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NOT TRUE according to the EVIDENCE in the latest shareholders update released RECENTLY. The PROVEN AOT will be sold WORLD WIDE as per the FACTS below

https://ir.qsenergy.com/press-releases/detail/2036


QS Energy CEO Jason Lane Issues Shareholder Update

HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 11/02/17 -- QS Energy, Inc. (the "Company" or "QS Energy") (OTCQB: QSEP) is a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry. The following is a shareholder update from Jason Lane, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, QS Energy, Inc.

Dear Shareholders,

I am pleased to share this update with everyone on behalf of QS Energy. As most of you are aware, I have been on the job now for 7 months, having taken the helm at QS Energy in April. This letter underscores my enthusiasm about important progress we've made on multiple fronts over this short period of time, including a revamp of our go-to-market strategy with AOT; added depth of our leadership team and board; growing domestic and international interest in our technology; and the confidence and support of our shareholders in the Company's long-term product and financial strategies as demonstrated in our recent consent vote. Each element in this mix is crucial to QS Energy's future growth and success.

Revised go-to-market strategy: "eDiluent"
Our team continues to see increasing demand in the oil industry for new means of achieving viscosity reduction. Oil companies today often dilute heavy crudes by more than 25%, incurring considerable direct and indirect costs of adding condensate or other diluent, along with pipeline tariffs to transport diluent combined with heavy crude, while potentially degrading the market value of the final diluted product. Our AOT technology addresses this demand, and we've made some important changes in our business model to take advantage of this market opportunity.

In essence, using our AOT solid-state technology to reduce viscosity provides an electronic form of diluent -- a service we call "eDiluent" (trademark pending). Priced at a fraction of the cost of diluent replaced through AOT viscosity reduction, eDiluent can be a true win-win, with midstream operators positioned to upsell eDiluent as a premium service, while upstream producers enjoy reduced reliance on diluents, increased delivery volumes, decreased transport tariffs, and increased market value of their delivered product. This comes with ancillary benefits of AOT operations, such as improved vapor pressure and reduced off-gassing, pipeline pressure-drop reduction, elimination of bottlenecks, increased pipeline capacity, and reduced downtime.

Having received strong initial interest in our eDiluent concept, we are now working with select midstream companies to develop, install, and operate short-term demonstration projects. As currently proposed, equipment for these demonstration projects would be provided at no cost. Once cost savings have been established, we intend to initiate long-term leases with recurring eDiluent service fees at the demonstration site, and look to install additional AOT equipment throughout customer operations.

We are encouraged by both domestic and international opportunities. In October, we completed laboratory testing at Temple University on crude oil samples provided by a prospective customer from the Middle East, and are now preparing to run laboratory tests on a crude oil sample recently provided by a U.S. midstream oil company. Shannon Rasmussen, our VP of Engineering, and I will be traveling in early November to meet with 7-8 prospective customers in three South American countries that transport heavy crudes and are highly reliant on naphtha, a very expensive source of diluent. In Peru and Ecuador, we will be visiting two on-site oilfield operations performing feasibility studies. We are also advancing our discussions with companies in Europe and China.

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.

Expanded equity structure to drive growth
I'd like to thank our shareholders for your support and actions on our recent consent vote, approving our plan to authorize an additional 200 million shares of common stock and create a new class of preferred stock of 100 million additional shares. This expanded equity base provides a critical new foundation we plan to leverage in our efforts to accelerate market adoption of our AOT technologies and build upon our revised business.

Key to accelerated market adoption is our planned roll-out of a hybrid lease/eDiluent service model, designed to reduce customer cost-of-deployment, while providing long-term recurring revenues for the Company. We recognize that an equipment lease strategy comes with increased capital requirements. This was one of the primary reasons for asking our shareholders to authorize the issuance of preferred stock. Our goal now is to use this combined preferred/common structure to fund our final push into the commercial markets while minimizing shareholder dilution. In particular, we would like to use preferred shares to provide initiative-based funding, such as building equipment to be leased into the market. We have started conversations with institutional investors and others to fund QS Energy's market strategy moving forward, and to build up inventory to deploy in the field, domestically and internationally.

Closing thoughts
All of us at QS Energy continue to work diligently in our efforts to move our Company forward towards full commercialization, revenues and profitability. I have enjoyed visiting with many shareholders over the last several months. I share your enthusiasm, and assure you my team and I are doing everything in our power to make QS Energy the thriving, successful Company we all believe it can be. We look forward to seeing the AOT operating in the field worldwide, solving many of the problems that oil pipeline operators face today. In closing I would like to thank you all once again for your belief in myself, my team, and the Company and I look forward to bringing you all definitive news in the near future.

