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1 Oil Chem TECHNOLOGIES Surfactants Bringing Chemical IOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION

2 Oil Chem TECHNOLOGIES Surfactants Bringing gchemical IOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION Our Co mpany

3 Oil Chem Technologies No. 38 Overall in 2009 No. 2 in Energy Area

4 Oil Chem Network Global Bus siness Strategy Raw Material Supply International Marketing & sales Oil Chem Local Partners / Technologies Toll Manufactures Oil Producers

5 Patented Products & Processes for IOR

6 State-of-the-art Patented Technology for EOR Description New Anionic Surfactants for Large Quantity 6,043,391 Anionic ASP Composition Patent No. 6,022,834 Sulfonated Phenolic Resins for Low Adsorb 6,736,211 Viscoelastic Surfactants for EOR 7,373,977 Alcohol Ether Sulfonates for Hi Temp/Hi TDS 7,427,588 Organic Alkali for Hard Waters 11/811,786 Amphoteric Surfactants for High Temp p/hi TDS 7,556,098 High MW Anionic Surfactants 11/895,497 Internal Olefin Ether Sulfonates for Hi Temp/Hi TDS 12/009,429

7 Oil Chem TECHNOLOGIES Surfactants Bringing gchemical IOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION Field Exp perience

8 ASP, SP Field Flood Since 1995 Warner Instow Crowsnest Gull Lake Karamay Daqing Tanner Mellott Range Adena Sho-VelTum Pelican Lake (4) Countess Suffield Cypress Gudong Shengli Bridgeport Viraj Diadema ASP-others ASP, SP- Oil Chem Surtek. Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery

9 Daqing ASP Pi lot Production waterflood decline ASP flood decline

10 ASP PROJECTUSINGORS41 ORS-41 TM IN DAQING, CHINA y20 15 covery s/day T/Day Oil Re Tons MT Well Number BEFORE ASP AFTER ASP Number SPE (1996)

11 Husky Taber ASP Project / bbls/day / % oil cut il Cut 8 6 Begin ASP 6/ bbls oil/day % Oi % oil cut 0 Oil Cut Oil Production

12 Tanner, Wyoming ASP Project SPE

13 Sho Vel Tum Field ASP Project On production > 40 yrs, extensive water flood, produced 4 bbl/day ASP started on 2/98, us sing Na 2 CO 3 and ORS 62 Total incremental oil > 10,444 bbl in 1.3 years So % PV (Surfactant Concentration %)(ASP Slug Size) SPE 84904

14 North America SP Project Heavy oil field Under polymer flood Added 0.1% surfactantt with polymer ~ 3 months later, the water cut reduced from 97% to 58%

15 Big Sinking g, Kentucky Chemical injected: 0.8% N Problems overcome: NaOH + 0.1% ORS 162HF IFT lowered from 23.6 to mn/m Poor water injectivity High water cuts 220% increase in injectivity SPE 89384

16 Surfactant Flood For Low Perm Formation BHT ~ 56C Produced brine is used to re inject TDS ~ 195,000 ppm, Ca,Mg ~2500 ppm, sour, high Fe contain Had trouble injecting water Using 0.1% SS 780 since 2003 in 2 fields successfully increased the oil production Note: Producer is not revealed due to customer confidentially

17 South America SP Project DIADEMA and SINDICATO (CAPSA) AGUA DEL CAJON AREA (CAPEX) dwg KM20 y OTROS (CAPSA)

18 Offshore AS Project Sea water is softened on the platform Single well test successfully performed using SS 6-72LV injected with NaOH SPE ,

19 Oil Chem TECHNOLOGIES Surfactants Bringing gchemical IOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION Produc ct Lines

20 Oil Chem IOR Product Lines New Generation of IOR Surfactants: GreenSurf TM - Bio-Based low adsorption surfactant Visco-elastic Smart Surfactant to provide low IFT and viscosity ORS Series - Pioneer ASP surfactants. > 60 Millions pounds at 0.2% successfully implemented Cold Heavy Oil Recovery No steam or solvent is needed NanoSurf % Green based micro emulsion for gas shale Green aromatic solvent replacement

21 ORS Surfactants for ASP > 60 million pounds were injec cted since 1995 with total success Low concentration required No co surfactant, solvent, salt optimization required Field proven success

22 GreenSurf TM fo or SP and ASP State of the Art the Art, Bio base ed surfactants Tolerant to high TDS, Ca, Mg High ihtemperature stable Low adsorption GreenSurf Adsorption 7 mg surfactant adsorbe ed/g berea sand Surfactant wt% Green Surf Control

23 Cold Heavy Oil Recovery Heavy oil recovery by modifying the apparent viscosity of the oil with small amount of the surfactant No steam or solvent is required

24 Heavy Oil in Brine Control

25 Heavy Oil Recovery 0.1% Ambient Temperature

26 Wettability Alteration IFT > 1 mn/m 0.1% SS-870 IFT = 10-3 m mn/m IFT = 10-1 mn/m

27 NanoSurf 969 Micro Emulsion for Unconventional Gas Reservoir 100% Green environm mental friendly Reduce Phase trapping Improve water recovery Increase gas regained permeability Low pour point < 20⁰F

28 Nanosurf 969 for Shale Gas Recovery Regained Permeability Increase Relative Permeability vs Residual Fluid Saturation Regained Permeability, % Permeability, md % Nanosurf 969 Without Nanosurf Gas Drive Pressure, MPa Residual Fluid Saturation, %

29 Green Aromatic Solvent Replacement GreenSolv Wellbore Cleaner GreenSolv Rig Wash GreenSolv Aromatic Replacement Relative As sphaltene Solvency (tolu uene=100%) GreenSolv Aromatic Replacement Solvency Toluene Xylene GreenSolv Aromatic Replacement 1

30 Oil Chem TECHNOLOGIES Surfactants Bringing gchemical IOR TO THE NEXT GENERATION Services Available

31 Services Available Complimentary surfactant screening/optimzation Complimentary chemical EOR surfactant consultation Custom surfactant design Local manufacturing available Field experiences to sha are

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