About RASA

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Our company

RASA® is a science-led resource producer. We develop and deploy proprietary processes that separate, upgrade, and recover valuable molecules from sources conventional methods cannot economically access.

PSA enables molecular separation under conditions where conventional methods fail economically. It does not rely on elevated temperature, elevated pressure, or bulk chemical reaction. PSA operates at ambient conditions and integrates into existing industrial systems. This allows materials that are technically known but economically unreachable — including trapped oil, bound hydrocarbons, and contaminated solids — to become commercially viable.

PSA has moved beyond laboratory validation. It is operating commercially today in both subsurface and surface environments, including Utah tar sands and the Eagle Ford shale.

Who we work with

RASA develops, owns, and advances PSA science, granting exclusive deployment rights to specialized commercial partners in defined markets and geographies.

Government & Institutional

Stakeholders engaged in energy security, well retirement, environmental remediation, or resource development initiatives.

Investors & Strategic Partners

Seeking to participate in or expand active deployments in Eagle Ford and Utah’s tar sands.

Operators & Asset Owners

Interested in deploying RASA’s solutions for mature well recovery in Eagle Ford or tar sands extraction in Utah.

30 Years. One Vision.

Born from Disaster. Built Over Decades.

In 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaskan waters. The cleanup was slow, destructive, and incomplete - relying on dispersants, hot water, and mechanical skimming that caused further environmental harm while recovering only a fraction of the oil.

Watching the disaster unfold, Dr. William Wismann asked a different question: what if oil could be separated from its environment - without harm? Not dissolved. Not burned. Not pushed around. Separated - cleanly, selectively, and completely.

That question led to the invention of the Polar Selective Agent (PSA).

In the early 1990s, during technology exchanges in post-Soviet Russia, Dr. David Martin was commissioned to evaluate Wismann's breakthrough. His foundational work on the hyperpolarization of matter provided the theoretical framework that explained how PSA functions at the molecular level. That meeting began a partnership that has now lasted more than thirty years.

Together, Wismann's invention and Martin's science formed the basis of everything RASA does today. Over three decades, PSA was refined and applied across medical technology, electronics manufacturing, and environmental remediation. Now, with the technology perfected for hydrocarbons - the foundation of global industry - RASA is advancing its commercial deployment through direct operations and partners worldwide.

Dr. William wismann

Inventor, Polar Selective Agent

Dr. Wismann’s career as an inventor began in the early 1980s with the founding of Protofab, an engineering and design firm developing technologies across petroleum, chemistry, and manufacturing. Over four decades, his work has spanned industrial separation, environmental remediation, and materials processing. The Polar Selective Agent represents the culmination of that work.

Dr. dAVID mARTIN

CEO, RASA Energy

Dr. Martin's work spans dynamic atomic and isotopic systems for diagnostic, interventional, and surveillance applications. His research in magnetic resonance dynamics led to industry-changing advances in radiology, interventional medicine, and intelligence gathering. His mathematical innovation describing the hyperpolarization of matter provided the theoretical framework for PSA - and remains the scientific foundation of RASA's technology today.