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START increases oil production from existing wells. Powered by RASA® Energy's Polar Selective Agent, it rejuvenates the reservoir - delivering more oil, less water, and sustained production using the infrastructure already in place.

Conventional EOR peaks, then rapid decline.

START production keeps climbing.

Conventional enhanced oil recovery relies on pressure: inject, push, spike, decline. These methods produce brief production surges that collapse just as quickly. The problem is not whether oil can be mobilized - it is that each deployment produces too little incremental oil to justify the investment.

START Energy deploys RASA®'s Polar Selective Agent. Injected through the existing wellhead, it moves through the reservoir's fracture network, separating oil from rock at the molecular level.

Oil production increased by more than 90% - and after more than 120 days, it's still climbing.

Eagle Ford Results

First deployment, Fall 2025.

Oil: +90%, still climbing.

Water: -90%.

Oil rising and water collapsing simultaneously is not a stimulation artifact. It's the signature of a reservoir that has fundamentally changed.

How START Works

START deploys RASA® Energy's Polar Selective Agent (PSA) into the reservoir, where it frees hydrocarbons from the ultra-low permeability formations. The reservoir rejuvenates and production climbs.

It works at natural formation temperature and pressure, through existing wellbores and natural fracture networks.

No high-pressure injection. No specialized equipment. No continuous chemical input. The PSA isn't depleted - it keeps working after deployment.

Meet the Team

Allen Howard

Allen brings over 40 years in the energy industry, with senior roles at Schlumberger and Numar and a pioneering career in nuclear magnetic resonance applications for reservoir analysis. Recognized by Oil & Gas Financial Journal as one of the world's foremost authorities on oil and gas reservoirs, he founded NuTech Energy and Throne Petroleum before launching START.

Founder and CEO

Karl Nesselrode

Karl is an E&P engineer and executive with deep worldwide experience across all phases of upstream oil and gas, including senior roles at Union Pacific Resources, Anadarko, and Harvest Natural Resources. His technical focus is reservoir dynamics, production systems, and EOR technology.

COO

Allen is a world-class expert in petrophysics and rock/fluid properties, and a founder and key executive across several high-tech energy ventures, including NuTech Energy and Premier Corex, a global core and fluid laboratory, and is COO of Endurance Energy Group.

Technical Advisor

Allen Howard II

Jason Finch

Financial Advisor

Jason is a finance, accounting, and planning executive with experience at major independent E&P companies including VP Strategic Planning at Whiting Petroleum and senior manager at Anadarko. He is also CEO of Endurance Energy Group.

Dr. David Martin

Director

David's career spans dynamic atomic and isotopic systems, magnetic resonance dynamics, and industry-changing applications in radiology, interventional medicine, and intelligence gathering. His mathematical innovation describing the hyperpolarization of matter provided the first theoretical framework for understanding molecular synthesis — and became the scientific foundation of RASA®'s Polar Selective Agent, invented by his long-time collaborator Dr. William Wismann. David serves as CEO of RASA Energy.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • As wells mature, production declines - but most of the oil remains. Enhanced recovery methods either can't access tight formations at all, or deliver a sharp peak followed by rapid decline - producing too little incremental oil to justify the investment. START solves both problems: it increases production and that increase is sustained. In the field, production to date is 90% above baseline and continues to grow.

  • START works through molecular chemistry rather than pressure. The PSA separates oil from rock at the molecular level, at ambient temperature and pressure. It rejuvenates the reservoir - lifting and sustaining production without the crash.

  • Yes. START's first downhole deployment in Fall 2025 delivered over 90% increase in oil production and over 90% reduction in water production. After more than 100 days, production continues to rise - well beyond the decline phase typical of conventional stimulation.

  • The reservoir fundamentally changes. Oil flows more freely. Produced oil becomes lighter as heavier carbon chains (C25-C37) convert into lighter fractions (C6-C7). Water production collapses. These outcomes indicate a sustained, reservoir-wide transformation - not temporary stimulation.

  • PSA is injected through existing wellheads where it enters the reservoir and the fracture networks. Wells are briefly shut-in during treatment, then returned to production to recover liberated oil through existing facilities.

  • Initial changes in production and water cut are often observed within several days, with continued stabilization and improvement over weeks rather than a rapid decline.

  • No. START is deployed through existing wellbores and produces oil through existing surface facilities.

  • Yes. START was specifically designed for ultra-low permeability shale and fractured horizontal wells, where conventional EOR methods fail technically and economically.

  • START is deployed under commercial structures that align incentives with performance, including equipment leasing and revenue participation tied to incremental oil recovered.

  • Asset owners seeking to increase production or reset decline curves. Investors seeking exposure to proven, field-validated production technology.

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