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Friday, January 14, 2011

Continued Misrepresentations of Larry Shultz, David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings

As many of you know I follow a lot of the internet chatter relating to the chemical scam being perpetrated by David Feuerborn, Thomas Jennings, Larry Shultz, ESS and their co-conspirators.  I have noticed that David, Tom and Larry have taken to the internet to promulgate their lies about the solvent, and defame those that have uncovered their fraud.  This is the standard modus operandi of their scam.  They claim that the California Department of Corporations is corrupt, they claim that the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office is corrupt, they claim that the IRS and United States Attorney’s Office is corrupt, they claim that the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office is corrupt, they claim that they Texas State Securities Board is corrupt, they claim that Petro-Sog is corrupt, they claim that the Utah Partners are corrupt, and now they claim that Freestone is corrupt.  Are we beginning to see a pattern develop?   

(Personal Note: I will not give David, Tom and Larry another forum (aka this Blog) to spew their misrepresentations and lies, but I want to acknowledge some of the recent information they have been posting on the internet, and on certain government documents.  That said, out of respect to those that have been damaged by this scam I will not publish links to their posts unless they are published by the parties they have defamed.) 

Mr. Larry Shultz filed a certain document with a government agency under penalty of federal criminal violations if misstatements or omissions of facts are contained within the government document (“Government Document”).  Mr. Shultz signed the Government Document and filed it of record so he can’t retract it.  In the Government Document he claims that Freestone is corrupt. (Remember that pattern I mentioned above?)  In the Government Document he claims that he (Shultz) is now a “whistleblower” because of the amended lawsuit that Freestone recently filed against him, David, and Tom.  (The amended complaint shows additional securities violations perpetrated by Shultz.)  Shultz also states that he wants his day in court to clear his name.  He claims that rights were given to Freestone by himself, David and Tom, and that they eventually took away those rights from Freestone.  He claims that the chemical is “non-toxic” and safe, and that it can be used for EOR (pumped into the ground to extract oil).  He also claims that Freestone let “billion dollar rights” slip away.      

1) To begin, I can’t imagine that their attorney (Neil Evans) advised Larry Shultz to file this Government Document that outlined their potential argument/strategy in the Civil Case.  More importantly I am sure that their attorney knows that judges do not appreciate defendants and plaintiffs trying to argue the merits of a lawsuit outside their courtrooms.  According to my attorney, the defamation that occurred in the Government Document is also very much frowned upon by the Courts (to say the least).  In the Government Document, Shultz claims that he is some kind of “whistleblower”, and that he is using that as a pretext to defame Freestone and its management.  This is the same tactic David and Tom have used against government agencies that have uncovered their massive fraud.  They claim that these government agencies are corrupt or have corrupt officials working for them.  They claim that the multiple government agencies and the companies that have indicted/sued them are involved with a vast conspiracy against them.

2) Mr. Shultz also stated that he wants his day in court to clear his name.  Thus, I ask you, Mr. Shultz, why do you keep trying to get the Civil Case dismissed on claims that jurisdiction does not exist?  Why haven’t you answered the lawsuit?  Your actions speak louder than your words.

3) Next, Larry Shultz claims that he gave Freestone certain “rights” and then took those “rights” away because Freestone didn’t fulfill some obligation.  Let’s see, you cannot pump toxic, chlorinated chemicals into the ground (EOR) so that is a “right” that didn’t exist in the first place.  More importantly, who wants to own rights to a toxic chemical?  If these “rights” are so precious and you have the ability to grant them or take them away, and you truly care about the company that is suing you, then why are you taking rights away from them?  In one breath you say that you are trying to help and protect this company, but in the next breath you say that you took rights away from the company and you won’t give them back unless new management renegotiates with you!  This makes no sense, unless you want to take away these fictitious “rights” as an excuse to sell them to another party in order to continue the con.  This seems to be what they did to ESS investors, because the ESS “rights” seem to overlap with Freestone “rights”.  Hmmmm.  I am beginning to see another pattern develop.

