EcoSphere Technologies Inc. (fka ESPHQ)

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cork, did u know esph had an office in tx,this is a year old, interesting information

Ecosphere Technologies Announces Aaron Horn President and Robert Cathey to Senior VP and COO of Ecosphere Energy Services Subsidiary
Tuesday September 8, 2009 8:30 am ET
New Office Opened in Dallas for Expansion


STUART, FL--(Marketwire - 09/08/09) - Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. (OTC.BB:ESPH - News), a diversified water engineering and environmental services company, announces today that Ecosphere Energy Services, LLC (EES), its majority owned subsidiary in the energy services sector, appointed Mr. Aaron D. Horn to be President. Additionally, Mr. Robert Cathey has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EES.
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Dennis McGuire, CEO of Ecosphere Technologies (ETI), said, "I am delighted that we are able to bring Mr. Horn onto the team as we rapidly expand our business in the energy sector. Aaron's oilfield background and military experience will help him to successfully oversee and direct the current operations in Oklahoma, set up our field office and operations in Arkansas, and open our new office in Dallas. He will also be responsible for managing our new contracts in Utah and Wyoming. Aaron brings an in depth knowledge of the completions side of the natural gas business as well as an extensive firsthand understanding of the oilfield economics of frac and flowback water recycling using our Ecosphere Ozonix process. It is also a pleasure to announce the promotion of Mr. Cathey to Senior VP and COO for EES. He has been an outstanding employee for ETI as VP of Natural Gas Field Operations and we are confident that Aaron and Robert will be a great team together as we move forward."

McGuire went on to say, "We have developed the right equipment to assist the energy companies in cleaning up and recycling their wastewater from drilling and reducing chemical usage during fracturing operations. Those products will now be used in contracting services as well as sales, licensing, and royalty agreements through our EES subsidiary in the energy business. Our technology is being widely accepted as the right cost-effective technology to solve water issues associated with natural gas drilling. With long term contracts in place with Southwestern Energy and Newfield Exploration, three pilot programs coming up for BP, and new business inquiries every day, now was the right time to expand our management team. As EES works in the energy sector, ETI will now begin the process of adapting the Ozonix technology to the many industrial applications that need a non-chemical filtration treatment system. Our patent pending technology gives us an advantage over current treatment processes and we look forward to introducing it into new markets and applications."

Mr. Horn stated, "I look forward to the challenges we have before us. Since I first became aware of the Ecosphere Ozonix technology I believed it was the right solution for the many water issues facing the oil and natural gas business. I was able to test and see the Ozonix Systems work in the field from the customer's perspective and wanted to be a part of the Ecosphere team as they expand and capture market share in the natural gas industry."

Mr. Horn was formerly a Completions Engineer at Newfield Exploration. Mr. Horn and Mr. Cathey are graduates of West Point and both served in Iraq as Army officers.

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