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QS Energy's AOT Crude Oil Friction Reduction Hardware in Review Phase for Systemic Integration With Condensate Pipeline
QS Energy's AOT Crude Oil Friction Reduction Hardware in Review Phase for Systemic Integration With Condensate Pipeline.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nQS Energy's AOT Crude Oil Friction Reduction Hardware in Review Phase for Systemic Integration With Condensate Pipeline\n\nQS Energy's AOT Crude Oil Friction Reduction Hardware in Review Phase for Systemic Integration With Condensate Pipeline\n\nSANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - June 06, 2016) - QS Energy, Inc. (the \"Company\") (OTCQX: QSEP), a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry, today announced its AOT (Applied Oil Technology) system will be benchmarked on a variety of super-light and ultra-light crude oil due to its ongoing positive evaluation on a major crude and condensate pipeline serving the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. In making the announcement, Greggory M. Bigger, QS Energy Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, stated, \"In collaboration with our partner, we've mapped out the path forward to most effectively meet their objectives, which include laboratory testing of additional crude oil products followed by hydraulic analysis based on those results to determine the appropriate friction and viscosity reduction goals for our AOT system.\" Designed to be installed adjacent to pipeline pumping stations, AOT subjects crude oil to a high-voltage/low-amperage electrical field to reduce its viscosity, which permits it to flow in higher volume. By integrating the AOT power supply with the hardware that controls and monitors a pipeline, typically situated in a remotely located control room, AOT will provide pipeline operators with the ability to monitor and react to real-time data to gain the best possible operational efficiencies.\"Upon delivery of our detailed use case study and cost-benefit projections, we anticipate integrating the AOT power supply with the pipeline's SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system to provide remote operation of the AOT unit and automate its operation according to changes in the product transported,\" Mr. Bigger added. \"QS Energy has also been asked to develop an installation-specific operational and systems handbook to gain maximum performance from the continuous AOT on a batch condensate system.\"Initially installed on the condensate line last year, the customized AOT unit has undergone a rigorous value engineering process to achieve flow rates at levels predicted in earlier laboratory testing of samples of the ultra-light crude carried by t...