4) If you are going to continue the claim under penalty of federal criminal violation (which has been refuted by multiple scientists at various state agencies and private companies) that your chemical is non-toxic and that it works, then produce your “bona fide” chemists willing to vouch for it.  I didn’t see an expert witness with a chemistry background listed on the motion in the Criminal Case.  I only saw an introducer and an investor that have a vested interest in the toxic chemical.  If your chemical is so amazing then why don’t you take the chemical to Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, etc.?  In the Civil Case Freestone states they wish to rescind the Agreement you signed with them.  Forgive my ignorance, but doesn’t that mean you can get all your “rights” back?  As is the case with most ESS investors I don’t think Freestone or anyone wants your “rights”.  The current actions of David, Tom and Larry don’t make any sense unless it was a scam to begin with.

**Criminal Case Update** 

The Criminal Case has been postponed until February 22, 2011.  The Government agreed to give Feuerborn and Jennings one last continuance with their agreement that they would not request any more continuances in this case.   


-ESS Investor                    

Monday, January 3, 2011

“If you drink much from a bottle marked `poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.”

Happy New Year Blog World!  Let’s pray that David and Tom will be spending 2011 behind bars so they cannot scam any more innocent victims, and hopefully this new guy, Lawrence Shultz, will be following in their footsteps.  

Over the holidays I read a comment posted on the VRI Board.  I thought it was a great idea.  According to the claims of David, Tom and now Lawrence, the chemical solvent is completely “non-toxic”.  ESS investors were all sold on this idea, and Freestone has shown emails, a fake MSDS and other documentation from David, Tom and Lawrence where they continue to make this claim.  If that is the case then they should be willing to let their family and friends that have assisted in the marketing and sale of this product drink a litre of it.  Then David, Tom and Lawrence should all drink a litre of it.  What better way to prove that it is not toxic!?!?

I hope the people at Freestone read this post and pass it on to their legal counsel.  If David, Tom and Lawrence say that they will not drink the product, nor will they let their friends and family drink the product, then that is definitive proof that it’s toxic stuff - case won!  Obviously you will have to watch them closely to make sure they don’t engage in anymore Parlor Tricks, and try to swap out the toxic chemical after the experiment with water or something of the like.

Only 15 days until their trial!



- ESS Investor

Monday, December 20, 2010

Criminal Case Update

A new motion was filed by the United States Attorney’s Office on December 17, 2010.  After reading the latest motion, I consulted with a criminal litigator.

Apparently the attorneys representing Feuerborn and Jennings are not complying with the Federal Rules for Criminal Procedure, and doing everything wrong.  The criminal attorney I consulted with said that this is Law School 101 stuff.  As an outsider, watching the pretrial motions via PACER, one might ask if the attorneys for Feuerborn and Jennings have ever been involved with criminal litigation.  Here are some excerpts from the Motion filed by the United States Attorney’s Office: 

“Defendants Thomas R. Jennings and David J. Feuerborn face trial on January 18, 2011, for tax fraud. Both defendants are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371); defendant Jennings is charged with five counts of subscription to false tax returns (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)); and defendant Feuerborn is charged with five counts of income tax evasion (26 U.S.C. § 7201).”

“To date, the government has produced approximately 43,300 pages of discovery to defendants, including witness statements under the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500. (Declaration of Eric D. Vandevelde ¶ 2.) The vast majority of these materials, approximately 93%, were produced on May 12, 2010, approximately three weeks after defendants’ arraignment and one day after this Court signed the protective order for discovery in this case. (Id.) The government will continue to comply with its discovery obligations as this case proceeds.”

“[T]he government repeatedly requested that defendants produce all reciprocal discovery materials mandated under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 16(b) and 26.2, and the Jencks Act. (Id. ¶ 3.) The government has emphasized, in particular, the need to receive expert disclosures from defendants. (Id.) To date, neither defendant has produced any discovery or made any expert disclosures to the government.

“Accordingly, the government respectfully requests that this Court order defendants to comply with their obligations to produce reciprocal discovery materials by no later than January 10, 2011 (eight days before trial and the hearing date on this motion)” (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO ; Pages 575 and 576).

Below is another excerpt from the Government’s motion explaining the rules that Jennings and Feuerborn are ignoring:

A defendant is required to produce reciprocal discovery under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 16(b) and 26.2, as well as under the Jencks Act. If a defendant requests discovery and the government complies and demands discovery itself, the defendant must provide the following reciprocal discovery: ‘books, papers, documents, data, photographs, tangible objects, . . . or copies or portions of any of these items if . . . the item is within the defendant’s possession, custody, or control; and the defendant intends to use the item in the defendant’s case-in-chief at trial.’ See Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b)(1)(A).

