William Shatner was right, "THIS IS GUNNA BE BIG; REALLLY BIG!!! !
RE:
Shell Canada Ltd -
NP says Shell sells conventional oil properties to U.S. firm
Shell Canada Ltd SHC
Shares issued 289,410,425 1999-10-05 close $32.5
Wednesday Oct 6 1999
The National Post reports in its Wednesday edition that Shell Canada Inc. is selling most of its conventional oil producing properties in Alberta and Saskatchewan to Houston-based Apache Corp. in a deal worth $770-million. The sale of the properties marks the leaving of another oil major from Canada's conventional oil industry and significantly increases the stake of Apache, a large U.S. independent that has been sniffing for acquisitions here a long time. Shell said it will focus on its major interests in the Athabasca Oil Sands and its interest in the Sable offshore natural gas project on the East Coast. The sale to Apache includes Shell's oil properties in southeast Saskatchewan and north central Alberta as well as its interest in the Karr-Simonette oil field in Alberta, a sweet gas plant in northern Alberta and some exploration land holdings in Western Canada. Shell put the package of properties on the block this summer. They account for about 20 per cent of Shell's liquids production and 10 per cent of its gas production.
canada-stockwatch.com
Chucka-OIL SANDS WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS- it has in 10+% more oil than The Saudi Oil Reserves! 10-20 % I read reallllllly.
P.S.- Now we talk testing of Minerals on all the EXPOSED LIMESTONES that they have at the Discovery Mine ( oil sands and hense why this discussion here)RE:
No SEMs here but BMD used several of these IN ADDITION TO THE Scanning Electron Microscope:
chemex.com
Introduction
Spectroscopic techniques
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AA) - Advantages, Limitations
Plasma Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) - Advantages, Limitations
X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) - Advantages, Limitations
Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) - Advantages, Limitations
Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) - Advantages, Limitations
Classical and other
Gravimetric methods
Volumetric or Titrimetric Methods
Specific Ion Electrode Methods
Ion Chromatography
Induction Furnace Methods
Plasma Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
In plasma emission spectroscopy, a sample solution is introduced into the core of an inductively-coupled argon plasma (ICP) at a temperature of approximately 8000 deg. C. At this temperature all elements become thermally excited and emit light at their characteristic wavelengths. This light is collected by the spectrometer and passes through a diffraction grating which serves to resolve the light into a spectrum of its constituent wavelengths. Within the spectrometer, this diffracted light is then collected by wavelength and amplified to yield an intensity measurement which can be converted to an elemental concentration by comparison with calibration standards. This measurement process is a form of atomic emission spectroscopy (AES).
Advantages of ICP-AES Spectroscopy
Many elements (up to 70 in theory) can be determined simultaneously in a single sample analysis; the largest package offered by Chemex includes 32 elements.
Instrumentation is readily amenable to automation, thus enhancing accuracy, precision and throughput.
High instrumental productivity permits very competitive pricing of analytical packages, thus giving the explorationist a significant return on a relatively small expenditure.
Electronic data capture and transfer to the LIMS ensures that no manual data transcription errors occur.
ICP-AES offers a useful working range over several orders of magnitudes.
Limitations of ICP-AES Spectroscopy
Complex instrumentation requires highly skilled staff both for routine operations and for repairs and maintenance.
The emission spectra are complex and interelement interferences are possible if the wavelength of the element of interest is very close to that of another element; for example, a main phosphorus wavelength suffers from both copper and aluminum interference.
As with atomic absorption spectroscopy, the sample to be analyzed must be digested prior to analysis in order to dissolve the element(s) of interest. In certain ICP packages (e.g., the Chemex G32 package), a significant number of elements are only partially digested.
Rigid temperature and humidity control is required for best stability of the spectrometer.
and :
Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS)
In plasma mass spectroscopy, the inductively-coupled argon plasma (ICP) is once again used as an excitation source for the elements of interest. However in contrast to plasma emission spectroscopy, the plasma in ICP-MS is used to generate ions which are then introduced to the mass spectrometer. These ions are then separated and collected according to their mass to charge ratios. The constituents of an unknown sample can then be identified and measured. ICP-MS offers extremely high sensitivity for many elements and can also be successfully applied to a wide range of elements.
Advantages of ICP-MS Spectroscopy
ICP-MS is a multielement analytical technique capable of determining an extremely wide range of elements to very low detection limits (typically sub ppb), better than those of graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy.
The technique is ideally suited for ultratrace geochemical methods such as sequential extractions and selective leaches.
Analytical sensitivity is sufficiently good to allow for the determination of isotopes.
ICP-MS offers a large linear working range of several orders of magnitude.
The technique is a useful alternative measurement method for those elements not easily measured by emission or absorption spectroscopy.
Limitations of ICP-MS Spectroscopy
The total dissolved salt content of the analyte solution must be kept low or else instrument performance is adversely affected; this dilution can result in less attractive detection limits for some elements.
Common matrix elements and other molecular species can interfere with the determination of some base metals; for example, chloride will interfere with a number of elements and ArCl has the same mass as As.
Some doubly charged ionic species create difficulties.
Ultrapure acids are required for leaches and digestions and this will increase the cost of measurements.
SEE the types of tests in BMD July Test Results NOT AA and IP are CONVENTIONAL ASSAY ...non repeatable but it show some half OPT tri elements of GOLD and Platinum and Palladium, I am amazed that the Market has not reacted much:
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