According to a report by Fox Business, natural gas flaring in one the country’s most active drilling regions – the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas – continued to increase in 2014. The Railroad Commission of Texas reported that more than 20 billion cubic feet of natural gas were burned in the first seven months of the year, and experts suggest that the industry has shown little capability of slowing down. Instead, oil and gas production companies have insisted that there is no feasible alternative to flaring, but Well Power, Inc. (OTCQB: WPWR) is closing in on an economically viable solution.

“Gas flaring is a wasteful industry practice that deserves more attention,” stated Zubin Bamji, an energy and extractives industry spokesman for the World Bank. “Governments and oil companies need to work together to identify solutions, whether technical, regulatory, financial, or a combination of all.”

Through an exclusive licensing agreement with ME Resource Corp., Well Power gained distribution rights for the development and commercialization of Micro-Refinery Units (MRUs) throughout the Lone Star State. The technology behind the MRU could provide drilling companies with a financially sound alternative to the wasteful practice of flaring. The scalable unit converts undervalued gas, including flared gas, into more valuable end products on-site, without the need for time-intensive infrastructure installation.

As of Well Power’s latest quarterly report, development is underway, with the first MRU expected to be completed within a year. The company expects to obtain financing, select an applicable site and begin construction of the unit by the end of the calendar year. The prototype MRU is expected to be fully transportable, providing the company with the opportunity to work with oil and gas landowners and operators to showcase the prototype and promote future sales.

“[The] Well Power management and consulting team are diligently working towards getting units tested and built for the field,” stated Cristian Neagoe, Chief Executive Officer of Well Power.

Well Power’s MRU design is flexible, scalable, modular, mobile, cost effective, energy efficient, high yield, single vessel, skid mounted and custom configured. With increasing regulatory attention on gas flaring, the company is in a strong strategic position to capitalize on the industry’s evolving landscape. As Well Power continues to navigate the hurdles involved with the construction and commercialization of its technology, it is an exciting time for investors of this growing company.

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Leveraging vast expertise in e-commerce and m-commerce enabling mobile payment technologies, as well as in crafting end-to-end payment and transaction processing solutions that can help supercharge commerce, Net Element (NASDAQ:NETE) continues to hammer out a sizeable presence in emerging markets, with their owned and operated TOT Group subsidiary being the tip of the spear. TOT Group’s family of companies includes TOT Money, a carrier-integrated mobile payment solutions provider, which is continually expanding its already unrivaled 49 country-spanning coverage footprint, through both innovation and growing its network of relationships with mobile providers around the world. Also in the mix is TOTmoney.ru, a mobile payments gateway focused on m-commerce and premium SMS that is specifically geared towards the Russian Federation market.

From both an e-commerce and payments perspective the Russian Federation is growing by leaps and bounds. A report out in April this year from the first international company dedicated to Russian digital industries (and a leading source for intelligence on this market), East-West Digital News, indicates that Russian e-commerce grew 5 percent last year to over $17 billion. With around 31 million consumers (roughly 32 percent of population over the age of 18) going online in 2014, even as over 42 percent of the entire 143 million person population now use the internet daily, the underlying growth metrics for e-commerce in Russia are tantalizing to say the least. While Russia handily outpaces Europe in terms of internet usage per capita, online retail turnover still lags behind more mature European markets, further showcasing the region’s long-term growth potential. Data from McKinsey out late last year shows similar metrics for the payments industry in Russia, with 30 percent growth per year in card issuance and some $50 billion a year in payments as of 2014, Russia is now the sixth largest payments market on earth.

