a period of 150 days. The pilot project has been designed to provide production and reservoir data to confirm if the SIDOX technology is commercial in Canadian water wet oil reservoirs. International Frontier's wholly owned subsidiary, Sidox Chemicals Canada Ltd., has an option to acquire a 10-year Exclusive Canadian License for the SIDOX technology.

The Company also reported today the first tranche of a $4,800,000 private placement announced on May 17th, 2004 has closed resulting in the issuance of 2,250,000 units for proceeds of $1,800,000. A commission in the form of 225,000 common shares was paid to Can accord Capital Corporation. The shares are restricted from trading for a period of four months.

This news release is not intended for distribution to US news wire services or for dissemination in the United States and does not constitute an offer of the securities described herein.

International Frontier Resources Corp.: News Release

11:49 EDT Friday, October 08, 2004

Source: globeinvestor.com

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Oct. 8, 2004)

International Frontier Resources Corporation ("IFR - TSX-V") today reported on the Company's progress on its Northwest Territories exploration program and preliminary results for the Company's oil production enhancement pilot projects in Southern Alberta.

Central Mackenzie Valley, NWT (5% to 10.875% interest) Seismic

A 200 kilometer 2D seismic program covering EL-397 (5%), EL-416 (7.65%) and TDL Freehold parcel M-37 (5%) was completed in late September. The seismic survey covers prospect leads identified in previous 2D seismic surveys acquired by the consortium on joint lands. The seismic data is currently being processed by Veritas and will be available for interpretation in late October. The operator estimates costs for the program of approximately $8.7 million of which the Company's share is 6.26%.

Summit (Wilma) B-44 Production Testing

The Company executed an operations notice to participate for its 5% share of an extended production testing program on the Wilma Prospect - Summit Creek B-44 well that was drill stem tested in March 2004. The program is designed to obtain extended flow rates, hydrocarbon type and reservoir pressures for one or more prospective horizons. The testing program will commence in early January 2005 and is projected to take 80 days to complete. The estimated cost for the production test is between $16.5 and $17.5 million.

Exploration Well

The Company executed an authority for expenditure ("AFE") to participate for its 5% share of the cost to drill a 3,600 meter (11,650 feet) well on the Big Bear (Betty) prospect located on TDL Freehold parcel M-37. The Betty exploratory well will test three prospective formations and will take approximately 80 - 90 days to drill, test, case or abandon. The well is scheduled to commence operations in early January 2005 and is estimated to cost between $18 and $19 million.

Drilling and testing equipment is currently being barged up the Mackenzie River and staged on the west side of the river so that construction of an 80 kilometer access road can begin when weather permits.

Sidox Pilot Projects

In June 2004 the Company commissioned a pilot project using the Sidox technology in five oil wells producing from the Mannville reservoir. Sidox is a low cost product developed to increase oil rates and decrease water cuts in sandstone oil reservoirs. Prior to treating the five wells with Sidox production in May and June averaged 34 BOPD with water cuts of 72%, after treating the five wells with Sidox production has averaged 73 BOPD with water cuts of 54% for July and August.

The Company applied Sidox in the Ferguson 9-12 well in late August. The 9-12 well produced 6 BOPD at a 92% water cut pre Sidox; post Sidox application production is averaging 10 BOPD with water cuts of 80%.

The Company plans to purchase additional oil wells producing from various formations to conduct further Sidox testing. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Sidox Chemicals Canada Ltd, has the right to acquire a ten-year Exclusive Canadian License for the patented Sidox technology.

 

 

 

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