Clean Technology Conference

Oxford Catalysts Group PLC 02 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, is pleased to announce that it has been granted the opportunity to present at the Jefferies 4th Global Clean Technology Conference at Claridge's Hotel, London on Thursday 18th October 2007 (see http://www.jefferies.com/101807 for further details). The Company will be discussing its specialty catalyst technologies for the generation of clean fuels from both conventional fossil fuels and renewable sources. The Group has two key platforms resulting from almost 20 years of research at the University of Oxford's prestigious Wolfson Catalysis Centre. The conference aims to highlight leading players and emerging growth companies who 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 company presentations and one track of private company presentations. The audience will be comprised of institutional and private equity investors, VCs, and industry executives. - 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 from both conventional fossil fuels and certain renewable sources such as biomass. Its patent-pending technology is the result of almost 20 years of research at the University of Oxford's prestigious Wolfson Catalysis Centre, headed by Professor Malcolm Green, one of the world's most respected inorganic chemists. Oxford Catalysts was founded by Professor Green and Dr Xiao in October 2004 and was admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on 26th April 2006, having raised £15m before expenses from a solid base of institutional investors. Oxford Catalysts' strategy is to license its catalysts for commercial application by entering into co-development partnerships with leading manufacturers, producers and suppliers in the petroleum, petrochemicals, fuel cells, biogas, steam applications and catalysis markets. Oxford Catalysts has two key platform technologies. The first is for a novel class of catalysts made from metal carbides which, for certain reactions, can match or exceed the benefits of traditional precious metal catalysts at a lower cost. Applications of these metal-carbide catalysts include the removal of sulphur from crude oil fractions (known as hydro-desulphurisation or HDS), the conversion of natural gas or coal into virtually sulphur-free liquid fuels via the Fischer-Tropsch reaction (known as the GTL and CTL processes respectively), and the transformation of biogas (waste methane) into syngas - the building block of liquid fuels. The second platform relates to chemical reactions involving a liquid containing a renewable fuel, such as methanol, ethanol or glycerol, and dilute hydrogen peroxide. The company's novel catalyst can be used to release hydrogen gas from this liquid, instantaneously starting from room temperature. This groundbreaking Instant Hydrogen technology has the potential to significantly accelerate the commercial adoption of fuel cells in the portable and other mobile markets, by providing the much needed source of cheap, safe, transportable hydrogen. Another of the company's catalysts can be used to produce steam at temperatures between 100degrees C and 800degreesC+ instantaneously starting from room temperature, from a liquid fuel containing dilute hydrogen peroxide and either an alcohol, sugar, glycerol, starch or formic acid. Such Instant Steam could have important applications in a broad range of markets, from cleaning and disinfecting, 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 Exchange

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