A defendant must also produce a written summary of any expert testimony a defendant intends to offer at trial under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, 703, or 705. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b)(1)(C)” (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO ; Page 576).

29 Days until their trial date!  It’s getting down to the wire.  Their trial would be a great place for ESS investors to meet and and exchange information.

-ESS Investor

Monday, November 22, 2010

Payday

The United States Attorney filed the “Government’s Motion to Admit Business Records Under Declarations of Custodian of Record Pursuant to 902 (11) and 803 (6)” in the Criminal Case against David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO: Document 53. Pages 234-239).  It was a busy weekend for me, because there were approximately 300 pages of exhibits attached to this Motion.  These exhibits give a clear picture of the fraud, and the extent of the fraud, that Feuerborn and Jennings perpetrated against ESS investors and others.  You won’t believe how much money went to friends, wives, decorators, cabinet manufacturers, etc.  It looks as if they used ESS money to buy items such as a Lexus and an RV as well.  I wanted to remain impartial, but I can’t help becoming extremely frustrated by the indisputable evidence that the U.S. Attorney’s office has compiled.

(Note: The personal information listed below was derived from the W-2 Forms published by the government as exhibits to the Motion.)

Let’s first look at Suzanne Jennings from Anaheim, CA.  She is the wife of Tom Jennings and for some reason she received $35,000 from ESS Environmental, Inc. in 2005 (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO: Document 53-4. Page 299).  I’d like some explanation of what she did for ESS to deserve that money.  I would also like an explanation as to why Suzanne and Tom purchased an RV that cost $62,143 with money diverted from ESS (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO: Document 53-4 and 53-5. Page 310 and Page 333 respectively).  There are also copies of checks written from “Ecologic” to Trinity Cabinetry by Tom Jennings for a new set of cabinets for their house.  If you don’t remember, Eco-Logic is the company that was purportedly building an oil sand machine.  They had ESS investors believe that they were paying the real Eco-Logic while they were actually diverting money into the fake “Ecologic” bank account they created so they could buy an RV and cabinets for their house (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO: Document 53-5. Pages 322-324).

Do you remember my blog entry that listed a company called Jewelry by Asa?  I didn’t know what the connection was.  (Note:  When I Googled the Lantana address David Feuerborn used for the "Cleansal" domain name "Jewelry by Asa" came up under the same address.)  Well, I found that connection buried within these exhibits.  Asa Kilander of Camarillo, CA was paid $28,000 dollars by ESS Environmental, Inc.  Somehow she is connected to Dave and Tom and the chemical scam (Case 2:10-cr-00346-SJO: Document 53-4. Page 300).  What if her “Swedish jewelry and clothing business” was a front company to hide ESS money?  What if there is hidden ESS money in Sweden?!?!  I find it odd that her website no longer exists. 

I am anxious to see the exhibits that will be filed in the Civil Case.  While the Criminal Case deals with tax evasion and tax fraud, the Civil Case deals directly with the chemical scam.  Once both cases make some more progress I think ESS investors will have a lot of information to sift through. 

-ESS Investor          

Friday, November 19, 2010

Courtroom Drama

I put a phone call in to Freestone’s office to ask if anyone from the company attended the hearing on Wednesday.  I spoke to an individual at the company that attended the hearing, and he gave me a play-by-play of what occurred.  I will keep his identity anonymous out of respect for his privacy.  I have no ill will towards their company, because they have been hurt by this scam just as all the ESS investors have been hurt.    

