TFCT .06news.B: Citgo Acquires ProMag for Lake Charles Refinery Emergency Resp nse School Exposure Pays Off B: Citgo Acquires ProMag for Lake Charles Refinery Emergency Response School Exp sure Pays Off LAS VEGAS, Dec 04, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex/ -- James Branch, President of Trident Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21st Century Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TFCT) announced today that CITGO of Tulsa, Oklahoma, an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the national oil company of Venezuela, has acquired a ProMag 6 Set for deployment at CITGO's refinery at Lake Charles, Louisiana. CITGO's employees became familiar with ProMag, a rare-earth permanent magnet powered system for leak and rupture sealing, especially suitable for difficult HAZMAT leaks or ruptures, as a result of training on ProMag received at the State of Louisiana's Emergency Response Training Center and Holden, Louisiana. 21st Century had donated a ProMag set to that facility in order to gain exposure for the unique characteristics of ProMag (and its maritime engineered brother, SeaPatch). Similar sales have resulted from exposure to donated ProMag sets at the Emergency Response Training Program at the Transportation Technology Center (ITCI) operated by the federal government at Pueblo, Colorado and the Texas Engineering Extension Services Training Institute (ESTI) (formerly the Fire Protection Training Division), operated by Texas A & M University at College Station, Texas, but offered at various locations in the United States. Additional emergency response training facilities will be ProMag-equipped in the near future. "Trident's products, ProMag and SeaPatch, are unique, effective, efficient and especially suited to the new world we all live in," said Arland D. Dunn, President and CEO of 21st Century Technologies. "What they need to be truly wide spread and thereby more effective is exposure of the kind we get at these first response training facilities. Students are trained in the various applications of ProMag. When they get home, they spread the word about how excellent and effective these products are. Sales result and all benefit. I am pleased by the Citgo sale, as I was pleased by the other sales resulting from first response training school exposure. We shall expand the program." ProMags are presently in use as part of the equipment available for quick response and early fixes of leaks and ruptures with several railroads, such as Union Pacific, oil companies, such as ExxonMobil chemical companies, such as Bayer AG and first responders, such as fire departments (North Platte, Nebraska) and contracted HAZMAT/First Response teams, such as HEPACO (http://www.hepaco.com). Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, regulatory approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties as may be detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contact: Ron Garner Equitilink, Inc. 877-788-1940, SOURCE 21st Century Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Ron Garner of Equitilink, Inc., +1-877-788-1940, for 21st Century Technologies, Inc. URL: prnewswire.com hepaco.com Copyright (C) 2003 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. -0- KEYWORD: Nevada Oklahoma Venezuela INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CPR OIL OTC SUBJECT CODE: TNM *** end of story *** |