Message-ID: <5499788.1075845354756.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:32:50 -0700 (PDT) From: mathew.gimble@enron.com To: charles.weldon@enron.com Subject: Re: Fuel Oil Vanadium Spec Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Gimble, Mathew X-To: Weldon, V. Charles X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Weldon, V. Charles\Weldon, V. Charles\Deleted Items X-Origin: WELDON-V X-FileName: Weldon, V. Charles.pst I don't even like thinking about the last time I had my vanadium checked. From: V. Charles Weldon/ENRON@enronXgate on 05/18/2001 03:28 PM To: Matthew Tezyk/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@Enron_Development, Mike Coleman/ENRON@enronXgate cc: Mark Breese/ENRON@enronXgate, Ed McMichael/ENRON@enronXgate, Mathew Gimble/HOU/ECT@ECT, David Fairley/ENRON@enronXgate Subject: Fuel Oil Vanadium Spec As I previously shared, the result for vandium in the low-sulfer diesel (#2 fuel oil) came back at <0.1 ppm versus the "spec" of <0.05 ppm. I just talked to the lab supervisor at Saybolt whom performed the analysis; and according to him there is no practical way of measuring the vanadium content more precisely than within one-tenth of a ppm. The only way he knows of is to use a NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) machine that NASA uses to analyze rocket fuel. He is not sure whether or not the government would allow use of such a machine but estimates that, if they did allow, it could cost upwards of $10,000. Please let me know if we should pursue this matter any further. Thanks, Charlie