Heavy Oil Diluent Technology
A more efficient dilution strategy for heavy and extra-heavy crude transport.
DilBOOST is presented in company materials as a proprietary light hydrocarbon blend engineered to reduce viscosity, improve transportability, and help operators meet pipeline specifications with less diluent than conventional blending approaches.
Laboratory demonstration footage from DilBOOST materials
Commercial Focus
DilBOOST is positioned around one clear value proposition: lower diluent demand, compatibility with existing infrastructure, and a practical path to commercialization in heavy-oil markets.
Existing Infrastructure
No new pipeline or refinery capital is positioned as necessary in the core deck.
Core Use Case
Heavy crude dilution for pipeline transport and refinery delivery.
Core Claim
Lower diluent volume while maintaining transport specifications.
Commercial Focus
Canada, Venezuela, and other heavy-oil production environments.
Technology Overview
Built around a hydrocarbon formulation, not an abstract additive story.
The supplied materials describe DilBOOST as a proprietary light hydrocarbon blend that becomes homogeneous with heavy crude, reduces viscosity and density to a greater degree than standard market diluents, and can be blended into existing diluent streams to create customer-specific optimized blends.
The operating model is intentionally practical: ambient-temperature handling, direct blending at the field or facility, and use within existing pipeline and refinery systems.
Lower viscosity
Positioned to help heavy crude reach transport specifications with reduced diluent volume.
Raise effective blend quality
Materials emphasize increased API gravity and improved diluted crude economics.
Blend with existing streams
Designed to work alongside condensate, naphtha, kerosene, and other current diluents.
Operate at ambient conditions
Described as a cold process suitable for batch blending or continuous injection.
Operational Benefits
Operational value built around economics, throughput, and infrastructure fit.
Technical materials cite a shift from conventional 35-60% diluent usage down to roughly 10-15% with DilBOOST.
Using less diluent creates more pipeline space for heavy oil, which the deck frames as a production-capacity advantage.
The business case centers on reduced diluent purchasing, lower logistics burden, and stronger producer netbacks.
The core deck positions DilBOOST as compatible with existing pipeline, refinery, and blending infrastructure.
Company materials emphasize refinery and pipeline compatibility, non-corrosive behavior, and no requirement for de-emulsification or separation.
Lower diluent volumes are tied in the materials to reduced pumping energy, lower transport emissions, and a smaller overall carbon footprint.
Market Context
Heavy-oil transport becomes expensive when conventional diluent demand is too high.
The operating challenge
Heavy and extra-heavy oils require large volumes of condensate, naphtha, kerosene, or light crude to meet viscosity and density limits for pipeline transport. That turns diluent supply into a major cost center and a logistics constraint.
Why Venezuela matters
The fabrication paper makes Venezuela a central commercial context: large extra-heavy reserves, declining local light-crude availability, long transport distances, and the need for a more efficient dilution model.
Why DilBOOST fits the market
The DilBOOST case is built on operational value: improved throughput, lower diluent intensity, and compatibility with the systems operators already use.
Validation & Commercialization
Commercial progress supported by technical work, corporate structure, and market focus.
2015
DilBOOST Energy Inc.
Alberta oil-services company incorporated in May 2015.
2024
Chevron Venezuela NDA
Company materials state that DilBOOST signed an NDA with Chevron Venezuela and completed a three-phase lab testing program.
2025
DilBOOST International Ltd.
Barbados parent company incorporated in January 2025.
2026
Commercial pilot planning
The March 2026 presentation references planning for a Chevron-DilBOOST commercial pilot at Petroindependencia.
Supply Pathway
Commodity-linked inputs and localized blending pathways support scalable deployment.
The fabrication paper frames DilBOOST as a commodity-based hydrocarbon blend whose major components may be sourced through existing refining and gas-processing streams, including pathways for blending and localized fabrication in Venezuela.
Commodity-linked inputs
The formulation is described as relying on hydrocarbon components available within the oil industry.
Localized blending potential
Materials discuss refinery and petrochemical complex blending pathways close to heavy-oil production.
Scalable deployment
The technology is positioned as suitable for field growth without requiring new transport infrastructure.
Leadership
Commercial and technical leadership aligned around heavy-oil market execution.
Victor Dusik
Chairman & CEO, DilBOOST International Ltd. (Barbados)
Benson Hurlbutt IV
President, DilBOOST Energy Inc. (Alberta)
Jonathan Bryan
Independent Technical Consultant, DilBOOST International Ltd.
Javier E. Sanmiguel
Independent Technical Consultant, DilBOOST International Ltd.
Contact
Start a technical or commercial conversation with the DilBOOST team.
Company materials anchor DilBOOST in Calgary with commercial activity spanning Alberta, Barbados, and Venezuela.
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