Usually federal court hearings are pretty bland, but I am told that this one had a little excitement.  To begin, David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings did not show up.  Neil Evans (David Feuerborn’s criminal attorney) was present as well as the new third partner, Larry Shultz

It sounds as if this hearing was more exciting than an episode of Law & Order.  I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at this hearing, because according to my source at the company Larry Shultz was thrown out of the courtroom by Judge O’Connor for speaking out of turn while in the gallery.  Now I am more inclined than ever to get a transcript of the proceedings so I can find out exactly what was said that angered the Judge.  Shultz wasn’t just warned.  He was thrown out!  Not the best first impression on a Judge that will be presiding over your case if you ask me.  I wonder if the Judge knows about the criminal charges that have been brought against Feuerborn and Jennings by the U.S. Attorney's Office.  It looks as if this guy Shultz is now completely intertwined in their chemical scam, and if he has been involved in raising money for them he might be involved in their criminal activities which include defrauding the federal government, and tax fraud.  I hope someone investigates and follows the recent money transactions.    
   
(Note: The Judge allowed Shultz to come back in to testify as a witness in the hearing.  While on the stand Shultz apologized for his outburst.  It will be interesting to see what he said on the stand, and if it conflicts with any information that is known about the chemical scam.)

After the discovery of this news I am going to order a complete transcript of the proceedings.  I will update everyone when I get it. 

-ESS Investor

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Arthur Mark Feuerborn

Has anyone ever noticed that when you Google the name "David Feuerborn" a paid advertisement comes up for the Law Offices of Arthur Mark Feuerborn?  There is also a disclaimer on his website that states, "Arthur Feuerborn has been dismissed from all actions involving ESS Environmental and related entities as he has not been involved in those companies, except as a nominal shareholder in the two entities.  He has had no involvement in the management, direction, control, or operations of any ESS-related entity nor has he received compensation or benefit" (Disclaimer LInk).

We are assuming Mark is the brother of David.  They look strikingly similar.  According to the District Attorney's office of Ventura County Arthur is mentioned as one of the parties that was originally indicted in Louisiana for racketeering, securities fraud, and criminal conspiracy.  

It would seem as if he is totally distancing himself from the chemical scam at this point in time.  Why else would he need that disclaimer on his Website?  

Also, it doesn't look as if he is representing his brother in the Criminal Case.      

- ESS Investor

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Death and Taxes

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin

How true this quote must ring to David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings.  I have been asked why the United States would indict David and Tom for tax fraud rather than indict them for their chemical fraud scheme.  If you talk to David and Tom I am sure you will hear responses such as, “these are trumped up charges” and, “they are only going after us on tax fraud because they can’t prove our chemical business was a scam.”  One should ignore those biased responses.

Instead it is well known that tax fraud is very easy to prove.  Take for instance the criminal case that brought down the infamous mobster Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone.  Al Capone was a ruthless gangster, but the tax evasion charges are what finally put him away for good.  The tax fraud might be the best way for ESS investors to finally get justice.  So the government will need to prove the following in the Criminal Case against David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings:

1.        Did David file a tax return in the past five years?  If he did it should be on file with the IRS.  If he didn’t then it won’t be on file.  That is very easy for the Government to prove.  I don’t think the excuse “it got lost in the mail” will work this time.

2.       Did Thomas Jennings file his tax returns incorrectly over the past five years?  All the Government needs to show is that he misstated his income based on the forensic accounting of their bank accounts. 

3.       Did Feuerborn and Jennings open a bank account with the name “Ecologic”?  (This is spelled deceivingly similar to a company that built a machine that is currently who-knows-where.  The real company is spelled “Eco-Logic” with a hyphen.)  The government is alleging that they created this “bogus” bank account in order to divert money into their personal accounts without investor knowledge. 

4.          Did Dave and Tom ask their CFO to classify the ESS money paid to them as “loans” so they wouldn’t have to record it as regular income?  I am sure they have sworn testimony of the CFO to validate this allegation.  The IRS doesn’t take kindly to loans that have no term or interest rate.

5.       Did Tom pay for interior decorating at Interiors by KC, Inc. with investor money?  That should be easy to prove.

6.       Did Dave by motorcycles and/or cars at Hahm Motorsports with investor money?  That should be easy to prove.  (Grand Jury Indictment, Page 1-25; Case: CR 10-00346)

Do you see how easy it is to prove tax fraud?

The U.S. Attorney had indicted them for tax fraud, but I am sure he will use a broad brush to paint a picture that includes the chemical fraud as well.  The U.S. Attorney has already used the Civil Case in his motions, and he can continue to use it.  He can also use the sworn testimony and additional discovery gathered in the Civil Case.  Additionally, one has to ask if they paid taxes on the money paid to them by Freestone.  I doubt it.  This shows a continued effort to defraud the U.S. Government.      

