• Tapinator games garner hundreds of thousands of daily downloads, millions of players, and coveted “New Games We Love” distinctions
• Strategic releases include highly anticipated puzzle game “ColorFill” in advance of holiday shopping season, as part of aggressive Full-Featured release strategy
• Business strategy reflects staying power and ability to tap into the healthy and growing revenues of the global gaming industry

Tapinator, Inc. (OTCQB: TAPM), a leading developer of mobile games on the iOS, Google Play, and Amazon platforms, is tapping into the growing mobile gaming market with staying power based on a strategic release schedule, strong business model, and unique revenue-generating approach, that produces a consistent and attractive return on investment.

The company, recently featured in an editorial titled, “Highly Anticipated Game Releases” (http://dtn.fm/1qeEt), has built a broad portfolio of over 300 mobile games that have been downloaded by more than 450 million players worldwide. Hailed as “One to Watch” (http://dtn.fm/x2UUj) within the mobile gaming market, TAPM has garnered considerable market attention recently with its hundreds of thousands of daily player downloads, and hit releases of “Big Sport Fishing 2017” and “Dice Mage 2” both of which were distinguished as “New Games We Love” on the Apple iOS platform (http://dtn.fm/7B5Qn).

Among highly-anticipated new releases is the Company’s puzzle game, “ColorFill” that is scheduled for worldwide release on December 7, 2017. Available just in time for the holiday shopping season, this new revolutionary puzzle game blends features and elements similar to those found in popular games such as “Sudoku” and “Minesweeper” in order to attract a large loyal audience and create a new classic.

TAPM’s offerings include best-in-class titles intended to entertain consumers over a long period, which the Company refers to as “Full-Featured Games.” These products include TAPM’s popular titles, such as “ROCKY^™” and “Solitaire Dash.” The Full-Featured line collectively hit a cord with the gaming community, reflecting a 255 percent growth in bookings through the third quarter of 2017. Based on this momentum, Tapinator just announced a Full-Featured release strategy (http://dtn.fm/vW5Z7) that is two-fold: (i) optimize existing hit games in terms of engagement and monetization and (ii) release new games with great home run and/or long-term/evergreen potential.

In addition to its Full-Featured titles, the Company offers a wide and strong selection of simple, simulation-style mobile games, which it refers to as Rapid-Launch Games. These are hard-hitting games with low development costs that are very popular in the mobile gaming community, often based on current and popular trends.

Across Tapinator’s large catalog of games, virtual goods can be purchased via in-app purchases to enhance the gameplay experience. By blending consumer app store transactions with the Company’s sale of strategically-placed branded advertisements, TAPM has managed to generate consistent and attractive investment returns.

TAPM’s business model and aggressive release strategy reflect its staying power and ability to tap into the strong growth of global mobile gaming, which Statistics portal Statista.com forecasts will have grown to $188.9 billion by 2020, up from $69.7 billion in 2015. As reflected in a recent Morningstar article titled, “Should You Stuff Your Stocking With Video Game Stocks?” (http://dtn.fm/PV8dG), TAPM’s strategies for enhancing the engagement of current users and increasing revenue from existing games is right in line with industry leaders and presents a ripe opportunity to increase revenue and grow margins. Explained by George Cipolloni, a portfolio manager at Chartwell Investment Partners and manager of Berwyn Income, this is a boon to margins, “If you’re buying extra ammo or weapons, that’s really additive to the bottom line,” he says. “It’s pure margin for these companies, and we have seen margins and free cash exploding as a result.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Tapinator.com

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• Targeting unmet medical needs with proprietary topical formulations
• License-based business model translates to worldwide opportunities
• Patented Invisicare™ technology offers enhanced drug delivery system
• Global skincare market projected to reach $135 billion by 2021

Research and development company Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: SKVI), continues to add significant value to its core business model with several key movements involving a proposed merger, new licensing agreements and formation of a specialized subsidiary.

The Company’s November 27 announcement that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet regarding a proposed merger with Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd., pending customary closing conditions, melds industry veterans committed to developing products which address major societal issues with Skinvisible’s team of R&D scientists. Quoin’s two lead products are targeting crises such as the opioid epidemic and the military veteran suicide rate that result in the death of almost 120 people in the United States every day (http://dtn.fm/4eOib).

Skinvisible has developed over 40 product formulations using Invisicare both in the medical and skincare markets, in addition to being granted 14 patents. The company is focused on licensing its formulations and Invisicare to other companies in the pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries. The Company’s business model emphasizes four revenue streams that include fees for new product development, license fees, sales of branded products, and on-going royalty fees based on a licensee’s sales.

