In May, Axial Vector Energy Corp. announced that its PETRO AVEC Joint Venture partner, Petrosonics LLC, recently received a Russian patent protecting the purification process that removes sulfur and nitrogen compounds from diesel oil, FCC cycle oil, FCC slurry oil, light/heavy gas oil and coker gas oil fractions. The patent will remain in effect for 20 years with the possibility of an additional five-year extension.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Russia has 41 oil refineries with a total crude oil processing capacity of 5.4 million bbl/d, and produces significant amounts of heavy fuel oil, middle distillates, and gasoline. Roughly 20.5% of Russia’s total diesel output is exported. However, their refineries need to modernize in order to meet Europe’s growing demand for low sulfur fuels.

Dr. Mazin Samman, lead PETRO AVEC licensing negotiator for Russia, stated, “Russian oil companies are prime licensing

Axial Vector Energy Corp. today announced that its PETRO AVEC Joint Venture partner, Petrosonics LLC, was awarded two Hong Kong Patents, resultant from the award of European Union patents 1 635 924 B1 and 1 668 095/04 781 388.6. The two patents protect the method by which sulfur and nitrogen bearing compounds are removed from diesel oil through the use of sonic energy and an oxidizing agent. They also protect a related process for the removal of the resultant oxidized sulfur and nitrogen contaminants.

Several oil and gas companies have based their operations in Hong Kong, including CNPC Hong Kong, China Resources Petroleum Company, Ltd., SS United Oil & Gas Company, the Hong Kong and China Gas Company and the Hong Kong Petrochemical Company. The Hong Kong Petrochemical Company plans to invest HK$40-60 billion in the construction of an oil refinery, oil tanks,

Axial Vector Energy Corporation announced this morning that its PETRO AVEC Joint Venture partner, Petrosonics LLC, was recently awarded a Russian patent that protects the process by which sulfur and nitrogen bearing compounds are removed from diesel oil, FCC cycle oil, FCC slurry oil, light gas oil, heavy gas oil and coker gas oil fractions, utilizing sonic energy and oxidation. According to the press release, the patent will remain in effect for two decades with the possibility of a five year extension.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Russia has 41 oil refineries with a total crude oil processing capacity of 5.4 million bbl/d. Russian refineries produce approximately 1.2 million bbl/d of Mazut (heavy fuel oil), 1.3 million bbl/d of middle distillates, and 815,000 bbl/d of gasoline, but require modernization to meet Europe’s growing demand for low sulfur fuels.

Dr. Mazin Samman, lead

Axial Vector Energy Corporation announced earlier this morning that its PETRO-AVEC LLC Joint Venture appointed Dubai-based oil executive Dr. Mazin Samman, former Managing Director of United Oil Investments/Hadramout Refineries Company in Dubai, to its international licensing negotiating team.

Dr. Mazin Samman has great expertise in bringing experts together from various continents, governments, companies and organizations to authorize, design, finance, construct and operate large scale oil projects. In Russia, Dr. Samman was responsible for Russian government negotiations/authorizations/long term relations, financing, new refinery design/construction, existing infrastructure upgrade, product procurement, crude oil sales and refining operations.

In the Americas, on behalf of Nimir Petroleum in Dallas, TX, Dr. Samman co-managed a team with the mission of securing senior financing from Morgan Stanley and Chase Manhattan Bank to complete the acquisition of HOCOL-Shell in Columbia. In his native Saudi Arabia, Dr. Samman assisted Saudi Aramco in a number of