Thus, there is little gray area when it comes to tax fraud.  If convicted, one might assume that they will go back to their chemical scam after they get out of prison because that is all they know.  Here is my analysis of that scenario.  If Dave and Tom go to prison they are looking at terms of up to 20-30 years.  If they get the minimum sentence or a decreased sentence and they return to their chemical scam then the Civil Case might be the answer.  Freestone can ask certain questions in their interrogatories and discovery portion of the litigation that can prove that criminal acts took place and even bring the new guy, Larry Shultz, into the mix.  If they try to perpetrate the chemical scam again, then the U.S. Attorney can go after another indictment based on the sworn testimony gathered in the Civil Case.  This may happen anyway if enough evidence is amassed.  Only time will tell.   

- ESS Investor 

Monday, November 8, 2010

Arrogance is Bliss

I've decided to use this blog post to analyze the mindset of David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings as it relates to the chemical scam and the problems they have encountered in the 20+ years they have been at it. 

Arrogance:

I can attest that David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings are extremely arrogant individuals.  Take for instance Dave’s arrogance towards the Internal Revenue Agency.  He hasn’t filed a tax return in the last 5 years and he thinks he can get away with it!  That’s arrogance

Dave and Tom know there are hazardous chlorinated chemicals in their “solvent” yet they think they can forge Material Data Safety Sheets and other government regulated documentation so that everyone thinks it’s as safe as water.  This is a federal offense!  That’s arrogance

Dave and Tom also get people to front for them so that due diligence research doesn’t reveal their identities and past scams.  In Louisiana they used paid actors to pitch the solvent to would-be investors, and they used an individual named Larry Shultz to sell the “solvent” to Freestone.  That’s arrogance.

They set up bogus bank accounts at Wells Fargo with names almost identical to the vendors building their “machines” so they could funnel money to their personal bank accounts and investors would think the money was going to the machine manufacturers.  That’s arrogance

They are still trying to sell their “solvent” under different names and different corporations even though they have been criminally indicted by the state of Louisiana, criminally indicted by the U.S. Federal Government, successfully sued by Petro-Sog, civilly sued by Freestone Resources (ongoing), and issued a Desist and Refrain order from selling securities by both Texas and California.  That’s arrogance

How do they get away with it?:

If you talk to Dave and Tom then you hear the excuse that they have been through all this trouble because “people are trying to steal their ‘solvent’”, or that “people are just jealous of their miracle cleaner.”  Let’s take a look at that argument:

Petro-Sog only wanted to recover money that they paid to Feuerborn when they found out that Feuerborn had made multiple misrepresentations about the chemical and its toxicity.  They wanted nothing to do with the “solvent” when they discovered it had carcinogenic, chlorinated chemicals contained in it. 

Freestone just wants to recover their stock and money that they paid to Feuerborn, Jennings, Shultz and Environmental Services and Support, Inc.  They are asking for a rescission of their Agreement because they made the same discoveries made by Petro-Sog, which indicates that they want nothing to do with this hazardous “solvent” either. 

Then one must ask if the Internal Revenue Service, the state of Louisiana, the California Department of Corporations or the Texas Securities Commission wanted to steal their “solvent”.  This is the most laughable of them all.  I know Dave and Tom blame their Louisiana prosecution on corrupt local officials, but the fact still remains that many investors lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on this scam.  It sounds to me as if they people they scammed were just well connected.  None of the documentation or disclosures they made to Louisiana investors discussed the carcinogenic chemicals that are contained within the “solvent”.  

These guys think they are above the law.  They don’t care if people get hurt because they don’t make the proper disclosures about their “solvent's" toxicity.  The only thing on the minds of Feuerborn and Jennings is how they can make some quick cash without working for it.  It looks as if the chickens are finally coming home to roost.      

- ESS Investor

The Eyes of Texas are Upon You

It looks as if we have some life in the Civil Case.  Judge Reed O’connor has ordered both parties (Plaintiff and Defendants) to appear for a hearing on November 17, 2010 to hear verbal arguments on the jurisdiction challenge submitted by Neil Evans, the attorney for David Feuerborn, Thomas Jennings, Larry Shultz, and Environmental Services and Support, Inc. (“Defendants”). 

