SPARKS, Nev., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SulphCo®, Inc. (Amex: SUF - News) announced today an update on the improvement and shipping status of the probes.

Four probes were recently tested and successfully passed screening tests in Sparks, Nevada in preparation for shipment to NTG. The probes were sent on February 7th to NTG to start the protocol for pressure and wet testing of the skid to be sent to Austria. It is expected that the preparation will take two to three weeks. Two SulphCo® engineers are at NTG this week to oversee the probe wiring, installation, and testing.

Dr. Larry Ryan, CEO of SulphCo® stated, "I am pleased to announce the status of the probes and to further validate our efforts to remain transparent with our shareholders. We are continuing to work with our external probe vendors and are receiving and testing prototype probes on a weekly basis. It is imperative that we continue to perfect the probes as we draw nearer to running them in the first large scale test application."

Currently, no probes have been shipped to Fujairah; however a SulphCo® team is in Fujairah this week and will return with an update.