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PetroSonic testing confirms heavy oil upgrade to 25 degrees API target
TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SNV VANCOUVER, Oct. 29 /CNW/ - SONIC Technology Solutions Inc. ("SON...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SNV\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Oct. 29 /CNW/ - SONIC Technology Solutions Inc. ("SONIC" or\n"the Company") today confirmed that it has completed its test program of a\nnumber of heavy oils and has confirmed that the PetroSonic upgrading process\nis able to consistently achieve the target improvements in API. For Canadian\nbitumen samples this represents an upgrade from nominally 10 degrees API to\n25 degrees API.\n\n\nThe test program included heavy oils and bitumen from the Canadian\nAthabasca and Lloydminster fields, heavy oil from USA refineries, and crude\noil from two international oil producers. The testing was conducted at SONIC's\nSonoprocess(TM) Development Facility in Richmond, British Columbia and at the\nPetroSonic Development Facility in Edmonton, Alberta.\n\n\nMost of the parameter testing has been done with oil which nominally has\nan API gravity of 10 degrees at 15 degreesC. The PetroSonic upgraded oil\nquality is typically:\n\n\n- Density - from 23 degrees to 28 degrees API gravity, meeting pipeline\n specifications;\n- Viscosity - less than 100 cSt at 25 degreesC (greater than 99%\n reduction), meeting pipeline specifications;\n- Liquid yields - From 85% to 92% by volume depending on the quantity\n and quality of asphaltene by-product required;\n- Sulphur - reduction by up to 40% by mass;\n- Heavy Metals - typical reduction of Vanadium up to 80% and Nickel by\n up to 88% by mass.\n\nA typical actual test and analysis result is summarized below:\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTest Crude Parameter Initial Quality Upgraded Quality\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n API 10.6 26.3\n --------------------------------------------------------\nLloydminster Viscosity (cSt\n(No.080723-V1) @ 25 degreesC) 17,000 50.7\n --------------------------------------------------------\n Sulphur (% mass) 4.5 2.8\n --------------------------------------------------------\n Nickel (mg/kg) 80.0 11.9\n --------------------------------------------------------\n Vanadium (mg/kg) 169.0 35.4\n --------------------------------------------------------\n Liquid Yield\n (% volume) 100.0 89.8\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPetroSonic upgrading allows producers to captu...