SPARKS, Nev., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SulphCo®, Inc. (Amex: SUF - News) announced today that it has begun commissioning its 180,000 barrel per day Sonocracking facility in Fujairah, UAE.

Under the direction of the joint venture between SulphCo® Inc. and Fujairah government owned Trans Gulf Petroleum, all the components of the installed Sonocracking equipment including cooling towers, water separators, valves, pumps and electrical equipment are beginning a rigorous testing procedure that could be completed and fully operational by the end of January or the beginning of February, 2007. Piping to be installed inside the facility that will feed the Sonocracking equipment has been delivered to the site and will be connected to the main 18 inch feeder lines that are now installed to the property line of the Fujairah facility. This final connection will take approximately two weeks to complete.

Additionally, the government has agreed to extend the existing land lease agreement between itself and the FOT joint venture to include not only the land for the existing facility but also the land for future FOT owned oil storage tanks. Currently the joint venture has access to storage tanks that will accommodate the output of the facility.

"SulphCo® Management has been working vigorously to advance to this point and we are excited about this monumental step in the growth cycle of this facility said Rudy Gunnerman, Chairman and CEO of SulphCo®. While the coordination of all the components, when fully operational, will be controlled via our proprietary computerized technology, each component during the commissioning process must undergo careful scrutiny and monitoring by our highly trained technical staff."

SulphCo®, Inc. will continue to provide updates on the Fujairah project through further reports and pictures posted on its web site.