Synodon Demonstrates realSens(TM) Crude Oil Detection Capability to Oil Sands Company
08 Maio 2014 - 10:00AM
Marketwired
Synodon Demonstrates realSens(TM) Crude Oil Detection Capability to
Oil Sands Company
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 8, 2014) - Synodon Inc.
("Synodon") (TSX-VENTURE:SYD) announces that it has successfully
demonstrated to an oil sands exploration company the ability of its
realSens™ technology to detect hydrocarbon vapour plumes released
from a synthetic crude oil product. Together with the previously
announced results regarding the detection of other liquids such as
pentane, condensates and gasoline, this confirms the ability of
realSens™ to detect leaks of most types of liquid hydrocarbons.
Full reports for these tests are available upon request and will
also be presented at upcoming industry technical conferences.
For this demonstration, a Western Canadian light sweet synthetic
crude sample was used which contains one of the lowest percentages
of volatile hydrocarbons when compared to other World crudes (about
5%). The typical analysis, available on www.crudemonitor.ca, lists
butanes (C4) at 1.33%, pentanes (C5) at 2.11% and hexanes (C6) at
2.33%.
Vapour plumes were released from a custom evaporator containing
20 litres of crude at 2 different flow rates while realSens™ passed
over the leak area. The vapour flow rates were chosen to be below
and above the previously derived detection threshold (0.035 litres
per minute). The subsequent data analysis showed that the plumes
were detected with 92% reliability for vapour rates between 0.03 to
0.05 litres per minute.
In a practical open pool evaporation setting, this vapour rate
would correspond to a crude oil leak of less than 5 barrels per
day, or <0.005% of the flow in a small sized 100,000 bpd
pipeline. This is a significantly smaller (over 200 times) release
rate than the typical 1% that can be achieved by current pipeline
flow monitoring technologies. The detectable leak size will be even
smaller for products with a higher concentration of light
hydrocarbons.
"We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to demonstrate
to a third-party oil sands operator our ability to detect very
small release rates from a low volatility crude oil product,"
stated Adrian Banica, CEO of Synodon Inc. "As far as we are aware,
Synodon has the only commercially available airborne liquid
hydrocarbon leak detection system in the World that has been proven
to be capable of detecting both gaseous hydrocarbons as well as a
wide variety of liquid products from pentane to gasoline,
condensates and crude oil."
Synodon Inc. (www.synodon.com) is a technology company which has
developed an advanced airborne remote gas sensing system called
realSens™, based on technologies developed under the Canadian Space
Program and by Synodon scientists. The company currently provides
advanced airborne pipeline integrity management services to the oil
and gas sector through a suite of services including natural gas
and liquid hydrocarbon leak detection, pipeline threat assessments,
and waterway crossings analysis among others.
Neither TSX
Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Synodon Inc.Adrian BanicaPresident &
CEO780.468.9568investors@synodon.comwww.synodon.com
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