Message-ID: <33133215.1075845360934.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:28:01 -0700 (PDT) From: charles.weldon@enron.com To: matthew.tezyk@enron.com, mike.coleman@enron.com Subject: Fuel Oil Vanadium Spec Cc: mark.breese@enron.com, ed.mcmichael@enron.com, mathew.gimble@enron.com, david.fairley@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: mark.breese@enron.com, ed.mcmichael@enron.com, mathew.gimble@enron.com, david.fairley@enron.com X-From: Weldon, V. Charles X-To: Tezyk, Matthew , Coleman, Mike X-cc: Breese, Mark , McMichael Jr., Ed , Gimble, Mathew , Fairley, David X-bcc: X-Folder: \Weldon, V. Charles\Weldon, V. Charles\Sent Items X-Origin: WELDON-V X-FileName: Weldon, V. Charles.pst 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