There’s plenty of room for Skinvisible’s proprietary technology within the skincare, dermatology and over-the-counter cosmeceutical markets, as evidenced by numerous reports from MarketResearch.com which state the global skincare market alone is projected to reach $135 billion by 2021 (http://dtn.fm/7wIdB).

In September, Skinvisible announced it had signed a licensing agreement with Canopy Growth Corporation, the world’s largest cannabis company.  This was followed in November when Skinvisible reported it had formed a new subsidiary, Ovation Science Inc., for the purpose of better serving the needs of licensees, as well as to focus on specific product development within the cannabis market. In fact, Ovation Science has already reached a licensing agreement with Cannabiniers, a subsidiary of Lighthouse Strategies, LLC, to distribute Skinvisible’s patented cannabis products to select markets in the United States where medical cannabis products have been legalized (http://dtn.fm/V2Exx). Invisicare’s game-changing technology enhances topical and transdermal drug delivery, enabling improved release and penetration of the product.

Another milestone was reached in June of this year when the Company first sold its hand sanitizer DermSafe product in China. Clinical studies show that frequent hand washing and sanitization is an effective way to help prevent the spread of flu viruses, including some of the more virulent forms now being seen around the world (http://dtn.fm/sJy9O). Interestingly, DermSafe was used by the Canadian Olympic team during the games in Rio, addressing concerns stemming from poor water quality through the use of the hand sanitizer. The Canadian Olympic team will also be protected by DermSafe in February 2018 at the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Skinvisible.com

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• Report predicts 20 percent of back office payment shifting to BPaaS by 2021
• Company has eight new health care services contracts rolling out in early 2018
• IOSOFT applications are compliant with integration requirements for firms such as Blue Cross, Aetna and CIGNA

Health care industries are experiencing a growing push to streamline services and increase their transparency with patients (http://dtn.fm/O9wnd) amid continued volatility in health care and insurance industry politics (http://dtn.fm/2g4cK). RJD Green, Inc. (OTC: RJDG) is among a variety of enterprises providing smart-business solutions to help meet the digital needs of tomorrow’s industries.

RJD Green is a holding company focused on acquiring and managing businesses with proven revenue track records. It has subsidiaries in environmental services and specialty construction, as well as the health care services industry.

RJDG’s IOSOFT Inc. is providing discrete payment applications through software and services being incorporated into health care provider networks, enabling hospitals, individual providers and health care payers to work together more seamlessly. IOSOFT software applications are being integrated by third party administrators and other medical services providers nationally.

“From ongoing negotiations that are occurring now, we expect to see more accelerated monthly contracts procured in the first calendar quarter of 2018,” IoSoft President Vincent Valentine stated in a September news release.

The company has eight health care services contracts that it expects to launch during the first quarter of 2018. It is anticipating revenue of $9.6 million over the course of the year.

A November IDC Health Insights report titled ‘Worldwide Health Industry 2018 Predictions’ forecasts that, by 2021, 20 percent of commercial payer back office operations will have been shifted to cloud outsourcing contracts (BPaaS) in order to meet overwhelming data management requirements (http://dtn.fm/exX3x). The report also predicts that digital tracking of assets and inventory through Internet of Things network-enabled hospital systems will have doubled worldwide by 2020 as part of the trend.

In addition to RJD Green’s positioning for health care industry advances, the company owns its Earthlinc Environmental Services Division, which furthers technologies and services in green industries, as well as its Silex Holdings Division, a manufacturing company that fills a market niche between home improvement retailers and local contractors with specialties in granite counter tops, cabinets and related products. Silex has forecast revenue and profit growth of 50 percent in 2018.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.RJDGreen.com

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• Alibaba and Amazon dominate global e-commerce
• ChineseInvestors.com just successfully launched first hemp-infused skin care products in China
• Company aims to dominate market

When considering e-commerce, Amazon is usually the first name that pops up. However, Alibaba is, by many metrics, both China’s and the world’s largest online e-commerce company. Alibaba commands about 50% market share of business-to-consumer e-commerce in China, while Amazon is the e-commerce elephant in the United States, garnering about 44% of e-commerce sales. To achieve maximum market penetration and global exposure, ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) just successfully launched its OptHemp Product Line on both Amazon and Alibaba.

