Testing completed at USC breaking a stable emulsion from Suncor's Pond One by Petromax Technologies. This is of major significance to environmental clean-up. Contact Barry Rosengrant at brosengrant@gmail.com or Ph: +1 (310) 202-6647. Contact Scot von Bergen (international) at svb@saxontech.com or Ph: +41 22-548-1946.
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1. Exhibit 16
Suncor Pond One Testing
Suncor’s Pond One Sample
mature fine tailings (MFT) to be
tested with Petromax for the
purpose of achieving three phase
separation.
Petromax Technologies, LLC
Randy Brawn
200 ml MFT sample
Weight = 284.9 grams
2. Petromax was added (400 ml)
to the MFT (200 ml) for a total
of 600 ml to be processed.
400 ml of Petromax
1 Weight = 416.4 grams
MFT combined with Petromax
was sheared for 60 seconds
within the glass jar pictured
2 on the left.
This picture shows oil water
solids separation viewed after
15 minutes.
After 15 minutes of settling
3 time all three phases were
extracted and quantified.
3. Top View of “oily froth”
after Petromax process.
This picture was taken
after 15 minutes of settling
time as the oily froth
gathered at the top of the
jar above the “spent
Petromax”.
4. Top view of extracted
oily froth
Side view of extracted
oily froth
5. Oily froth weighed
38.9 grams less 6
grams of paper
weight or 32.9 grams
Spent / extracted
Petromax plus
recovered water from
original MFT
12. The wet clay weighed 104.1 less 6
Spent gram paper or 98.1 grams.
Petromax
Assuming 12% water, as in
plus previous tests, the dry clay would
recovered weigh 86.33 grams.
water
from
original
MFT
sample
Recovered
oily froth
14. Recovered MFT water and Petromax = 582.07 grams and is just
over 500 ml. The extracted spent water/Petromax solution still
contains clay as it will continue to settle at the bottom. This
recovered water has been settling for ½ hour after extraction.
15. The extracted
water/Petromax
spent solution has
continued to settle
for 5 hours.
The clay is
accumulating at the
bottom of the jar with
a small amount of
light oil at the top
This fine clay at the
bottom appears to
be very clean.
16. The extracted
water/Petromax
solution continues
to settle clay.
This picture shows
the clay level 21
hours from the time
of extraction.
The level appears to
be at least half of
that which was
originally extracted
when compared to
slide number 2
17. Petromax Technologies, LLC Suncor Pond One Testing
501 S. Isis Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301
Barry Rosengrant, CEO 310.202.6647 Test #1 (after first extraction at 15 minutes duration)
BRosengrant@gmail.com Petromax MFT Formula
2:1 ratio by volume
Original sample 284.9 g (200 ml.)
Petromax 416.4 g (400 ml.)
Recovered bitumen froth 32.9 g
Percent of bitumen froth recovered from original 11.55 %
MFT sample
Recovered wet clay layer 98.1 g
(water + clay/silt) (11.77g + 86.33g)
* See second extraction results on slide 26
Percent of dry clay recovered from original MFT 30.30 %
sample (extrapolated figure from previous test)
* See second extraction results on slide 26
Recovered Petromax and MFT water 582.07 g
Recovered water from MFT 165.67 g (58.15 %)
18. Observations
• The Pond One MFT contains a higher percentage of clay than
previously tested Syncrude tailings.
• A visual inspection of the extracted spent Petromax solution
indicates a significant amount of clay continues to settle out of
solution over a period of 5 hours.
• The extracted oily froth (11.55 %) appears to contain very little
bitumen oil, but rather a combination of air bubbles, water, and
oil.
• The water/Petromax spent solution appears to contain a
significant amount of bitumen oil and is gradually rising to the
top. It appears to be a very light oil.
19. Light bitumen oil The extracted
continues to rise to the top water/Petromax
solution appears to
have stopped
settling clay.
This picture shows
the clay level 30
hours from the time
of extraction.
The following slides
show the clay being
extracted and
quantified.
The spent Petromax
solution and
recovered water is
poured into another
jar.
Clay Level
20. After the
spent
Petromax has
been poured
out you can
see some of
the oil
remains on
the interior
glass.
In addition,
oil appears to
have
saturated the
top portion of
the clay.
22. Continuing Clay Removal
This clay, after 30
hours, appears to be
very dry when
compared to the
clay which was
removed after 15
minutes of settling
time.
The clay is very
dense and stiff.
The clay is tightly
bonded to the
bottom of the jar.
24. Surface clay was covered
with a dark bitumen
Top View of
Extracted Clay
25. Side View of Extracted Clay
The clay is very dense/stiff and can be easily sculpted.
26. The extracted wet clay weighed 55 grams less 6 grams
paper or 49 grams. Assuming 12% water, as in
previous tests, the dry clay would weigh 43.12 grams.
The spent Petromax and clay
have been removed from the jar.
The total dry clay ( 86.33 + 43.12 = 129.45 grams ) now accounts for 45.44% of the original MFT
27. Final Remaining Spent
Petromax and Recovered Water A very light bitumen
oil continues to rise
to the top of the
Petromax solution
After 12 hours from
the second clay
extraction very little
clay has settled to the
bottom of the spent
Petromax solution
and recovered water.
28. Final Remaining Spent Petromax and Recovered Water
It appears more
bitumen has
risen to the top
of the jar.
After 84 hours from
the second clay
extraction, clay has
continued to settle at
the bottom of the
spent Petromax
solution and recovered
water.