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Acorn International LLC

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PRESS RELEASE

February 1, 2006

Dean Slocum of Acorn International will be participating in the SPE International HSE conference in

Abu Dhabi April 2-4 as co-chair of the Knowledge Transfer panel. This panel discussion, featuring

leaders of technology development and innovation groups within Shell, BP, PEMEX, and Petrobras,

will be held on Sunday, 2 April at 14.00 – 15.30 hours.

We hope to see you there.

For more information on the SPE International HSE conference, see:

http://www.spe.org/spe/jsp/meeting/0,2460,1104_1535_3934684,00.html

Acorn International, LLC

is a professional consulting services company dedicated to delivering

world-class, affordable EHSS assurance and straight-forward results for overseas development

projects. The company operates not through a traditional consulting services model but by

providing structured tools and guidance to qualified host-country teams, maintaining a link

with international clients and building capacity in the host-country team. Ac orn delivers:

1. Established teams of local country experts partnered with and directed by an expert in assuring

world-class EHSS assessment and management performance standards are met

2. Advice to international industry needing to build world-class EHSS programs

3. Recruitment and oversight/management of partners and service providers (EHSS and other)

overseas

Work ing with Acorn will allow international industries to better manage the increasingly delicate

balance between meeting corporate requirements for reliable, simplified service while satisfying host-

country demands for maximum local content.

Acorn International

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