Initially launched as a specialized investment services company providing real-time commentary, analysis and educational related services in the Chinese language, ChineseInvestors.com’s long-term quest for value-add opportunities led it to stake out a position in the explosive new medical CBD market. With nearly two decades of brand recognition, a 100,000+ user base and a target market of nearly two billion Chinese-speaking people, ChineseInvestors.com launched into the CBD market in 2016. Simultaneously, the company continued to expand its core investor education business, adding a Chinese speakers-targeted daily video telecast on cryptocurrencies, and recently announce a 186 percent jump in sales for 1Q2018 in its investor relations division.

In addition to nurturing its legacy business to record growth, ChineseInvestors.com has established a significant footprint in the global CBD market in only one year. The company’s latest foray into the CBD market may be its boldest and, potentially, most profitable endeavor to date, as it aims to dominate the entire hemp-infused skin care products market throughout China. The company retails its hemp oil-based cannabidiol (CBD) products on Alibaba and Amazon under the “OptHemp” brand through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CBD Biotechnology Co. Ltd. and ChineseHempOil.com, Inc. As indication of consumer acceptance, the company’s “CBD Magic Hemp Series” generated 40,000 views and registered over 91 units purchased just minutes after launch. Commenting on the overwhelming response to its product launch, ChineseInvestors.com CEO Warren Wang stated that it “solidifies our belief that Chinese consumers recognize that the anti-inflammatory agents and anti-oxidants contained in hemp-extract can have positive effects on the skin.”

In business for nearly two decades and with a track record of stellar revenue growth and strategic diversification, the company is primed to capitalize on its position as the first to market in China with hemp-infused skin care products through its partnerships with global e-commerce behemoths. These factors certainly suggest strong upside potential for ChineseInvestors.com.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

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• Proven patented polymer drug delivery technology
• Global topical drug delivery market set for CAGR of 9.2% over next 7 years
• Strategy to derive revenues from royalties and other licensing fees

Skinvisible, Inc. (OTCQB: SKVI) is set for a business renaissance in the coming years. The Nevada-based Company, which develops topical, transdermal and mucosal polymer-based drug delivery systems and formulations that incorporates its patent-pending technology for combining hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer, is a player in an industry poised to double in size over the next seven years. A new market research report estimates the global topical drug delivery market will grow at a CAGR of 9.2% from USD 101.7 billion in 2016 to reach USD 205.1 billion by 2024. This is good news for Skinvisible, which derives part of its revenues from royalties and other product licensing fees. The Company is already having success in this area. It has announced a number of licensing agreements. As the global topical market continues its robust growth, Skinvisible’s licensing business appears more than skin deep.

The glowing Global Topical Drug Delivery Market 2017-2024 report by Data Bridge Market Research details some of the factors expected to drive market growth (http://dtn.fm/5Vl4i). In some instances, topical technologies have exhibited superior therapeutic outcomes, by improving the delivery of active ingredients to a targeted site, in responding to inter-and intra-patient differences without fluctuations in drug levels, and in higher levels of patient compliance.

Although the Data Bridge survey covered all skin-administered delivery systems, the term “topical” is also applied more narrowly to a medication intended to have an effect at the site of application. Such topical applications typically do not result in significant drug concentrations in the blood and other tissue and cause fewer adverse reactions. They are contrasted with transdermal medications, which are absorbed through the skin or mucosal membranes, and are intended to have an effect in areas of the body away from the site of application. Transdermal administration is an excellent method to use when a patient is unable to swallow or for medications that are significantly metabolized by the liver, and is frequently utilized for anti-nausea drugs, hormone replacement therapy, and generalized pain. In addition to these technical factors, an increasing aging population and the growing prevalence of skin related ailments will undoubtedly contribute to topical market growth. With such rapid market expansion in the offing, drug marketers will have to rely on R&D companies like Skinvisible and their novel delivery technologies.

The backbone of Skinvisible’s licensing strategy is its Invisicare® technology, which is now truly time-tested after 15 years’ utilization in developing a portfolio of over 40 prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) and cosmeceutical products. Invisicare is a high performance polymer technology that improves how products are delivered to the skin. It improves the release of active ingredients, increases the binding of the product to the skin, improves the stabilization of ingredients and can improve efficacy, safety and consumer satisfaction. Skinvisible’s Invisicare technology enjoys comprehensive patent protection. A prescription dermatology product can generate $100 million or more a year.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Skinvisible.com

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• Major interest generated in Lexaria’s technology at MJBizCon
• Patented technology masks bitter taste of edibles, increases bio-absorption and reduces time to effect
• Lexaria’s proprietary tech enables lowest manufacturing cost per serving and best consumer experience

