Acorn International LLC

101 School House Lane

Boxborough, MA 01719

+1

-

978

-

263

-

4334(o)

+1

-

978

-

501

-

2962

(c)

dslocum@

acornintl

.net

PRESS RELEASE

August 22, 2006

Acorn International has

added staff to meet increasing demand for our services worldwide

. Notably,

we are pleased to announce the addition of

John Black, P

.

G

.,

in

Houston

.

John is veter

an of leading overseas environmental assessment and management programs for

industry. His over 20 years of experience include serving as an in

-

house environ

mental consultant

for Union Texas Petroleum Company’s overseas exploration programs, managing a major

development program in Central America, leading remedial investigation and site assessment

programs for sites worldwide, and performing environmental due

diligence assessments of major

international industry mergers and acquisitions. John has experience working in 20 countries and has

performed work (not in

-

country) for programs in another 10 countries. John is based in the Houston

area.

For more details,

see

John’s bio

.

Please contact John at

:

jblack@acornintl.net

Acorn International, LLC

31427 Stella Lane

Tomball, TX 77375

USA

+1

-

978

-

263

-

4334 (o)

+1

-

281 935

-

2750 (c

)

A c orn I n ter nat i ona l , L LC

is a professio

nal 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 struct

ured tools and guidance to qualified host

-

country teams,

maintaining a link with international clients and building capacity in the host

-

country team.

Acorn delivers:

1.

Established teams of local country experts

partnered with and directed by an expert in a

ssuring

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

W

orking 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.

A

c

o

r

n

I

n

t

e

r

n

a

t

i

o

n

a

l

C

O

N

S

U

L

T

I

N

G

-

P

A

R

T

N

E

R

I

N

G

A

c

o

r

n

I

n

t

e

r

n

a

t

i

o

n

a

l

C

O

N

S

U

L

T

I

N

G

-

P

A

R

T

N

E

R

I

N

G