E-commerce still represents only around 2 percent of the consumer space in Russia, with cash-on-delivery still predominating and e-commerce adoption in the outlying regions still having an enormous amount of room to grow compared to the capital. However, this is rapidly changing and with nearly 30 percent of 2014 e-commerce coming from cross-border sales, particularly from China, the need for e-commerce content localization, as well as mobile payment and processing capabilities, is greater than ever. Net Element is already poised to deliver a wealth of assistance in this growing market with some of the most appealing value-added transactional services available today at their fingertips and the recent announcement that the company has executed definitive documentation to acquire PayOnline, which currently processes online payments for 10 million plus active consumers, as well as thousands of merchants across Asia, Europe and the Russian Federation, substantially strengthens the company’s handle on this burgeoning space.

A growing depth of economic ties between Russia and China, including a recent $25 billion deal to increase Chinese lending to Russian firms, a $400 billion gas supply deal whereby Russia will deliver some 38 billion cubic meters of gas annually over 30 years (starting in 2018), as well as the formation of the New Development Bank, or BRICS bank, and the formation of the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), heralds the start of a new geopolitical era where China and Russia will become increasingly more and more important markets for global e-commerce and payment solution providers. In such an environment, the direct agreements with Eurozone area and Russian Federation banks that are available to NETE via PayOnline’s architecture, which will allow seamless transactions in the U.S. for thousands of merchants located in those regions, as well as the same easy access for U.S. merchants to Asian, European and Russian markets, will be of inestimable value.

According to recent analysis on the Chinese e-commerce market by iResearch, e-commerce grew a whopping 21.3 percent between 2013 and 2014, to nearly $2 trillion, and it is expected to continue growing at a similar pace over the next few years, reaching upwards of $3.9 trillion by 2018. E-commerce retail alone, dominated by Alibaba’s Tmall (57 percent) and JD.com (21 percent), is on track to hit around $1 trillion by 2019 according to Forrester Research, with the online to offline (internet driving consumers to brick and mortar) and online travel markets making up the remainder, driven in large part by the rapid proliferation of mobile devices throughout China. In fact, most people in China use their mobile to get on the net according to Forrester, with 25 percent of respondents indicating they also shop via mobile at least once a week, in a space where Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao apps currently dominate, holding over 85 percent of the market share.

Sandwiched between China and Russia, Kazakhstan’s e-commerce market is also set to rise handsomely in coming years, projected to increase over 38 percent to around $5 billion between 2015 and 2017, according to the country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications. Net Element has already moved to tie up this significant additional regional market as well, announcing that they have secured a contract with the biggest online ticket seller and second largest online merchant in the country, Kassir.com, as of early June 2015. Paired up with a key agreement between Net Element and KAZKOM, the country’s biggest bank, NETE’s soon-to-be-acquired subsidiary PayOnline will gain access to a huge payment processing market of over 2.4 million cardholders which stretches up north into Russia, as well as south into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Keen maneuvering by Net Element here to stitch up a regional strategy that is designed to make the company a service provider of choice. Developing key relationships with big banks and executing the acquisition of an established processor like PayOnline will go a long ways towards helping the company to grow its already formidable emerging market footprint.

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Cleartronic today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VoiceInterop, Inc., signed an agreement with the Edmonton Airports (officially the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority), Alberta, Canada, to provide a mission critical communication system for emergency response at Edmonton International Airport. Edmonton Airports is responsible for operation and management at this airport and also the Villeneuve Airport, the primary general aviation facility in the Edmonton region.

VoiceInterop offers an emergency communication solution called the “VoiceInterop Crash Phone,” a system that combines VoiceInterop’s engineered software with modern, commercial off-the-shelf products, fine-tuned to the needs of commercial aviation airports. VoiceInterop has engineered and will install, test and provide support for a customized state-of-the-art crash phone solution that provides instant voice communications from the air traffic control tower to the airport rescue firefighting station, communications center, and airport police serving this airport. The crash phone system is the most important piece of an airport’s communications systems.

“During an emergency, air traffic control tower personnel simply pick-up the phone and are connected instantly with a combination of first responders and airport operations staff. The ‘VoiceInterop Crash Phone’ system is already in use by many airports nationwide, and has been for many years,” said Larry Reid, CEO of Cleartonic.