This year’s three-day Marijuana Business Conference & Expo (MJBizCon) was held in Las Vegas in mid-November, with an attendance of over 18,000 people. Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQB: LXRP) had a full team at its exhibit, which attracted a lot of attention. The company noticed increased awareness and knowledge among conference-goers about cannabinoids and their potential health benefits. There was also a noticeable demand for improved edible products in the market, with dispensary owners showing a refreshingly new willingness to carry CBD-based edibles on their shelves and manufacturers displaying a keen interest in Lexaria’s patented DehydraTECH™ delivery technology to incorporate in their products. To accommodate all of the interest shown, as well as requests for business discussions, the company intends to expand its sales team and infrastructure.

Lexaria’s proprietary technology has been awarded patents in the U.S. and Australia, and it has patents pending in more than 40 other countries. Furthermore, it is the only company in the world to date that has a patent allowed for the oral delivery of all non-psychoactive cannabinoids, including CBD, as well as for the delivery of THC and other psychoactive cannabinoids. This delivery technology masks the taste of edibles, eliminating the need for unhealthy sugars and sweeteners used in many products to mask bitter flavors. It also increases bio-absorption of cannabinoids and other active compounds by up to 10 times and reduces the time of onset of effects, which were previously typically 60 to 120 minutes, to between 15 and 20 minutes. These capabilities are in marked contrast to other technologies through which active compounds are bad tasting upon oral intake, broken down by the liver, largely destroyed by stomach acid and unable to cross the intestinal wall to any significant degree.

In August 2015, Lexaria initiated an in vitro study which showed an increase of up to 499 percent in CBD bioabsorption in human intestinal tissues using its technology. In February 2017, Lexaria signed a collaboration agreement with Canada’s National Research Council to investigate the bioavailability enhancement of lipophilic active ingredients and to determine the best methods for processing these active compounds within foods. The company’s patents include a wide range of lipophilic active compounds that can be formulated and delivered using the company’s technology, including cannabinoids, vitamins, NSAIDs and nicotine. They also cover numerous product dosage forms, including foods, liquids, emulsions, tablets and capsules.

Lexaria prides itself on being a technology disruptor in the rapidly emerging cannabis market. For manufacturers, it reduces the cannabinoid per serving unit cost, or it can deliver stronger effects in environments where serving levels are regulated. Consumers benefit greatly from the better taste of edibles and the reduced time to effect. Lexaria has developed several CBD-based products for demonstration, testing and sales, including protein energy bars, CBD tablets, exotic teas and TurboCBD™ high absorption hemp oil capsules. To date, the company has signed royalty agreements with several companies in the United States and Canada.

Overall, Lexaria’s technology enables the lowest cost per serving and best consumer experience, which are major benefits for manufacturers of edibles in an increasingly competitive market. Judging by the level of interest in Lexaria’s patented technology generated at MJBizCon, the company is headed for a very bright future.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com

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• Carl’s innovative IIoT Big Data platform technology services any industry vertical
• Rapidly expanding Big Data and IIoT market estimated at $14.4 trillion by 2022
• 2016 revenue at $1.08 million with 2018 revenue projection at $3.9 million

Carl Data Solutions Inc. (CSE: CRL) (FSE: 7C5) (OTC: CDTAF), a developer of Big-Data-as-a-Service (“BDaaS”)-based solutions for data integration, business intelligence and Industrial Internet-of-Things (“IIoT”) applications, is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company’s BDaaS enterprise applications platform provides custom cloud-based collection, storage, monitoring and advanced analysis of any data source of any size or complexity.

Carl Data Solutions provides smart, real-time solutions for industries that routinely face an overload of data. The company’s team of dedicated data scientists and application developers build environmental monitoring and modeling technology that collects, connects and manages data to protect industrial and infrastructure assets. As experts in data collection, storage, analytics and reporting, the team is experienced in the complex issues facing governmental and industrial sectors and is well positioned in key IIoT market segments to offer customized solutions.

Among the benefits of CARL’s Big Data solutions: turning vast quantities of information into meaningful, actionable insights for any business; gathering data from multiple sources and monitoring in real-time, allowing for better decision making and forecasting; identifying business performance issues or operational efficiencies quickly and accurately for cost and time savings; and, mitigating risks with predictive analytic capabilities to manage unplanned events.

