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Increasing the Value of Heavy Oil

Producing High ValueSynthetic from Heavy Oil

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Company Overview

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Independent International Heavy Oil Technology Company• Developed advanced proprietary and patented VISCOSITOR Heavy-to-Light (VHTL®) technology • Core operations in USA and UK – business development opportunities worldwide• Strong management team with track record in delivering shareholder value in the resource and

technology sectors

VHTL® Significantly Increases Heavy Oil Economic Viability• Onsite upgrading allows >$30 / bbl to be unlocked by:

– Creating non-viscous light oil similar in value to WTI from bitumen/ heavy oils– Significantly reducing operating costs for producers

• Increases the usable energy from a barrel of oil thus reducing effective CO2 emissions• Low CAPEX / OPEX means project ROCE target is >50%• $85 Billion market with Upstream and Midstream partners

FluidOil merging with Dawson Gold and Concurrently Raising up to CAD$10m• Merged company will be public with CAD $40m initial valuation and 160m shares outstanding• Shares from concurrent investment will be free trading• Investment being used to take the Company to cash flow break even

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VHTL® Technology Development Key Milestones

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Experienced Board and Management

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• Gerald Malone, Chairman and Director – An investment directorat Aberdeen Asset Management

• Charles Parker, CEO and Director – A mechanical engineer, ex-Boston Consulting Group and tech Venture Capital

• Olav Ellingsen, CTO – Founder and inventor of the FluidOiltechnology behind VHTL®, has been CTO since 2012

• Simon Anderson, CFO – A chartered account with extensiveexperience working with public companies

• John D. Anderson, Director – Extensive capital markets experience

• Bijay R. Singh – Independent Director with in-depth corporatefinance experience working with both public and private companies

• Jean-Xavier Morin, Head of Research – Former Director of Alstom,Boilers and a leading expert in fluidised bed technology havingcommissioned numerous plants across oil & gas, nuclear and biofuel

• Howard Simons, Engineering Consultant – Ex head of KBR heavyoil and refining as well as the ex CTO of Sunhoe

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Heavy Crude Oil Demand and Supply

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~15MMbbls/d heavy oil by 2030 which is 17% of global crude oil demand

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Development needed to supply growth in demand

Development needed to supply production decline

Heavy oil resources already in production

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Worldwide Sources of Heavy Crude Oil Demand

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Total Recoverable Heavy Oil and Bitumen worldwide: 2.0 trillion bbls• Constrained by production technology or cost limits: 1.0 trillion bbls Recoverable with technology available by 2030: 1.0 trillion bbls• In politically or geographically unfavourable locations: 0.4 trillion bbls Available in accessible locations: 0.6 trillion bbls• Higher quality heavy oil which is more easily transported and refined: 0.2 trillion bbls Heavy Oil constrained by current supply chain limits: 400 billion bblsThe estimate of 400 billion bbls are the heavy oil opportunities for VHTL®

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Heavy Crude Oil Opportunities for VHTL®

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Current conventional solutions are cost intensive and include the following challenges

Highviscositylimitstransportabilitytolargerefineries

Residualoillowersrefiningvalue

Productionisenergyintensiveandcostly

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VHTL® – Superior Technology with Substantial Benefits

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Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)• Understood and widely used in the petroleum refining industry

(450 FCC units globally)• Uses heat to break down long chain molecules into much shorter molecules• Essentially it removes the ‘heaviest’ compounds and leaves the user with a

lighter product

VHTL® is FCC “with a twist”• Uses a similar but improved mechanical configuration• Injects oil with steam and uses combustion gas as lift gas to get hydrogenation • Uses additional turbulence (similar to “sandblasting”) to create additional

mechanical cracking

Benefits over FCC• Smaller, less costly facilities• Operates economically in facilities as small as 400 to 20,000 bpd• Eliminates need for hydrogen in hydrotreating units• Converts by-products from upgrading process into onsite energy• Does not use advanced Catalysts• Considerable environmental benefitsFeed Pre-fractionation

Atm. & Vac. DistillationProduct Quench &

Recovery

Pre-f rac t ionat ionDis t i l la t e t o SCO

Bot t om st o Reac t or

Reac t or L iqu idProduc t t o SCO

C4- Gas

Reactor & Reheatercirculates hot sand

Reac t or Produc tVapor

Bitumen

Upgraded Gaseous Oil

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VHTL® – How It Works

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LP Steam

Flue / Condenser Gas mixCollision pipes

• Feed is pre-flashed to remove light ends

• Residue is injected with steam into the reactor and contacted with hot turbulent sand

• Thermal and mechanical cracking lays down coke on sand and vaporises oil

• Steam combines with CO to form H2 for hydrogenation of oil

• Oil gas separated in cyclone from solids including coke and heavy metals

• Coke burnt in regenerator

• Oil gas condensed to form SCO

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VHTL® – Substantial Cost Benefits vs. “Dilute & Ship”

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• Small scale of operations suited for field upgrading• Virtual elimination of external energy requirements

Conventional Upgrading

8-16APIHeavyOilField

19-21APIBlend(HeavyOil+Diluent)

