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QS Energy's AOT(TM) Crude Oil Viscosity Reduction System to Be Re-Deployed on Primary Eagle Ford Pipeline
QS Energy's AOT(TM) Crude Oil Viscosity Reduction System to Be Re-Deployed on Primary Eagle Ford Pipeline.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nQS Energy's AOT(TM) Crude Oil Viscosity Reduction System to Be Re-Deployed on Primary Eagle Ford Pipeline \n\nQS Energy's AOT(TM) Crude Oil Viscosity Reduction System to Be Re-Deployed on Primary Eagle Ford Pipeline\n\n\n SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - February 10, 2016) -  QS Energy, Inc. (the \"Company\") (OTCQX: QSEP), a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry, today announced that an upgraded AOT™ (Applied Oil Technology) viscosity reduction system will be re-installed on a major crude and condensate pipeline serving the Eagle Ford in South Texas. The newly optimized AOT unit has been extensively retrofitted specifically to reduce viscosity of ultra-light crude while mitigating scaling and sludge buildup, both costly impediments to normal pipeline operation. The Eagle Ford Formation is the most active shale play in the world and is estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to have proved reserves of approximately 4.1 billion barrels of recoverable oil.Developed in partnership with Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.), AOT is a patent-protected hardware system capable of reducing the viscosity of a wide spectrum of grades of crude oil while in transit. Extensive laboratory testing and multiple field deployments have repeatedly and under controlled conditions verified AOT's efficacy in increasing flow rates, lowering pump station power consumption, and improving performance due to reduced pipeline operating pressure.\"The opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of this newly modified AOT system on a line that moves the bulk of the condensate from Eagle Ford to processing facilities in the Port of Houston puts our technology directly in the crosshairs of two of the most important trends impacting the U.S. energy industry -- the challenge of transporting the enormous volume of upstream condensate, and the ongoing drive to reduce pipeline operating and maintenance overhead in the face of low spot prices and tight profit margins,\" commented Greggory M. Bigger, QS Energy Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. Produced as a by-product of the extraction of \"tight\" oil and gas from shale formations, condensate accounts for a growing percentage of U.S. shale crude output and has contributed significantly to the pipeline capacity problems resulting from historica...