The company’s most recent acquisitions include:

• FlowWorks, a SaaS-based monitoring, data collection, alarming, modeling and reporting system utilized by major clients across North America.
• abEmbedded Systems Ltd., a Mesh and LoRa advanced telemetry platform using industrial grade custom sensors and data loggers operating in over 250 pump stations across North America.
• Extend to Social (ETS), a social media application that adds a deep analytics layer that provides clients with valuable insights for new marketing campaigns plus behavioral characteristics for customer service, operations and product development.

Carl Data Solutions provides scalable solutions that integrate public data, Smart IIoT and legacy devices that provides real-time alarming and data analysis. Development of a framework that manages large volumes of diverse types of both structured and unstructured data, stored in an unlimited cloud-based platform that offers advanced analytics features for deeper data insights, provides instant analysis of any inbound data. CARL’s applications locate relationships and patterns, which can then predict the probability of specific events, providing valuable insights applicable to any entity dealing with operational issues and regulatory requirements. Both technical and business users are able to quickly and easily understand the impact of environmental events on infrastructure through a comprehensive suite of dashboards, geographic information systems and graphic tools.

The company’s predictive analytics, machine learning, and web-based applications can be utilized for waste and storm water management, in the protection of oil and gas pipeline stream crossings, and by hydro-electric dams and toxic tailing ponds, among other industrial uses. The global industrial IoT market alone is expected to reach USD $933.62 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. (http://dtn.fm/m8ILh). Businesses are seeking new operating models that will increase overall productivity, enhance operational efficiency, improve visibility and reduce complexities of various processes – all of which are targets of Carl’s Data Solutions.

An expert management team is at the company core with Greg Johnston leading as its president, CEO and director. Johnston is an experienced technology professional with a proven track record of leadership success within both large multinational corporations and small start-up technology ventures.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CarlSolutions.com

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• Study: Chinese consumers want to achieve greater social status through established brands, foreign goods and luxury merchandise
• MOXC sells sophisticated data to clients on what and why Chinese consumers are buying, helping translate information into efficient and effective marketing campaigns. The company is perfectly positioned between buyers and sellers
• Research finds that, in fashion, Chinese consumers want green and face-saving products

Moxian, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: MOXC) ability to attract, read, and develop real time analytics on the shopping habits of Chinese consumers in the online-to-offline (O2O) market, then selling that research to its business clients, is a vital part of its growth strategy.

MOXC is a Shenzhen, China-based company with a platform of two paid apps: Moxian+ Business and Moxian+ User. It is an integrated O2O platform operator. Sales come from paid subscriptions to those two apps, and from other related revenue streams. By developing these two apps, MOXC serves consumers and, by reading their buying habits, a growing list of business clients that wish to retail to them. MOXC is perfectly positioned between the two.

Revenue streams include targeted mobile advertising, commissions on payment processing from its China UnionPay processing module, and selling analytics and sophisticated sales data in real time to its business clients based upon the buying patterns of customers. By using the rewards of its own Mo-Points and Mo-Coins, it creates loyalty to Moxian+ User games and its social media network. Through its UnionPay module, it also supports payments from the popular AliPay and WeChat Pay.

A study of Chinese buying habits by MarketingToChina (http://dtn.fm/z8sIs) has shown that, while Chinese consumers have embraced e-commerce and want branded luxury goods, they are unique because they are often mistrustful and feel more secure with third-party payment systems, as offered by MOXC. Social media platforms are important to them, and MOXC offers that too, with Moxian+ User’s social media network and games. There are benefits to the Chinese community’s increased use of the digital market, and MOXC can read their motivations for their Moxian+ Business clients.

An example of the kind of information of value to MOXC clients: In fashion, Chinese consumers want green products and face-saving items, according to a study by The Institute of Textiles and Clothing (http://dtn.fm/QuEo5) in Hong Kong. This reflects their desire to meet social norms in all situations. They are also well aware that some Chinese apparel makers may have in the past abused the environment through water pollution. The Chinese consumer is sophisticated and wants a good public image — and will pay for it.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com

• GKIT says existing line of alternative fuel trucks and engines will result in more than $1 million of new revenues in 2017 as its disrupts the trucking industry
• Company sees alternative fuel engines for agricultural equipment and stationary machines as growing GKIT’s revenues as well as branding
• GKIT will become more diverse, expand its product lines and applications to “new exciting markets,” says George Gemayel, CEO

Greenkraft, Inc. (OTCQB: GKIT) has its eyes on becoming the number one source for clean energy alternative fuel trucks in North America by disrupting the trucking industry. That would result in cleaner cities from its product line of Clean Energy Natural Gas (“CNG”) and Liquified Petroleum Gas (“LPG”) alternative fuel products in the commercial trucking industry. Key to its growth is diversification with alternative fuel engines for both agricultural equipment and stationary machines.

