Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[Arthur Edward Whoof]

Just so you know...

#6 fuel is the lowest grade of fuel.
It is like "peanut butter" and is acceptable to have contaminates and impurities. It is by far the easiest fuel to make using pyrolysis and it does not require a catalyst. It is also the cheapest.

Number 6 fuel oil is a high-viscosity residual oil requiring preheating to 220 – 260 °F. 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. The high viscosity requires heating, usually by a recirculated low pressure steam system, before the oil can be pumped from a bunker tank. It is commonly referred to as "bunker fuel".

It's not exactly a high achievement for output of such a highly regarded process. The use of #6 fuel has been banned or is being phased out across the country and as a result the price has plunged to well below $1/gal. because of supply/demand. Refineries have been using catalysts for years to aid in the refinement of #6 fuel into lighter fractions (not to produce them).

An important question that needs further investigation is-

Does JBI have or are they applying for the proper licenses to sell any grade of fuel above #6. (a blending license is not a license to sell road grade fuel).

Another important basic question-

What exactly was tested and declared "in spec fuel"?
since naphtha is used as an additive and not a fuel and #6 fuel has such a low level needed for "approval".

It would be sad to find out that all the hype was just that...


It appears more and more like a lot was made of nothing by a guy that didn't really know what he was doing but was quickly becoming wealthy from his honest enthusiasm (much debate on the use of the word honest here).