Vertex Energy Inc (VTNR)

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Vertex Energy to Release First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on May 8, 2012

-- Conference Call to Be Held at 10:00 a.m. EDT --

HOUSTON, May 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Energy, Inc. (VTNR), an
environmental services company that recycles industrial waste streams and
off-specification commercial chemical products, today announced that it will
release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 on
Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

Management of Vertex Energy will host a conference call the same day at 10:00
a.m. EDT. Those who wish to participate in the conference call may telephone
877-407-4019 from the U.S.; international callers may telephone [phone],
approximately 15 minutes before the call. A webcast will also be available at:
http://www.vertexenergy.com.

A digital replay will be available by telephone approximately two hours after the
call's completion until May 31, 2012, and may be accessed by dialing 877-660-6853
from the U.S. or 201-612-7415 for international callers, Acct # 380; Replay ID#
391361.

ABOUT VERTEX ENERGY, INC.

Vertex Energy, Inc. (VTNR), is a leading environmental services company that
recycles industrial waste streams and off-specification commercial chemical
products. Its primary focus is recycling used motor oil and other petroleum
by-product streams, Vertex purchases these streams from an established network of
local and regional collectors and generators. The company also manages the
transport, storage and delivery of the aggregated feedstock and product streams
to end users, and manages the re-refining of a portion of its aggregated
petroleum streams in order to sell them as higher-value end products. Vertex
sells its aggregated petroleum streams as feedstock to other re-refineries and
fuel blenders or as replacement fuel for use in industrial burners. The
re-refining of used motor oil that Vertex manages takes place at a facility
operated by a related party that uses a proprietary Thermal Chemical Extraction
Process ("TCEP") technology. Based in Houston, Vertex also has offices in Georgia
and California. More information on the Company can be found at
http://www.vertexenergy.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information
about management's view of Vertex's future expectations, plans and prospects,
within the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular, when used in the preceding discussion,
the words "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," or "may," and
similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Act, and are subject to the safe harbor
created by the Act. Any statements made in this news release other than those of
historical fact, about an action, event or development, are forward-looking
statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, which may cause the results of Vertex, its divisions and concepts
to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements.
These risk factors and others are included from time to time in documents Vertex
files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to,
its Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks. Other unknown or unpredictable factors
also could have material adverse effects on Vertex's future results. The
forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the
date hereof. Vertex cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements. Finally, Vertex undertakes no obligation to
update these statements after the date of this release, except as required by
law, and also takes no obligation to update or correct information prepared by
third parties that are not paid for by Vertex.

SOURCE: Vertex Energy, Inc.

Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc.
Marlon Nurse, D.M., 212-564-4700
VP -- Investor Relations
or
Vertex Energy
Matthew Lieb, 310-230-5450
COO


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