AQP
September 3, 2025
Clean fuels of the future
AQP Suite
Aquaprocessing (AQP) is a modular refining suite designed to operate effectively in the presence of water, converting both fossil and renewable oils into high-value, low-carbon fuels. Whether from steam or bio-oils, AQP autonomously generates hydrogen and delivers refinery-ready outputs with lower emissions and better economics.
Market Challenge
Better, more sustainable oils
Aquaprocessing (AQP) is more than an upgrading technology. It’s a modular, low-emission refining platform built to thrive in water-rich environments. Unlike traditional hydroprocessing, which depends on costly external hydrogen and generates significant CO₂ emissions, AQP generates its own hydrogen in situ—from steam in fossil applications or process gases in renewables.
Eliminate the need for hydrogen imports and slash the carbon footprint.
Overview
AQP thrives in water, delivers value at every step
Refines Tough Feedstocks
Processes both fossil and renewable oils—even those with up to 50% water content—while eliminating TAN and reducing sulphur to meet fuel standards.
Boosts Fuel Quality
Increases API gravity and improves cold flow properties, delivering lighter, more valuable, market-ready fuels.
Improves Flow & Transport Efficiency
Reduces viscosity by up to 99%, making upgraded fuels easier and cheaper to move through pipelines and infrastructure.
Generates Hydrogen In-Situ
Eliminates the need for external hydrogen by using steam or process gases—lowering emissions and operating costs.
Modular & Scalable
Engineered for flexible deployment, AQP adapts to any site, feedstock, or scale—making clean fuel production more accessible than ever.
A Path to Better Oil with AQP
Until now, scaling renewable fuel production has been held back by unstable feedstocks, complex pre-treatment, and expensive hydrogen requirements. AQP changes that.
Our proprietary catalyst and process enable a simplified, modular pathway to transform low-value renewable oils—like pyrolysis and HTL bio-oils—into refinery-ready fuels, with fewer steps, lower emissions, and lower costs.
From waste biomass to market-grade fuel, AQP is the breakthrough that turns possibility into practicality—enabling global decarbonization at scale.
Adaptability
One Platform. Multiple Markets.
For Producers & Midstream Operators
Upgrade at the Source. Move More Value. AQP simplifies partial upgrading in-field or during transit. Boost price per barrel, lower diluent use, reduce transport costs, and avoid heated railcars.
Cleaner barrels, higher margins, faster.
For Refiners
Unlock Feedstock Flexibility. AQP helps refiners co-process fossil and renewable oils—without overhauling infrastructure. Design your crude blend to meet exact specifications and reduce emissions without complexity.
For the Energy Transition
From Carbon-Heavy to Carbon-Smart. AQP makes renewable fuels commercially viable. It enables real-world scaling of waste-based and water-rich feedstocks like pyrolysis oil, making sustainable fuels more profitable, available, and refinery-ready.
On the horizon
Turning waste to fuel
AquaprocessingTM (AQP) transforms waste products into renewable fuel and synthetic biocrude.
Our next-gen AQP technology won us Best Net-Zero Energy Company at Alberta Innovates Inventures 2021. We expect it to be commercially deployable by 2023.
