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Oxford Catalysts Group PLC02 October 2007 2 October 2007 OXFORD CATALYSTS GROUP PLC ("Oxford Catalysts" or "the Company") Oxford Catalysts to Present at Jefferies 4th Global Clean Technology Conference Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, the leading catalyst innovator for clean fuels, ispleased to announce that it has been granted the opportunity to present at theJefferies 4th Global Clean Technology Conference at Claridge's Hotel, London onThursday 18th October 2007 (see http://www.jefferies.com/101807 for furtherdetails). The Company will be discussing its specialty catalyst technologies for thegeneration of clean fuels from both conventional fossil fuels and renewablesources. The Group has two key platforms resulting from almost 20 years ofresearch at the University of Oxford's prestigious Wolfson Catalysis Centre. The conference aims to highlight leading players and emerging growth companieswho are addressing today's critical energy supply and security issues,environmental concerns and sustainability. The conference is a one-day event including two tracks of public companypresentations and one track of private company presentations. The audience willbe comprised of institutional and private equity investors, VCs, and industryexecutives. - Ends - For further information, please contact: Roy Lipski, CEO, Oxford Catalysts 01235 841 700 Jonathon Brill / Billy Clegg, Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Notes to Editors Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, the leading catalyst innovator for clean fuels,designs and develops specialty catalysts for the generation of clean fuels fromboth conventional fossil fuels and certain renewable sources such as biomass.Its patent-pending technology is the result of almost 20 years of research atthe University of Oxford's prestigious Wolfson Catalysis Centre, headed byProfessor Malcolm Green, one of the world's most respected inorganic chemists.Oxford Catalysts was founded by Professor Green and Dr Xiao in October 2004 andwas admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on 26thApril 2006, having raised £15m before expenses from a solid base ofinstitutional investors. Oxford Catalysts' strategy is to license its catalysts for commercialapplication by entering into co-development partnerships with leadingmanufacturers, producers and suppliers in the petroleum, petrochemicals, fuelcells, biogas, steam applications and catalysis markets. Oxford Catalysts has two key platform technologies. The first is for a novelclass of catalysts made from metal carbides which, for certain reactions, canmatch or exceed the benefits of traditional precious metal catalysts at a lowercost. Applications of these metal-carbide catalysts include the removal ofsulphur from crude oil fractions (known as hydro-desulphurisation or HDS), theconversion of natural gas or coal into virtually sulphur-free liquid fuels viathe Fischer-Tropsch reaction (known as the GTL and CTL processes respectively),and the transformation of biogas (waste methane) into syngas - the buildingblock of liquid fuels. The second platform relates to chemical reactions involving a liquid containinga renewable fuel, such as methanol, ethanol or glycerol, and dilute hydrogenperoxide. The company's novel catalyst can be used to release hydrogen gas fromthis liquid, instantaneously starting from room temperature. This groundbreakingInstant Hydrogen technology has the potential to significantly accelerate thecommercial adoption of fuel cells in the portable and other mobile markets, byproviding the much needed source of cheap, safe, transportable hydrogen. Another of the company's catalysts can be used to produce steam at temperaturesbetween 100degrees C and 800degreesC+ instantaneously starting from roomtemperature, from a liquid fuel containing dilute hydrogen peroxide and eitheran alcohol, sugar, glycerol, starch or formic acid. Such Instant Steam couldhave important applications in a broad range of markets, from cleaning anddisinfecting, to green energy in the form of motive power or electricity. www.oxfordcatalysts.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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