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To: Ed Ajootian who wrote (49700)	9/22/2005 2:08:32 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) of 206118

Chevron has a lot of money, so I can see why they took an interest in this company. The information Chevron gains from this collaboration could have wide applications in many areas where SulphCo does not have patents. So there is a lot of upside for Chevron, even if the SulphCo process does not work or is not economic. The SulphCo process claims to use high-intensity ultrasound to mix water with heavy/sour crude oil at ambient temperature and reduced pressure, resulting in hydrogen sulfide and who knows what happens to the liberated oxygens? - they seem to be suggesting nitrogen oxides. Currently oil is de-sulfured by mixing hydrogen gas into the crude with heat and or pressure to create hydrogen sulfide which is itself de-sulfured and reused. Hydrogen tends to be loosely bound to oil, so an ultrasound process sounds possible to me. It seems likely that ultrasound might improve the efficiency of the current hydrogen process. Can you use ultrasound and water instead of hydrogen? I don't know, but that is what SulphCo has patented. The question is whether an ultra-sound and water process is both possible and less expensive. As for converting heavy oil and residuum into light oil. . . Currently heavy oil is mixed with a hydrogen donor like natural gas, hydrogen, or water with catalysts at a high temperature to form light distillates like gasoline. It seems less likely to me that this process could be obtained with ultra-sound. But then they don't claim light refined products, but simply lighter oil. Chevron Energy Technology Company is an investment arm of Chevron investing in everything from windmill technology to solar energy. If SulphCo were working with Chevron Research Company, it would indicate Chevron is serious about commercializing this process, but they're not yet at that point. .

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