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BriteWater International, Inc.
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Britewater International Inc.  
BriteWater International, Inc.

(2)         BRITEWATER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

BWI holds patents for oilfield emulsion breaking technology. This is a continuous process technology that can purify oilfield emulsions by breaking and separating the emulsions into oil, water and solids, thereby reducing the environmental impact and disposal costs of these waste materials while recovering valuable oil. This technology has been successfully tested in multiple refineries as well as in a demonstration in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, all of which confirmed the effectiveness of the emulsion breaking technology to recover valuable hydrocarbons and reduce wastes.

 

BWI’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Arctic Star Alaska, Inc. (“Arctic Star”), has a 1,000 barrel per day oilfield waste processing plant located in Deadhorse, Alaska. Although the Arctic Star plant was commissioned and ready for use in the first quarter 2015, the plant is currently not economical due to a low availability of feedstock and continued low oil pricing. As a result, the plant was idled during March 2015. Although management will continue to monitor marketing conditions, it is currently unknown how long the plant will remain idle due to continued uncertainty in long-term crude pricing as well as oilfield drilling and development activities near the plant.

 

BWI also has a completed purpose-built plant which was designed to break emulsions found in weathered lagoon pits. We have determined that as a result of current oil pricing and the age of the plant, it is not likely we will be able to deploy and operate the BWI weathered lagoon plant for its intended purpose in the near future.

 

 

We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. As a result, an impairment was recognized on these BWI assets as of December 31, 2014. No additional impairment was recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2015.