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VOC Emissions’ Fair Market Dollar

Value

COMPELComplete

Elimination

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“Wa$te ga$” tonnage is 5 times estimated; value is

twice natural gas: 5 X 2 = 10

Wa$te ga$ Fair Market Dollar Value is

10 times assumed value

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PROFITSNot Penalties

will do it for the EPA

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VOC’s: Volatile Organic Compounds and

(CXH2X+2) Volatile Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons 1. Methane CH4 to Tridecane C13H28

2. BTEX: Benzene Toluene

Ethylbenzene Xylenes

3. The other toxic “stuff ”: H2S, etc.

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More than 2%

of energy taken from wellheads is vented or

flared between wellheads and end users

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Worldwide, on average, each barrel releases 100 standard cubic feet (SCF) of vent gas

containing, on average, 2000 BTU, worth more than

ten dollars per million BTU at the wellhead:

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100 Scf per barrel X 2000 BTU per Scf

X $10 per million BTU =

$2.00 per barrel of crude oil

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Actual On-Site Measurement: Dec 9-10,

2005 Vent Gas: 350 MScfD at 3012 BTU /

ScfOil Production: 2000 Barrels per

day350 MScfD X 3012 BTU/Scf X $10 / MM BTU =

$10,538 per Day or $3,836,000 per Year

$10,538 / 2000 barrels = VENT GAS WORTH

$5.27 per barrel of crude oil

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When VOC’s go to market the

2 % increase in gross income becomes a

10 % increase in NET income

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2004 USA Oil and Gas production:

1.955 Billion Barrels of Oil

Daily:

5,356,000 Barrels X $60 = $321,360,000

$2 / Barrel = $10,712,000

$10,712,000 / $321,360,000 =

3.33% is vented or flared

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Secretary of Energy tasked by

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (SEC 954 (c) (4)) to collect data on:

“the quantity of natural gas vented or flared in association with crude oil

production.”

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WHY this lost PROFIT ?

Presidents and CFO’s do not know

Production VP’s are OVERWORKED !

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Vent Gas? Now? We’re busy !

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Vent Gas? Now? We’re busy !

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Vent Gas? Now? We’re busy !

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Production VP’s are paid to pump oil - not recover

“wa$te ga$” or “shrinkage” between the wellhead and the gas sales

meter

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“Wa$te ga$” or “$hrinkage” is 5 to 10 times the

reported or estimated tonnage

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“Wa$te ga$” is typically 2000 BTU per

Scf.

It’s “$20 gas”, not $10 gas

per MScf (per MM BTU)

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Vent gas is NOT “Wa$te Ga$”

Vent gas is

VERY valuable PRODUCT

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The old or classic Methane Molecule:

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The old or classic Methane Molecule:

HI

H - C - HIH

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The NEW Methane Molecule:

$I

$ - $ - $I$

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Again, “Wa$te ga$” tonnage is 5 times estimated; value is

twice natural gas: 5 X 2 = 10

Wa$te ga$ Fair Market Dollar Value is

10 times assumed value

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This new funding source may increase

YOUR Departmental

Budget

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Again, VOC Emissions’ Fair Market Dollar

ValueCOMPEL

Complete Elimination

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For the Industry: You can bank your vent gas - not burn it - nor vent it harmfully into the air we breathe.

Vented gas is invisible. It leaves no sheen on the water, no footprint:

Your money is gone.

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WE Identify, Quantify, Reduce and RECOVER

vent gas. WE will recovery it for FREE, if we own it.

Do you want your money from your vent gas?

Do your Partners? Your stockholders? Your owner?

Your Directors? CalPERS? Your State? MMS?

US EPA? US Interior Dept.? US Dept. of Justice?

They may. Call us. Your call will benefit EVERYONE.

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Vent Ga$ : IT I$A Revenue $tream

Provided by

NEW TECHNOLOGY

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NEW TECHNOLOGY:Measure$ Vent Ga$

Recover$ Vent Ga$

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RECOVERING Vent Ga$

Is

Sustainable Development

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RECOVERING Vent Ga$

is CONSERVATION of

Natural Resources

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VOC’s Measurement & Recovery:

• Jim Nunn • COMM Engineering, USA• P.O. Box 53463• Lafayette, LA 70505-3463 USA• Office Phone: 01-337- 237- 4373 Ext 109 • Cell Phone : 01-337- 298- 2758• Email: jimnunn@commengineering.com• Web site: www.commengineering.com