Energy Quest to Construct Heavy Crude Oil Upgrader

Energy Quest, Inc., an emerging leader in alternative energy, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, WaveChem, Inc. (WCI) has signed an agreement with Northern Alberta Oil Ltd, (NAOL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deep Well Oil and Gas, Inc., to construct a 5,000 barrels per day heavy crude oil upgrader. The upgrader will convert Heavy Crude Oil feed-stock to 32 API light oil.

The Upgrader technology uses an electromagnetic field to align long chain hydrocarbon molecule chains, which are then subjected to ultrasonic energy waves. This process creates cavitation bubbles within crude oil, heavy oil, tank bottoms, or bitumen. With WaveChem upgrader technology, the bubbles collapse at great temperature and pressure. The collapse of these bubbles causes the breaking of the long chain hydrocarbon molecules WITHOUT the need for external sources of heat and pressure used in current conventional processes. However, the overall process operates at lower temperatures and pressures meaning that energy consumption is nominal and operating costs and maintenance costs are significantly reduced in comparison to other methods.

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