Potential Game Changing Technology removes H2S from #Bakken Oil

A potential “game-changer” in the oil industry will be highlighted during a featured presentation at the 2014 Black Hills Bakken & Investor Conference October 1st and 2nd at the Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center, Spearfish, S.D.

Two western South Dakota entrepreneurs, Tom Wilson and Dan Johnson, have created an innovative and environmentally friendly method of turning hazardous oil into safe and profitable oil.  Tom and Dan have extensive backgrounds in the oil industry with nearly 70 years combined experience.

The company, Blue Bull, LLC, turns sour crude into sweet crude by removing Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) from the oil.  Hydrogen Sulfide is the second-most-deadly, naturally occurring gas.  It kills by paralyzing the nervous system area that controls the involuntary function of breathing. The result is lack of oxygen to the brain, followed by death in minutes.  Stricter regulation of H2S makes it more difficult to blend large volumes of H2S oil with crude, leaving H2S oil more difficult to transport by rail and pipeline, as it’s highly corrosive.

Their first, fully operational processing plant in Sidney, Montana has been in operation for a few months and they are processing approximately 2000 barrels of oil a day.  The company’s patent pending processing system doesn’t just remove H2S from oil; it eliminates it completely without residue or additional cleansing. 

Prior to their system, the only way to treat sour crude was with chemicals, which added between $4 and $15 per barrel.  With chemical cleansing, H2S is only reduced, not eliminated; and trace chemicals remain after the process.  This new process leaves no chemical residue because chemicals aren’t used in any part of the process.