Using VoiceInterop software, the system will connect state of the art IP telephones, the airport’s two-way radios, and overhead paging and alerting systems. The system is designed to accommodate the evolving requirements of the airport in the future by implementing minor changes in the software instead of budgeting for new infrastructure equipment.

For further information, visit www.cleartronicinc.com

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In recent months, Pure Hospitality Solutions, Inc. (OTC: PNOW) has turned its focus towards the launch of its groundbreaking Central American-Caribbean centric online travel agent (OTA) platform, Oveedia, and the company took a major step toward expediting this goal on Monday by submitting the Oveedia architecture to the Sabre Travel Network.

“Submitting the Oveedia architecture to Sabre is just as important of a step in the Oveedia development process, as is creating wireframes in the ‘beginning’ phase of website development,” stated Melvin Pereira, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pure. “With the basic architecture in place, programming and integration should continue relatively smoothly.”

In May, Pure announced that it had become a member of the Sabre Travel Network, which is noted to be the industry’s leading travel and tourism software company. Through this partnership, the Oveedia platform gained access a network of more than 125,000 hotels, 400 airlines, 16 cruise lines and 25 car rental selections, giving Pure a significant advantage as it continues to prep for a major three phase rollout in the upcoming weeks.

“[W]e have reached a true milestone – being certified under Sabre; effectively becoming a bona-fide online travel agent,” continued Pereira. “With Sabre’s service support, we will surely become the Central American-Caribbean travel hub.”

The travel market throughout Latin America is one of the most rapidly expanding in the world. According to a report by Phocuswright, the market is expected to approach $100 billion by 2016, and online travel booking is accounting for an increasingly large share of that spending. Annually, the region is experiencing growth of 15 percent in the OTA industry despite relatively low penetration by global OTA leaders, including Expedia, Priceline, Orbitz and Travelocity.

For sustainable success in the Central American-Caribbean travel market, industry analysts insist that unique customer engagement models, including flexible payment options and local language support, will be critical. It is in this area that Pure, by focusing its efforts directly on the underserved market, has a significant strategic advantage in the regional OTA industry.

With large portions of the ‘beginning development’ phase of Oveedia now complete, Pure is pushing for completion of an initial version of the travel platform as early as the end of this week. Look for the company to leverage the immense power of the Sabre Travel Network to streamline future development in a continued effort to expedite the launch of the company’s game-changing travel hub.

For more information on Pure Hospitality Solutions, visit www.purenow.solutions

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Amarin Corporation PLC (NASDAQ: AMRN) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health. The company’s first FDA-approved product, Vascepa®, is a prescription medication that, when used alongside a low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, has been shown to lower high levels of triglycerides in adults without raising LDL Cholesterol levels.

According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control, approximately one-third of all American adults have triglyceride levels that range from borderline to too high. As the pharmaceutical industry continues to study the effects of these fatty particles in the blood stream, the importance of maintaining healthy levels is becoming clear. In addition to causing inflammation of the pancreas, there is increasing evidence that supports a link between very high triglyceride levels and cardiovascular disease.

During the first quarter of 2015, Amarin made major strides in growing its market share in the currently underserved triglyceride treatment market. The company realized a 42 percent growth in year-over-year revenue from Vascepa® sales and increased normalized prescriptions by 66 percent, as compared to the first quarter of 2014. In an effort to continue this growth, Amarin also entered into a licensing agreement with Eddingpharm Ltd., which is intended to extend the commercialization of Vascepa® into Mainland China in the future.

In 2011, Amarin initiated REDUCE-IT, a first of its kind long-term study to determine prospective cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients on statin therapy. Upon its completion, the company predicts that the study will demonstrate the effectiveness of taking a pure, EPA-only omega-3 drug, such as Vascepa®, on top of existing statin therapy in reducing cardiovascular events. The company expects to complete patient enrollment later this year, with the study concluding in or about 2017.