On November 17th Freestone will argue that the Defendants had the minimal contact needed in the state of Texas to keep the jurisdiction in the Northern District Court in Texas.  According to my research, minimal contact is usually all one needs to prove in order to keep the original jurisdiction in which the complaint was originally filed.  According to Freestone’s response to the Motion to Dismiss, the Defendants had minimal contact with Texas in that they originally solicited a Freestone consultant and resident of Texas while he was in Texas, made multiple phone calls to Freestone’s Texas office, sent multiple emails to Freestone’s Texas office, visited Freestone’s office in Texas on multiple occasions where they gave misrepresentations during demonstrations of the solvent, a demonstration trip in Houston, and the Petro-Sog case indicating that at least one of the Defendants (David Feuerborn) has previously directed this scam at the state of Texas.

Neil Evans, the attorney for Feuerborn in the Criminal Case, argued that he didn’t have enough time to prepare a proper defense for his client, and requested a continuance multiple times in the Criminal Case.  Now, how are we supposed to believe that he has time to travel to Texas to represent all of the Defendants in the Civil Case?  What are the odds that he will come up with some obtuse reason to postpone the jurisdiction hearing in the Civil Case?  But then again the Judge must to approve his reason before he will allow the hearing to be postponed.  I have a feeling that Judge O’connor will not have a lot of patience for these guys if they attempt delay tactics when he hears about their criminal indictment. 

So now the Defendants’ attorney is going to fly back and forth between California and Texas on ESS investors’ funds.  This is the biggest travesty of them all.  On a phone conference with ESS investors David Feuerborn claimed he was looking for a joint venture partner, and that construction was underway on another machine.  Instead, it looks like any new money that might come into this venture will be spent on defending David Feuerborn and Thomas Jennings.    

Personally, I would like both cases to move forward as quickly as possible.  My goal is to collect any and all evidence in the Criminal Case and Civil Case that proves that Feuerborn and Jennings used fraud in their chemical scam in the hopes that an ESS class action can be put together.  If there is evidence that criminal actions have occurred then the authorities might even get involved and stop them once and for all!  No one else needs to get hurt by these guys and their scam. 

-          ESS Investor    



Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New Promotion of ESS Solvent

We uncovered a blog post that was made on a site called The Eco Eye.  I believe David Feuerborn is the individual in the demonstration video and Larry 411 is Lawrence Shultz. Here is the text from the YouTube video:

"This close-up chemical demonstration shows the basic process steps that are inherent to any continuous flow Oil Extraction Machine using the EncapSol chemicals: (1) Insert the feedstock Tar Sands (2) Add EncapSol liquids in the reactor (3) Gravity-separate the water, the heavier EncapSol liquids encapsulating the oil and the even heavier sands and solids, (4) Dry out the sands with low-temperature process waste-heat, (5) Evaporate the EncapSol liquids to recover the hydrocarbon/oil for sale, and (6) Condense the evaporated gaseous EncapSol back into a liquid to start the whole closed-loop process all over again in a continuous flow reaction that can extract oil from oil-infused rocks and sands.

With the push for Arctic drilling, the fact that oil normally congeals in cold and freezing temperatures tis a big problem that is very costly because it consumes too much fuel energy in the process just to get the oil flowing.

However, as EncapSol demonstrates in this video -- unlike any other oil industry solvent being used, EncapSol can uniquely and cost-effectively break hydrocarbon molecular bonds so as to make heavy, immobile, 8-API gravity oil flow like water for easier extraction, even in freezing temperatures.

Whether it is TAR SANDS from Utah or OIL SHALE from Colorado or waste-oil sludge pits, oil spills or storage tank bottom sludge -- EncapSol literally can cleanly dissolve the liquid hydrocarbons from the solids that strand it.

Please note that in the process, the EncapSol solvent is fully recovered with greater than 99% efficiency -- which recovered solvent is re-used in the next cycle.

All separated water, sand, gravel, clay and rocks are delivered clean, free of any remaining oil or residual solvent.

This is a closed-loop zero-discharge system."

http://theecoeye.com/?p=6740