Hello Cass:
I would say this:
The initial set up took long. However, after all of the oil types were set up, the AOT was turned on and it was a relatively quick process to get numbers from each different type of oil.
That they would have had a very detailed and time intensive set up in the initial part of the test that involved the set up of 50 different types of oil that were to be tested. They would have had to establish a baseline for each and every oil that was tested BEFORE turning the AOT on in order see the effect the AOT had on the oil.
Because they would be testing so many different types of oil, this would have taken a very long time. For each type of oil they would have to set it up to do a run through on it's own, both with the device off and then later turned on. This would have been a very elaborate set up that would have taken time to do. Once all of the different oils were set up, then it would have just been a matter of turning the AOT on, and then running each type of oil through the AOT to see the results. This would explain why the test would have been considered to have officially started in July, vs. at the initial start of when the AOT was fully installed on the line in June, the month that we were paid the $60,000 for.
Also, I am not surprised one bit if it only took them 2 weeks to know the test results with the device turned on. I was really hoping they would know quickly. And I thought they would, and it looks like I was right. Once all the oil was set up, they would have been able to get numbers very quickly on each type of oil. If you recall from other past tests at the rmotc, it was thrown around that they had initial numbers off the pipe very quickly. It could have easily been the case that they got results even quicker on the Keystone because they were probably dealing with relatively clean oil, whereas at the rmotc the oil had debris sometimes from the old pipeline they were using which caused delays.
All of this fits exactly with Alkaline's timeline. This is exactly what I thought after reading his post.
And yes, I do not believe it is ANY coincidence that the company released that new corporate profile on July 28. This is what I have been going on about. Right after they had concrete test results, they told everyone with the corporate profile. Because of the NDA they can't come out and say, "the test was a success with blowout numbers!" They are telling the people who listen in their own way through their website. But as we heard today, the company will be reporting the test results to the world in the future.
That sounds like good test results to me.
The last point I would like to make is that yes, TransCanada only ran it for 2 weeks before canceling, but the test will still run until October 15. They just needed to get the cancellation in early enough because that is what was stipulated in the contract. In other words, there is no relationship between the amount of testing time and the cancellation of the lease. They will still continue to test, collect more data, and pay $60,000 per month to STWA. I don't think they will take forever to decide to place an order; I think they KNOW. It's my belief that at this point the remainder of the test is a formality to get more numbers to confirm the numbers they already have. I think we will see orders sometime between now and October 15th or shortly after. Which is only a mere 8 weeks away.
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