[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING REACTWELL

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, every business starts out with an 
entrepreneur willing to put in the hard work and take risks in order to 
turn an idea into reality. I am delighted to name ReactWell of New 
Orleans, LA, as Small Business of the Week. ReactWell is on the 
forefront of developing cutting edge technological advancements with 
the potential to revolutionize the energy, chemical, and petrochemical 
industries.
  In 2010 after seeing the devastation from the British Petroleum, BP, 
oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico, Baton Rouge native Brandon Iglesias 
founded ReactWell--a company that focuses on recycling existing carbon 
dioxide into useful oils and chemicals. Primarily, ReactWell develops 
technology that creates cleaner synthetic crude oil by using 
underground geothermal reactors and algae. Iglesias' technological 
invention relies on the natural forces and gravitational pressure to 
convert algae and chemicals into usable crude oil, while also reusing 
the waste produced from the reaction to feed the algae strains back 
into the system.
  After years of hands-on research in the oil field, Brandon Iglesias 
took his research to a local entrepreneurial start-up competition, 
ultimately receiving crucial start-up capital and attention from 
interested investors across the country. Today, ReactWell continues to 
grow both its synthetic synthesizing programs, while additionally 
expanding their reach into a robust catalog of service and product 
applications spanning technoeconomic modeling, carbon sequestration, 
green chemistry, water treatment, and thermochemical conversions. 
Additionally, ReactWell maintains a laboratory with capabilities that 
include air sampling, cryogenic milling, and distillation, and process 
simulation capabilities in bio-physical modeling SIM Finite Element 
Analysis, FEA, 3D studio animation, and fusion and alias design.
  Congratulations again to ReactWell for being selected as Small 
Business of the Week. I look forward to seeing the long-term impact 
ReactWell's innovative technologies will have in aiding Louisiana and 
the Nation.

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