Sionix Reports Positive Results From Second Williston Basin Frack Water Treatment Runs
May 09 2013 - 9:15AM
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Sionix Corporation (OTCQB: SINX) announced today that it has
completed the second and final demonstration phase of testing its
proprietary water treatment technology in the Williston Basin of
North Dakota.
The processing facility, located in Dickinson, North Dakota, has
successfully treated production and flowback water from drilling
and fracking operations in the Bakken Shale. The first round of
testing, completed in January 2013, was done with the participation
of Clear Water Services, an independent, experienced and innovative
water treating company. Laboratory analysis was performed by two
independent third party testing laboratories in North Dakota and
California. Test results showed an average reduction in turbidity
of 98 percent. A total of 41 samples of production and flowback
water showed influent turbidities as high as 10,875 nephelometric
turbidity units (NTU's) and treated effluent turbidities as low as
3.1 NTU. Total suspended solids were reduced by 80 percent and test
results showed reductions in barium, calcium, iron, magnesium,
aluminum and strontium.
John Mandelin of Clear Water reported, "Treatment testing at the
Sionix North Dakota Bakken facility showed a significant reduction
of turbidity and suspended solids. Chemical treatment also resulted
in substantial reduction in aluminum, phosphorus, magnesium,
bicarbonate, hydrocarbons and BTEX."
In April 2013, Sionix began a second round of field testing
after modifying equipment and its testing protocol based on
information and analysis gleaned from earlier test results. The
treatment process consisted of initial residence time, pH control
and chemical pre-treatment, clarification, filtration and the
patented Sionix Dissolved Air Flotation ("DAF") system. The
objective of the test was to demonstrate the ability to treat
commercial volumes (up to 225 gpm, the equivalent of 324,000
gallons per day) of production and flowback water and generate
treated brine that could be recycled for use in fracking. Several
variations in treatment protocols were used. Water samples from the
various stages of the process have been received in Houston where
they are being analyzed by an independent third party
laboratory.
Rex Crick, Sionix Chief Operating Officer, said, "We are
encouraged that we were able to successfully treat production and
flowback waters that were destined for disposal wells. Our process
yielded clear, treated brine with a density of more than 9.6 pounds
per gallon at a near neutral pH. Our test results should confirm
that our clean brine will meet the requirements of drilling
operators for fracking and we have retained barrels of our treated
water for them to evaluate."
Henry Sullivan, the Chief Executive Officer of Sionix, comments,
"We believe that recycling production and flowback water from
fracking is a necessary and financially attractive element of
developing the hydrocarbon reserves in the Bakken and other shale
structures. Every barrel of clean brine that is reused for fracking
makes a barrel of clean water from the aquifer available for other
uses. We are committed to making the Sionix technology a commercial
component of the gas and oil fracking infrastructure and these
field demonstrations are the first step in implementing our
strategy."
About Sionix Corporation Sionix designs
innovative water treatment systems intended for applications in
energy, manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, municipalities
and public utilities, and various industrial processes including
treatment of fracking and production waters generated in oil and
gas operations. These industries and many others can benefit from
Sionix' cost-effective and easily maintained water treatment
systems. For more information about the company, go to
www.sionix.com.
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uncertainties include, but are not limited to, whether Sionix
Corporation can raise capital as and when it needs to, whether the
water purification systems will generate significant sales, whether
it can compete successfully in its market and industry, and other
factors beyond the control of Sionix Corporation, including those
detailed from time to time in the reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Sionix Corporation assumes no obligation
and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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Company Contact: Dr. Henry W. Sullivan Chief Executive Officer
hsullivan@sionix.com
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