GKIT is a Santa Ana, California-based company which is a manufacturer and distributor of three lines:  alternative fuel clean trucks, conversion systems and engines. The company manufactures commercial-forward trucks for vehicle classes 4, 5, 6, and 7. They also make and sell alternative fuel systems that convert petroleum-based fuels to natural gas and propane fuels. Its trucks are globally sourced and the goal is to produce environmentally-responsible, reliable and cost-effective trucks for the plumbing, food services, vending, pest control, construction and landscaping businesses, and more.

The Southern California Clean Cities Coalition’s research details the savings it has achieved in cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions plus petroleum savings it has earned using alternative fuels (http://dtn.fm/TrhP5). Natural gas companies and natural gas associations are also active in promoting alternative fuel use vs. fossil fuels. The American Gas Association is one gas association targeting the use of  clean, smog-free cities and natural gas vehicles rather than fossil fuels (http://dtn.fm/6iKGt).

George Gemayel, CEO, said that GKIT would be entering “new exciting markets” in the future that will build GKIT’s revenue and brand recognition. He focused on engines for agricultural equipment and stationary machines used in various industries and different fuel options. He had already projected more than $1 million in new revenues in 2017 from its product lines — including agricultural equipment and stationary engines (http://dtn.fm/AudB1).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.GreenkraftInc.com

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• Owns and operates fleet of tankers moving crude oil, distillates, and refined products
• Profitability increased to 13.14% from prior year’s 3.82%
• Robust global economic growth shoring up crude oil and gas prices
• Plans include moving deeper into growing markets of West Africa, purchase of additional tanker vessels

Petrogress, Inc. (OTC: PGAS), founded in 2009, owns and operates a fleet of tankers from its base in the historic Port of Piraeus, Greece, through a series of Marshall Islands subsidiaries. The company is an international merchant of petroleum products which includes reliably marketing and trading crude oil, distillates, and refined products off the coast of West Africa. The company also operates service and shipping facilities at the Port of Limassol in Cyprus and the Port of Tema, Greater Accra, in Ghana. It is actively seeking expansion opportunities, including in operating and developing natural gas production and transmission facilities along with LNG processing in the U.S., refinery operations in north and west Africa, and the transport and sales of LNG in Europe.

Petrogress has created a diversified revenue stream, giving it a significant advantage over similar companies working in the oil and gas shipping arena. A case in point is the recent formation of “PG Cypyard & Offshore Service Terminal Ltd. (“Cypyard”), through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Petrogress Int’l, LLC. Cypyard is concluding negotiations for an operations and management agreement covering ports in Hellenic Cyprus, including the Port of Limassol, directly with the Cyprus Ports Authority. Current plans include a long-term lease with renewal options covering all in-place port facilities, including floating dock and dry dock areas, with cranes and scaffolding, construction and repair workshops and storage, and complete on-site administrative and office space.

“I think the opportunities there are great, and dealing directly with partners in government has numerous benefits,” said Christos P. Traios, president of Petrogress Inc. in a news release announcing the venture. The recent appointment of two industry experts to the Petrogress Advisory Board is expected to help the company capitalize on future growth opportunities while simultaneously developing a comprehensive U.S. and international lobbying and government outreach program to facilitate business plans in the U.S., European Union and Africa.

Additional Petrogress Inc. subsidiaries are:

• Petrogress Co. Ltd., an international merchant of petroleum products that combines regional market knowledge with over 20 years of excellent shipping experience.
• Petronave Carriers LLC, which manages an in-house fleet of crude oil carriers and trades them in West Africa, a country known as a difficult area for navigation and trade.
• Petrogress Oil & Gas Energy Inc., which has expansion plans through a supply of liquified natural gas located in the oil fields of Texas with an eye toward exporting LNG to Mediterranean markets.

Petrogress continues to “adjust its sails” in order to meet new challenges. Opportunities include upstream oil resources and exploration, the addition of more product fleet carriers, downstream movement of petroleum products from refineries to finished sales, and sea transportation of liquified natural gas. A closely followed economist, Jim O’Neill, states that oil prices could spike more than 25% in the next year. O’Neill, now an economics professor at the University of Manchester, says the market is finally waking up to the fact that global economic growth is gaining momentum and likely expanding at 4 percent or higher. That means there will be more demand for oil, the article states, which translates into brighter days ahead for companies like Petrogress.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PetrogressInc.com

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