For further information about QS Energy, Inc., visit www.QSEnergy.com, read our SEC filings at http://ir.stockpr.com/qsenergy/all-sec-filings and subscribe to Email Alerts at http://ir.stockpr.com/qsenergy/email-alerts to receive Company news and shareholder updates.

Safe Harbor Statement
Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Please visit the following link for our complete cautionary forward-looking statement: http://www.qsenergy.com/site-info/disclaimer

About Applied Oil Technology
Developed in partnership with scientists at Temple University in Philadelphia, Applied Oil Technology (AOT) is the energy industry's first pipeline flow improvement solution for crude oil, using an electrical charge to coalesce microscopic particles native to unrefined oil, thereby reducing viscosity. Over the past four years AOT has been rigorously prepared for commercial use with the collaboration of engineering teams at numerous independent oil production and transportation entities interested in harnessing its demonstrated efficacy to increase pipeline performance and flow, drive up committed and uncommitted toll rates for pipeline operators, and reduce pipeline operating costs. Although AOT originally attracted the attention of pipeline operators motivated to improving their takeaway capacity during an historic surge in upstream output resulting from enhanced oil recovery techniques, the technology now represents what we believe to be a premiere solution for improving the profit margins of producers and transporters during today's economically challenged period of low spot prices and supply surplus.

About QS Energy
QS Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: QSEP), provides the global energy industry with patent-protected industrial equipment designed to deliver measurable performance improvements to crude oil pipelines. Developed in partnership with a leading university along with crude oil production and transportation entities, QS Energy's high-value solutions address the enormous capacity inadequacies of domestic and overseas pipeline infrastructures that were designed and constructed prior to the current worldwide surge in oil production. In support of our clients' commitment to the responsible sourcing of energy and environmental stewardship, QS Energy combines scientific research with inventive problem solving to provide energy efficiency 'clean tech' solutions to bring new efficiencies and lower operational costs to the upstream, midstream and gathering sectors.

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Released November 2, 2017

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INCORRECT according to all the GEMS & FACTS in the latest 10Q filing. This is more ACCURATE & FACTUAL about the PROVEN AOT & KINDER MORGAN. NEXT

In February 2016, the modified AOT equipment was installed at Kinder Morgan’s facility. Pre-acceptance testing was performed in April 2016, culminating in more than 24 hours of continuous operations. In-field viscosity measurements and pipeline data collected during this test indicated the AOT equipment operated as expected, resulting in viscosity reductions equivalent to those measured under laboratory conditions. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (“SCADA”) pipeline operating data collected by Kinder Morgan during this test indicated a pipeline pressure drop reduction consistent with expectations. Kinder Morgan provided the Company with a number of additional crude oil samples which were tested in the laboratory for future test correlation and operational planning purposes. Based on final analysis of in-field test results, SCADA operating data and subsequent analysis of crude oil samples at Temple University, Kinder Morgan and QS Energy are considering moving the AOT test facility to a different, higher-volume pipeline location.

The Company is in discussions with a large Middle Eastern oil company regarding AOT technology in the Middle East, having tested multiple oil samples provided by this oil company at Temple University in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, the Company tested multiple oil samples provided by the Middle Eastern oil company, the most recent of which was completed in October 2017. These tests demonstrated AOT viscosity reductions on the subject samples of 20% to 50% in a laboratory setting.

In the fourth quarter 2016, the Company entered a contract to provide onsite testing services to a Canadian oil producer and pipeline operator at a fixed price of $50,000. The testing service was performed in January 2017 and was completed in March 2017.

During the third quarter 2016, the Company developed a new onsite testing program designed to accelerate the AOT sales cycle. This program utilizes a fully functional laboratory-scale AOT device designed and developed by the Company in 2015, and tested at the Southern Research Institute. Under this new program, Company engineers will set up a temporary lab at the customer’s site to test a full range of crude oils. Fees charged for providing this service will be dependent on scope of services, crude oil sample to be tested, and onsite time requirements. This program has received a positive response from potential customers. In the fourth quarter 2016, the Company entered a contract to provide these onsite testing services to a Canadian oil producer and pipeline operator over a one-week period in early 2017 at a fixed price of $50,000. This initial test was performed in January 2017; data analysis and final report was completed in March 2017.

In July 2017, the Company filed for trademark protection for the word “eDiluent” in advance of rolling out a new marketing and revenue strategy based on the concept of using AOT to reduce pipeline dependence upon diluent to reduce viscosity of crude oils. A primary function of AOT is to reduce viscosity by means of its solid-state electronics technology; in essence providing an electronic form of diluent, or “eDiluent”. The Company plans to market and sell a value-added service under the name eDiluent, designed to be upsold by the Company’s midstream pipeline customers in an effort to provide the Company with long-term recurring revenues.