“Executing on REDUCE-IT and increasing revenues, while being opportunistic along the way, continue to be our top priorities,” stated John F. Thero, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amarin. “The Eddingpharm deal and our increased cash balance provide us greater resources as we market Vascepa for use in our currently approved indication and pursue the potentially multi-billion dollar market the REDUCE-IT cardiovascular outcomes study is intended to open for Vascepa, assuming successful results and further regulatory approval.”

Moving forward, Amarin is in a strong strategic position to capitalize on the growing market for triglyceride controlling medications. Through the company’s REDUCE-IT study, Amarin is establishing a sizeable foothold in a market that may provide the opportunity for sustainable returns moving forward.

For more information, visit www.amarincorp.com

Methes Energies International Ltd. (NASDAQ: MEIL) is a renewable energy company offering a collection of products and services to biodiesel fuel producers. Since 2004, the company has worked to produce biodiesel commercially from versatile sources. Using cutting-edge technologies and an innovative business model, Methes has grown into a respected player in the biodiesel industry, remaining at the forefront of the market through the production of consistently high quality fuel.

The company markets and sells biodiesel fuel produced at its showcase production facility, as well as its 13 MGY facility, in Ontario, Canada. In 2013, Methes placed its first Denami 3000 processor into production, allowing the company to produce up to 6.5 million gallons of biodiesel per year. This increase in capacity helped the company ship over 1.3 million gallons of biodiesel from its primary production facility in 2014.

In recent months, changes to regulations and proposed initiatives surrounding the biofuel industry have placed Methes in a strong position to realize continued growth moving forward. In December, the company welcomed the reinstatement of the biodiesel tax incentive, also known as the Blender’s Tax Credit (BTC). With its renewal, the BTC provides a $1.00 per gallon tax credit to the first fuel blender of a volume of biodiesel that contains at least one-tenth of one percent petroleum-based diesel fuel.

“We are pleased with the reinstatement of the BTC,” stated Nicholas Ng, President of Methes. “This will result in us getting back approximately $1 million for biodiesel sold in 2014.”

In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the details of a proposal to establish Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) for biodiesel as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This proposal, which will be finalized later this year, will establish increased minimum volumes for biodiesel production in coming years. Although the proposal is subject to public comment and alterations before its execution, the initiative could open the door for significant growth for Methes moving forward.

“We applaud and thank the EPA for their renewed and strong commitment to the biodiesel industry,” continued Ng. “This is very positive news for the industry… and should pave the way for a healthy biodiesel market in the coming years.”

Through a combination of regulatory benefits and continued expansion of market share, Methes has made major strides towards realizing sustainable shareholder returns in recent months. During the first quarter of 2015, the company recorded strong financial results, achieving outright profitability for the period. In the coming months, Methes is in a formidable position to build on these impressive results. With its recently expanded offerings, which will now include Epoxidized Soybean Oil (ESO) and Natural Polyol, the company will look to continue growing its market share and investor returns into the future.

For more information, visit www.methes.com

Atlanta-based Dominovas Energy has completed a 3MW, multi-year guaranteed Power Provider Agreement (PPA) under which the company will utilize its proprietary RUBICON™ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system to provide clean electricity to the City of David in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The City of David is a public-private partnership (PPP), between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and a private enterprise, which will comprise 3,000 homes, a hospital, health clinics, schools, malls, parks, food markets, sports centers, police stations, and waste treatment facilities across 8,000 hectares. The project represents the first of many efforts the Governor of the State of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo is pursuing across his state to increase the availability of affordable housing and social facilities.

The physical deployment of the RUBICON™ in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2016, marking the largest single deployment of fuel cell technology on the continent of Africa. The deployment also represents a paradigm shift in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s approach to addressing concerns regarding harmful carbon emissions, as well as to reducing the ever-expanding equipment maintenance and inefficiencies associated with increased costs, as are endemic with power generation from diesel generators and combined-cycle gas-fired turbine (CCGT) power plants.

