RE: BOD16 May 2021 09:23
Rewhbe is correct. Petroteq are very much involved in the current trials, believe it or not. Petroteq RNS 28/4: "We determined....we expect.....
George Stapleton, Petroteq's COO, commented: "After optimizing the extraction process following initial plant start-up, we determined that certain equipment additions would improve not only the process of extracting bitumen from the oil sands ore but also the removal of clay fines from produced oil. The required equipment has now been installed and commissioned, and we expect that the projected improvement in operating efficiencies will help support the third-party review of the commerciality of the extraction process. We will look to fine-tune the ?various plant systems with the view to increasing production rates and, if warranted by operational and economic conditions, moving to a two-shift operation. Much has been learned from operation of this demonstration plant and all of these lessons learned are now being incorporated into the Front End Engineering Design ("FEED") of a 5,000 barrel per day ("BPD") production train, which is currently underway."
Remember who owns all the IP here, Petroteq. The rights over engineering updates etc being carried out by Valkor is all owned by Petroteq - part of the Licensing Agreement. That's why they are involved, strangely it might seem to some, lol