During the third quarter 2017, the Company built a dedicated laboratory space at its Tomball Texas facility, and now has the capability to perform onsite testing utilizing our laboratory-scale AOT device, among other equipment. We restarted AOT Upstream development in September 2017, and plans to resume Joule Heat development in the future depending on the availability of sufficient capital and other resources. Also during the third quarter 2017, the Company built an outdoor facility at its Tomball Texas facility for onsite storage of AOT inventory and other large equipment.

We are in discussions with several oil companies regarding installation of a demonstration AOT unit. The Company recently received an oil sample from U.S. midstream oil company, and is preparing to test this oil sample at Temple University during the fourth quarter 2017. The Company is in active discussions with a number of prospective customers in the South American market operating in areas highly reliant on naphtha, on a very expensive crude oil product, as diluent to achieve required viscosity reduction.

Southern Research Institute (SRI) was engaged by QS Energy in 2015 to investigate the root cause of the crude oil condensate impedance issue by replicating conditions experienced in the field utilizing a laboratory-scaled version of the AOT and crude oil condensate samples provided by Kinder Morgan. In addition, QS Energy retained an industry expert petroleum pipeline engineer to review the AOT design and suggest design modifications to resolve the crude oil condensate impedance issue. This engineer has studied design details, staff reports and forensic photographs of each relevant AOT installation and test. Based on these investigations, specific modifications were proposed to resolve the impedance issue, and improve the overall efficiency of the AOT device, resulting in a new value-engineered design of certain AOT internal components.

QS Energy, Inc. (“QS Energy” or “Company” or “we” or “us” or “our”) develops and commercializes energy efficiency technologies that assist in meeting increasing global energy demands, improving the economics of oil extraction and transport, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Company's intellectual properties include a portfolio of domestic and international patents and patents pending, a substantial portion of which have been developed in conjunction with and exclusively licensed from Temple University of Philadelphia, PA (“Temple”). QS Energy's primary technology is called Applied Oil Technology™ (AOT), a commercial-grade crude oil pipeline transportation flow-assurance product. Engineered specifically to reduce pipeline pressure loss, increase pipeline flow rate and capacity, and reduce shippers’ reliance on diluents and drag reducing agents to meet pipeline maximum viscosity requirements, AOT is a 100% solid-state system that reduces crude oil viscosity by applying a high intensity electrical field to crude oil feedstock while in transit. AOT technology delivers reductions in crude oil viscosity and pipeline pressure loss as demonstrated in independent third-party tests performed by the U.S. Department of Energy, the PetroChina Pipeline R&D Center, and ATS RheoSystems, a division of CANNON™, at full-scale test facilities in the U.S. and China, and under commercial operating conditions on one of North America’s largest high-volume crude oil pipelines. Recent testing on a commercial crude oil condensate pipeline demonstrated high correlation between laboratory analysis and full-scale AOT operations under commercial operating conditions with onsite measurements and data collected by the pipeline operator on its supervisory control and data acquisition (“SCADA”) system. The AOT product has transitioned from laboratory testing and ongoing research and development to initial production and continued testing in advance of our goal of seeking acceptance and adoption by the midstream pipeline marketplace. We continue to devote the bulk of our efforts to the promotion, design, testing and the commercial manufacturing and operations of our crude oil pipeline products in the upstream and midstream energy sector. We anticipate that these efforts will continue during 2017 and 2018.

Between 2011 and 2012, the Company transitioned from prototype testing of its AOT technology at the U.S. Department of Energy Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center, Midwest, Wyoming (“RMOTC”), to the design and production of full-scale commercial prototype units. The Company worked in a collaborative engineering environment with multiple energy industry companies to refine the AOT Midstream commercial design to comply with the stringent standards and qualification processes as dictated by independent engineering audit groups and North American industry regulatory bodies. In May 2013, the Company’s first commercial prototype unit known as AOT Midstream, was completed.

In 2014, the Company began development of a new suite of products based around the new electrical heat system which reduces oil viscosity through a process known as joule heat (“Joule Heat”). The Company is designing and optimizing the Joule Heat technology for the upstream oil transportation market. The Company filed two provisional patents related to the technology’s method and apparatus in the second quarter and fourth quarter of 2013, respectively. The first of the two provisional patents was finalized and submitted to non-provisional status on April 29, 2014. The second of the two provisional patents was finalized and submitted to non-provisional status at the end of the third quarter 2014.