SulphCo Commences Full Scale Field Trials In Europe

Houston, TX - SulphCo, Inc. (the "Company" or "SulphCo"), a technology company with a patented ultrasound process designed to desulfurize crude oil, announced that commercial scale field trials with its European testing partner have commenced. These trials follow the successful completion of full scale field trials at a potential customer's facility in the Southeastern U.S. in October 2008. A 15,000 barrel per day ("bpd") Sonocracking unit installed at the European testing partner's site for field trials conducted in the fall of 2007 has been retrofitted with the latest generation ultrasound probe and reactor technology in preparation for these trials.

In late December 2008, the Company shipped a laboratory scale Sonocracking unit from Houston to the facilities of the European testing partner, where laboratory scale trials were conducted during the week of January 12, 2009 on a variety of crude oils and crude oil products under the supervision of Dr. Florian J. Schattenmann, SulphCo's CTO, and a SulphCo senior chemist. The purpose of the laboratory trials was to define the relevant process parameters and appropriate operating conditions for these field trials.

Dr. Larry Ryan, SulphCo's CEO, commented: "We are very pleased to be recommencing commercial scale field trials of our Sonocracking technology with our European testing partner. Clay Chambers, SulphCo's COO, and I will be traveling to Europe to oversee these trials personally. As soon as test results and analyses become available, we will provide an update."

SOURCE: SulphCo, Inc.