QS Energy Inc (QSEP)

[vraiment]

Mr Sano, The fact that Trans Canada are prepared to pay for the installation and leasing of AOT on an operational piece of pipeline would indicate a huge amount of confidence in the technology.

They must have studied the technical data from previous field trials and been convinced. If they had any doubts about its effectiveness they would surely have installed it on a test pipeline, such as RMOTC, rather than risk interrupting production on a commercially active pipeline. As far as I remember, STWA have a five year lease on the Department of Energy facility so this would surely have been easy to arrange. Trans Canada could have run a test for as long as they wanted in Casper Wyoming, with all of their own protocols in place, without any financial risk whatsoever.

The fact that they are prepared to pay for the technology, even if they are getting it at an introductory rate, further reinforces this position. If they had an doubts they would surely have insisted that STWA meet the cost.

This is manifestly not a pilot program to find out whether the technology works, as you are implying. The test results from RMOTC have clearly convinced them that it does. This program is presumably to find out just how well it works from a commercial perspective before making a larger commitment. However convinced they may be by AOT's effectiveness, they would be unlikely to install it on their entire pipeline network, or even a substantial part of it, without a controlled trial on one section.

With this in mind, don't you think it is time to be a little more upbeat about STWA? One can only imagine what it is like to live in a world where the glass is always half empty.