The RUBICON™ will produce more than 25.5 million kWh of clean, efficient and reliable electricity every year. The 3MW PPA will yield more than US$100 million in guaranteed revenue to Dominovas Energy over the course of the agreement.

As announced in 2014, Dominovas Energy’s efforts are supported via its partnership with Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Delphi Automotive PLC, formed to jointly develop the technology and methodologies necessary to facilitate the commercial manufacture, assembly and deployment of the RUBICON™ system. The strategic partnership fully supports Dominovas Energy’s continued deployment of clean energy solutions on a multi-MW scale, in every market the company has engaged to deploy the RUBICON™.

Emilio De Jesus, president of Dominovas Energy African Operations, stated, “I am excited about this historic deployment of the RUBICON™ that will support the City of David project.” DeJesus and François Nyamulengwa, Dominovas Energy’s country managing director, are equally enthusiastic and have shared that they are additionally looking forward to Dominovas Energy’s continued engagement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, knowing that the country is dedicated and leading the charge in the “clean and efficient energy” movement.

“President Kabila’s leadership and foresight will allow the RUBICON™ to make a tremendous difference in the lives of millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Dominovas Energy is honored to have been given this opportunity. We look forward to establishing a new paradigm for the future of how energy is distributed across the entire continent,” stated Nyamulengwa.

For more information, visit www.dominovasenergy.com

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Approach Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREX) is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, development, production and acquisition of unconventional oil and gas reserves in the Midland Basin of the greater Permian Basin in West Texas. As of December 31, 2014, the company owned and operated 729 producing oil and gas wells throughout Texas, providing access to reserves of nearly 150 million barrels of oil equivalent in Crockett and Schleicher counties alone.

According to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Permian Basin is a significant oil-producing area for the state. In 2010, the region produced more than 270 million barrels of oil, and production increased slightly in 2011, reaching 280 million barrels. To date, the basin has produced more than 29 billion barrels of oil, in addition to 75 trillion cubic feet of gas, demonstrating Approach’s immense potential for sustained production into the future.

Moving forward, Approach will continue to focus on the development of its Wolfcamp shale oil resource play. In recent years, the company has built a large, multi-year inventory of identified drilling locations that should allow for continued increases of production and reserves at a competitive cost. By investing in improved field infrastructure systems, Approach has effectively reduced drilling and completion costs, allowing the company to thrive as a low-cost producer in the increasingly competitive oil and gas industry.

In the first quarter of 2015, Approach shifted its focus towards enhanced cost-reduction measures in order to remain profitable with slumping oil prices. In addition to recording a 21 percent year-over-year increase in total production, the company located significant savings in operating costs, allowing Approach to protect its balance sheet while increasing efficiency. As crude oil prices recover, these efforts should place the company in a formidable position to capture upside for investors.

“During the first quarter of 2015, we concentrated our efforts on identifying and implementing various cost-reduction initiatives and completing our backlog of uncompleted wells,” stated J. Ross Craft, President and Chief Executive Officer of Approach. “I am pleased to report our current well costs have been reduced to approximately $4.6 million as a result of our water recycling facility and service cost concessions.”

By entering into commodity price swaps and collars from time-to-time, Approach is well-positioned to partially mitigate the risk of commodity price volatility, which has proven a valuable strategy in recent months. As US crude oil inventories continue to drop and support greater oil prices, Approach is in a favorable position to further increase production throughout the Permian Basin.

For more information, visit www.approachresources.com

WidePoint Corporation (WYY) Utilizing Unparalleled Industry Experience to Remain atop the Cybersecurity Market

In 2014, the number of detected cyberattacks skyrocketed by 48 percent, costing companies in a variety of industries more money than ever before. This year, PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that digital security issues will remain a major concern for businesses, with a forecasted 117,339 attacks occurring each day. With the cybersecurity market becoming more vital with each passing month, WidePoint Corporation (NYSE MKT: WYY) is in a strong strategic position to expand its market share and provide increased shareholder returns.

