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iSSue 18, deCember 2009 deCember 14, 2009

Gas TechnoloGies appoinTs Dr. arThur nonomura

To iTs BoarD of aDvisors anD Technical Team

PETOSKEY, MI -- (December 14, 2009). Gas Technologies LLC (GTL) is pleased to announce the

appointment of Dr. Arthur Nonomura to its Technical Board of Advisors.

Gas Technologies has been expanding on its proprietary and patented methane-to-methanol process

further downstream into fuels, chemicals, natural products and fertilizers. With the assistance andexpertise of Dr. Nonomura, GTL will focus on chemical synthesis and manufacturing processes

involving formaldehyde, alcohols and fertilizer additives involving formation of GTLs downstream

products.

The future sales of methanol and formalin depend upon innovative downstream fuels, value

added chemicals and adjuvants. We have been looking for downstream expertise during the past

six months, and have come to realize that there are many interesting technologies which easily

bolt-on to the GasTechno process, said Walter Breidenstein, CEO of Gas Technologies LLC.

Working with such respected scientists as Dr. Nonomura will enable GTL to reduce climate-

changing emissions and make an entire downstream list of products to bring to the global markets.

The GasTechno Process is a single step gas-to-chemicals technology which produces oxygenatesfrom natural gas. Because syngas production is not necessary, the process is considerably less

complex, requiring significantly smaller capital investment compared to obsolete sustainable

transport fuel technologies. Utilization of Total Process Integration also puts our own heat and

product streams to work, further improving process efficiency.

Dr. Arthur Nonomura states, This is a world-class innovation team with a can do attitude. By

making methane into valuable products, GasTechno provides humanity with dual benefits,

locking up climate-changing gases while also manufacturing products that enhance the quality of

life. What could be better?

When applied to wet gas, the GasTechno Process can be integrated with a unique, proprietary

NGL plant, referred to as GasTechno NGL. GasTechno NGL maximizes economic returns by

operating a GasTechno plant side-by-side with a NGL-LPG plant based on common use of OSBL

equipment, Total Process Integration, and optimal operating conditions. GasTechno NGL together

with the GasTechno process can produce an attractive product slate which includes: propane,

butane, natural gas condensate, methanol, formaldehyde, and even electricity. The methanol family

of fuel and chemical derivatives alone includes the sought after products of gasoline, DME, olefins,

acetic acid, and many others.

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Gas Technologies is dedicated to becoming a world leader in the single-step conversion

of methane into valuable commodity fuels and chemicals via the GasTechno family

of technologies. Their latest designs include totally Integrated Biorefineries and these, in

combination with the totality of GTLs technologies, can monetize small scale sources of

methane and biogas where no economically viable alternatives exist.

Dr. Nonomura received his degree from the University of California, and immediately joined

up with Nobel Laureate Melvin Calvin and Drs. Al Bassham and Fred Wolf to help find a

solution to the first gasoline crisis thirty years ago. Over the years, the discovery has been

verified by eminent scientists at leading universities and scientific institutions worldwide who

proved all aspects of this discovery of the first order. Research later followed the path of carbon

in photosynthesis with a founding member of the Nobel Team, Andrew A. Benson, Scripps

Institution of Oceanography.

Industrial experience was gained by Dr. Nonomura while the corporate fellow at Dow Chemical

Company. Currently retired from Dow, Dr. Nonomura has been targeting the enhancement of

transmembrane transport inagriculture.

For more information, contact:

Walter Breidenstein

Gas Technologies LLC

Tel: +1-231-5352914

Email: walterb@gastechno.com

www.gastechno.com