Phase 2 at the end of February5 Jan 2021 07:27
The Report also details that the Plant could be constructed within a relatively short time frame, as there is no equipment required having a lead time longer than a year. As a result, the Report estimates that from the commencement of construction to the start of production would likely be just over a year, although this will be confirmed as a part of the FEED.
The Board of TomCo believes that the Report provides a high level of confidence that Petroteq Energy Inc's Oil Sands Plant ("POSP") can be scaled up to enable production of 10,000 bopd, subject, inter alia, to the successful completion of the proposed upgrade works to the POSP that are currently underway and the associated trials to demonstrate the POSP's commerciality, the identification and securing of a suitable site for the Plant and a licence being agreed with Quadrise for the use of the MSAR® technology at the Plant.
The Report will be used as the basis for the FEED for the Plant, with the Pre-FEED having defined, specified, and estimated all major equipment needed for the Plant. In the FEED Study, actual quotes will be received for all major equipment, with the balance of equipment being estimated, to determine the capital expenditure requirements for the Plant to within plus/minus 15%. It is currently estimated that the FEED Study will take approximately four months to complete from its commissioning and will further detail and optimise operating costs in order to derive a refined estimated total cost per produced barrel of oil.
Commenting, John Potter, CEO of TomCo, said: "We are delighted with the conclusions of the pre-FEED study, which indicates that the proposed commercial scale oil sands plant has favourable economics, both in terms of plant construction costs and cost per barrel of oil produced. This coupled with the potentially modest time frame to construct a plant capable of producing ready for sale products means that we are very excited for the future of Greenfield. We look forward to progressing matters with our partners and announcing further updates in due course."