What?

Is this guy a soothsayer?

the extraction will cost many millions........ who will pay the start up costs on this gamble ?

Blutarsky:

Ever herd of something call INVESTOR, especially when there is oil in the table.

It costs 16 million for a drill rig on land..then 3 dollars a barrel for whats called a lifting charge if it is sweetwater ( light crude). then 20cents a barrel to remove the water . there are 42 gallons per barrel of crude when you here the cost per barrel number. out of that crude thay can get 8 different oil products. Sound like its bunker oil more than #6. In columbia it costs 18 dollars a barrel to lift out and get to a tank because its heavy and has water to be taken out. I hope its goes private and not govt like pemex or they will be doomed........saving 60% ? says they have their pesos figured in already if they do it for the country to benefit ( ya right) the savings will be 90% from what they pay now not 60%

Number 6 fuel oil is a high-viscosity residual oil requiring preheating to 220 - 260 °F (104 - 127 °C). Residual means the material remaining after the more valuable cuts of crude oil have boiled off. The residue may contain various undesirable impurities including 2 percent water and one-half percent mineral soil. This fuel may be known as residual fuel oil (RFO), by the Navy specification of Bunker C, or by the Pacific Specification of PS-400.[1]

The chief drawback to residual fuel oil is its high initial viscosity, particularly in the case of No. 6 oil, which requires a correctly engineered system for storage, pumping, and burning. Though it is still usually lighter than water (with a specific gravity usually ranging from 0.95 to 1.03) it is much heavier and more viscous than No. 2 oil, kerosene, or gasoline.

No. 6 oil must, in fact, be stored at around 100 °F (38 °C) heated to 150 °F (66 °C)–250 °F (121 °C) before it can be easily pumped, and in cooler temperatures it can congeal into a tarry semisolid. The flash point of most blends of No. 6 oil is, incidentally, about 150 °F (66 °C). Attempting to pump high-viscosity oil at low temperatures was a frequent cause of damage to fuel lines, furnaces, and related equipment which were often designed with lighter fuels in mind.

(For comparison, BS2869 Class G Heavy Fuel Oil behaves in similar fashion, requiring storage at 104 °F (40 °C), pumping at around 122 °F (50 °C) and finalising for burning at around 194 °F (90 °C) / 248 °F (120 °C).)

Most of the facilities which historically burned No. 6 or other residual oils were industrial plants and similar facilities constructed in the early or mid 20th century, or which had switched from coal to oil fuel during the same time period.

In either case, residual oil was seen as a good prospect because it was cheap and readily available, even though it provided less energy per volume-unit than lighter fuels. Most of these facilities have subsequently been closed and demolished, or have replaced their fuel supplies with a simpler one such as gas or No. 2 oil. The high sulfur content of No. 6 oil—up to 3% by weight in some extreme cases—had a corrosive effect on many heating systems (which were usually designed without adequate corrosion protection in mind), shortening their lifespans and increasing the polluting effects. This was particularly the case in furnaces that were regularly shut down and allowed to go cold; the internal condensation produced sulfuric acid.

Environmental cleanups at such facilities are frequently complicated by the use of asbestos insulation on the fuel feed lines. No. 6 oil is very persistent, and does not degrade rapidly.

Its viscosity and stickiness also make remediation of underground contamination very difficult, since it reduces the effectiveness of methods such as air stripping.

When released into water, such as a river or ocean, residual oil tends to break up into patches or tarballs—mixtures of oil and particulate matter such as silt and floating organic matter- rather than form a single slick. An average of about 5-10% of the material will evaporate within hours of the release, primarily the lighter hydrocarbon fractions. The remainder will then often sink to the bottom of the water column.


As some have stated, a lot of investment to make this happen.

Atabey, anything else?

Just trying to give people some idea what this fuel's development might entail for our country.


Thanks AC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v....HIEtbQy3waxHbp3Wdf5sDXqFxcmK7uhQw

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/science/earth/01pollute.html

Seems that Atabey discovered Wikipedia.


This Oil B.S. always pops up as we get nearer the elections.

The Wartsila 'Diesel' (cycle) plants and others burn this type heavy fuel. They are at Bavaro, Puerto Plata, the former barge mounted plans on Ozama (since sold to Barrikk gold I've heard) all use Bunker C and there are plants at MetalDom and I am sure many others that handle this type fuel as well as nearly all steam plants. Only gas turbine and some smaller true 'diesel' plants would be unable to use it.

"This Oil B.S. always pops up as we get nearer the elections."

Every couple of years someone sings this tune for as long as I can remember..to no avail.

Ever heard the term "it takes money to make money".........