WidePoint is a leading provider of managed mobility services, telecom lifecycle management, and cybersecurity solutions. The company’s revolutionary approach to certificate-based security and associated consulting services has allowed WidePoint to differentiate itself for the competition, establishing a foothold in the competitive cybersecurity field while consistently meeting the evolving demands of the industry.

Since 1998, WidePoint has grown through the merger of highly specialized regional IT consulting firms. Following this innovative business model, the company has united decades of experience and fluency across a collection of technologies in order to provide an unparalleled array of solutions to meet customer needs.

During the first quarter of 2015, WidePoint leveraged its unique position within the cybersecurity industry, recording an 84 percent year-over-year increase in net revenue, and the company’s expanded presence in the government sector should help position WidePoint for sustained financial improvement. With the renewal of a task order from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is valued at approximately $17 million over three years, the company is establishing channels to realize continued growth for the foreseeable future.

“We were pleased with our results in the first quarter of 2015 with slightly higher revenues than we had expected,” stated Steve L. Komar, Chief Executive Officer of WidePoint. “We remain on plan to continue to expand our DHS task order awards… while continuing our efforts at expanding our state/local and commercial footprints.”

While WidePoint’s biggest moves during the first quarter were in the government sector, the company also made strides towards growth in the commercial market. In addition to initiating work with an AT&T large financial services client regarding its next-generation identity management offerings, WidePoint continued to work closely with leading device manufacturers in expectation of booking initial revenues based on its Certificate-on-Demand™ digital certificate validation service during the second quarter of this year.

Under the direction of a seasoned management team with over 140 years of combined industry experience, WidePoint is in a strong position to continue expanding its impact on the cybersecurity industry moving forward. For prospective investors, the company’s recently released financial results provide an intriguing glimpse into WidePoint’s potential for offering sustained returns in the years to come.

For more information, visit www.widepoint.com

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform. Currently, the company’s primary product offering is Sativex®, which is approved for the treatment of spasticity related to multiple sclerosis in 27 countries outside of the United States. To increase market share, the company has entered into licensing agreements for Sativex® with major industry players, including Bayer Healthcare in the UK and Canada and Almirall in Europe and Mexico, providing a platform for enhanced returns moving forward. In addition to approval for spasticity treatment, Sativex® is also in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of cancer pain, which is the lead indication for the US market.

Since 2007, GW has established a world leading position in cannabinoid science development through a global cannabinoid research agreement with Japanese pharmaceutical giant Otsuka. Under this collaboration, the company is primarily researching novel cannabinoid treatments for Central Nervous System disorders and oncology.

In addition to Sativex®, GW is currently developing Epidiolex®, an investigational drug designed to treat one of the most common neurological disorders in children, pediatric epilepsy. When completed, Epidiolex® should become the leading treatment for the disorder, providing a better solution to an underserved market of nearly 250,000 patients throughout the United States and Europe.

In an effort to prepare for future growth, GW recently announced the relocation of its Chief Executive Officer to its new United States operations center. A local presence within the US market could provide GW with the opportunity to realize substantial growth as the company’s products approach their final stages of clinical development in the United States. Likewise, the company is continuing to expand its UK manufacturing and R&D operations in preparation for future commercialization of its most advanced drug candidates.

“As Epidiolex® nears its final stages of clinical development and as GW prepares for future U.S. launch, the time is right to start building our in-house U.S. commercial infrastructure,” stated Dr. Geoffrey Guy, Chairman of GW.

With continuing progress towards pivotal Phase III advanced cancer pain results, an impending launch of Sativex® in the US and the advancement of its proprietary pipeline of cannabinoid orphan drug opportunities, GW is in a strong position to provide improved shareholder returns in the coming months. Moving forward, it’s an opportune time for prospective shareholders to consider investing in this expanding company.

For more information, visit www.gwpharm.com