DiluentSupply

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~30APIOil80%lessresidue

8-16APIOilIn-fieldupgrading

VHTL® Upgrading

• Elimination of need for diluent or blend oils for transport • Capture of majority of heavy vs. light oil value differential

SCO

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HTL® Engineering Purchased from Ivanhoe Energy

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Significant feasibility work has been inherited from Ivanhoe Energy resulting in substantial future costs savings:

• The FEED package for Tamarak, a 20,000bpd upgrading facility planned in Canada by Ivanhoe Energy (designed by AMEC Foster Wheeler)

• A feasibility study for Dos Bocas, a 50,000bpd upgrading facility in Tabasco, Mexico, to service the Ku Maloop Zaap field (by AFW)

• A feasibility study for a 60,000bpd floating production, upgrading, storage and offloading facility to be delivered in conjunction with SBM, a specialist FPSO company.

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VHTL® Economic Benefits are Superior to Full Upgrading

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VHTL® Produces High-Value Synthetic Crude Oil (SCO)

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VHTL® SCO valued at refinery gate has a price on par with light crudes e.g. Brent

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VHTL® Increases Net Return Per Barrel for Producers

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At $50 WTI, VHTL® can increase margins by ~$20.00/bbl and make unprofitable production very viable.

Current Netback

$50.WTI

Diluted Heavy Crude(24API)

-$5.00

Diluent Value Loss

($13.15) Shipping Cost

($15.70)

($12.00)

Production Opex Cost

($6.15)Energy Cost

Production Loss

Quality discount($8.00)

VHTL®

Netback

$50.WTI

$49.SCO(28 to 30API)

$15.64

VHTL® OPEX

($3.10) Shipping Cost

($11.90)

($15.00)®Production Opex Cost

($3.36)Yield Loss

Production Profit

Assumed discount($1.00)

Traditional Model of Dilute and Ship

VHTL® Model of Upgrading at the Well Head

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Corporate Strategy – $85 Billion Market Opportunity

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To commercialise the VHTL® technology through two different models:

On-site Upgrading – $75bn Opportunity• Create a “Packaged Proposition” for heavy oil producers• Engineer, build and commission Commercial Demon plant in Canada• Build reference plants up to 50,000bpd• Target 300,000bpd of capacity under a license model with a target

royalty of $3/bbl• Target 50,000bpd of capacity under a tolling fee service arrangement targeting a return of $6/bbl• Expand target markets to include Mexico, USA and Middle EastPotentials Customers: Cenovus Energy, MEG Energy, Grizzly Oil Sands, Connacher Oil, Andora Energy, Tatneft, Enefit, CDT Group, PEMEX, PdVSA, and Husky

Midstream Upgrading – $10bn opportunity • Create “Packaged Propositions” for small refineries and topping units• Target 30,000bpd of capacity under license fee / royalty targeting $5/bbl• Proposition to reduce heavy fuel oil fraction and allow heavier feedstocks• Target USA, Sub-continent and AfricaPotentials Customers: Proxion, ROST, and Hamilton

Feedstock testing facility, San Antonio, Texas

Example Mini refinery

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Case Study – Standalone Upgrader

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Overview• 50,000bpd stand-alone upgrader• 2,000bpd commercial demonstration unit• 8API crude to 21 API SCO• Power production mode with local PPA• Co-located with refinery next to seaContract Details• JV Partner pays $12/ bbl processed• Operating costs ~$2.5/ bbl – Finance 10% coupon• Option to incorporate refining modules to product

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Case Study – On-Site Upgrading in Canada

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OPEX – $3 to $5 / bbl

Manpower• Significant costs for operators on site• Shared operations with production• Remote operations of equipment with local

supervisionMaintenance• Significant scale advantages due to

manpower• Shared maintenance with producer• Maintenance friendly designSteam• OPEX sharing costs offset by sales of steam

to producer - ~70-100 KWh/bbl of excess energy

CAPEX $7,500 to $12,500 / bbl Capacity

Engineering• Costs mitigated through a “one design

approach”Equipment• Low capital cost due to simple approach• Core equipment only ~$3,000 / bbl capacityTie-ins• Largest CAPEX cost – dependant on site• Mitigated through minimal tie in’sInstallation and Commissioning• Modular skid mounted design• Minimal inter module connections• “One design” methodology reduces

commissioning times

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Six Month Testing Program – SwRI (Texas)

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Proving the commercial case for our patented VHTL® technology

Feedstock testing facility in action Upgraded heavy crude oil

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Contact Information

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FluidOil Corp. – Canada24 West 4th Avenue, VancouverBC Canada V5Y 1G3John Anderson, Director • M: +1 604 218 7400E: [email protected]

FluidOil Corp. – United KingdomEastlands II, London Road, BasingstokeRG25 4AW United KingdomCharles Parker, President & CEO • M: +44 20 7043 0720 E: [email protected]

VHTL® SCOisahighvaluefeedstockfortheglobal

refiningindustry

VHTL® isreadytoimplement

commercially

VHTL® isaneffectivewaytomonetizestranded

heavyoil

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