Replies to post #42678 on QS Energy Inc (QSEP)
Value Engineering
Last year, the Company began a value engineering program to develop and implement design improvements based on lessons learned in field tests under commercial operating conditions. As reported in February 2016, our initial value engineering efforts improved measured electrical impedance by a factor of two orders of magnitude. These design changes increased system efficiency while widening the scope of feedstocks we can treat to include certain electronically-conductive crudes. These results were supported by field tests performed on a condensate pipeline in 2016.
Since joining QS Energy in July, Mr. Rasmussen has reinvigorated our value engineering efforts with three goals in mind: to decrease cost-of-goods; decrease supply chain fabrication time; and widen our product line to meet the conditions and constraints specified by prospective customers. As a result, we are anticipating a 30%-40% reduction in cost-of-goods and a 30% decrease in production time. Mr. Rasmussen is in the process of expanding our product line to include Upstream AOT -- designed to operate in the upstream and gathering market, and meet specific requirements of prospective customers in South America; and AOT XL -- a design initiated several months ago with four times the capacity of our standard Midstream AOT, designed to meet demands of very high-volume operations and space-constrained operations such as an off-shore oil platform.
The Company generated $50,000 in revenue from the viscosity reduction license during the six-month period ended June 30, 2017.
In November 2016, the Company executed an agreement with Cenovus FCCL Limited (“Cenovus”), a Canadian company, for the field testing of the Company’s AOT equipment at a fixed cost of $50,000. As the part of the agreement, Cenovus will pay the Company $25,000 in January 2017. The balance of $25,000 will be due upon completion of the test analysis and final report. The field testing was performed in January 2017. Final analysis and test report is scheduled to be completed in April 2017. Upon completion of the field testing and collection of the amount due, the Company will recognize the $50,000 as revenue.
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