EAGLE KLEEN PRESS RELEASE

As Russ Markesbery has watched TV coverage of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for more than three months, he sees the disaster through the eyes of a wildlife/environmental biologist and an entrepreneur.

He knows it will take many years to determine the extent of damage on the fragile environment, and wildlife that inhabit the Gulf and its coastline, and that the technology to stop this damage is available now.

The oil rig exploded on April 20, killing 11 of the 126 people aboard. Since the explosion, between 1.5 million and 2.5 million gallons of oil and methane gas a day have been released into the Gulf, causing oil slicks to wash ashore in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the lead federal trustee for coastal and marine natural resources, including marine and migratory fish, endangered species, marine mammals and their habitats, “a total of 594 sea turtles have been verified from April 30 to June 30 within the designated spill area from the Texas/Louisiana border to Apalachicola, Fla.”

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is monitoring the impacts on wildlife in 36 wildlife refuges that line the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Migrating and endangered species overwinter in these, and depend on the food sources there to survive the journey from North to South America. According to the USFWS, “these precious national resources are home to dozens of threatened and endangered species, including West Indian manatees, whooping cranes, Mississippi sandhill cranes, wood storks and four species of sea turtles,” all of which face “grave danger from the spill.”

Both government officials and scientists are extremely concerned about the chemical dispersants being used to contain the oil, and in May the Environmental Protection Agency ordered BP to cut the amount of Corexit used by 75 percent. It’s anybody’s guess what affect the oil, methane gas and dispersant use will have on the environment for decades to come.

Markesbery is President and CEO of Hydra-Tone Chemicals, Inc/Natural Environmental Technologies, www.hydra-tone.com, a 30 year old company headquartered in Florence Ky.

“We are working with BP on this revolutionary patented, trademarked technology called Eagle Kleen, “ said Markesbery. It is made from coconut oil, and is a methylester microemulsion for cleaning up the oil spill in Gulf Of Mexico.  The technology is 100 percent green, and biodegrades in 28 days. We also have submitted to BP a plan to recover the oil as recycled bio diesel fuel.”

According to Markesbery, the product is approved by the EPA, Scientific Material Institute and the U.S. Air Force Air for cleaning F-15, F-16 jet fighter aircraft engines under Military Specification MIL PRF-87937D, and has been tested by engineers at Hill Air Force Base.

The technology is designed to spray on to the BP oil spill, creating a methylester emulsion of the oil so it can be retained into a liquid state. Then the oil is easily transferred as a liquid state from barges/oil tankers into onshore holding
tanks, where the oil emulsion is “broken,” or separated by salt (yes, salt) in 45 minutes. 

The methylester bonds with the oil, forming bio diesel fuel.  The seawater and Eagle
Kleen product goes clear with the seawater, and is drained into an Industrial Waste Treatment Plant (IWTP), where it biodegrades within 28 days.  The recycled BP oil is now retained to sell as bio diesel fuel. 

“Eagle Kleen can simply clean up the oil spill on land or sea, and the oil can be reused for fuel resources,” and how ironic and patriotic that the label design is American Bald Eagle, with an American Flag, to clean up the worst natural disaster in U.S. history and help restore the natural ecosystem,” said Markesbery. “So I say “FLY EAGLE FLY. FLY EAGLE FLY,” he added.

To view a Power Point Presentation showing how the product works, go to WWW.SLIDELIVE.COM/HYDRATONE, and insert the password HT.

Markesbery said BP engineers and experts have a four stage process for reviewing and considering products/technologies for cleaning up the spill. Of the more than 7,000 products submitted for review by BP, Eagle Kleen has been escalated to stage three. We also have a business model in place to manufacture, distribute, connect and supply Eagle Kleen to the Gulf region for clean up. Eagle Kleen is also used to cleanup oil from boats, booms, marinas, shovels, and racks, as a spray on, wipe off hard surface cleaner that emulsifies the oil.

“Our proposal includes hiring the Gulf Coast fishermen and others whose livelihoods have been lost and depend on the Gulf to clean and remediate the oil off the beaches, sea, and marshes. Then, when the oil is emulsified and separated for bio diesel fuel, the plan is to sell it, with proceeds going back to the Gulf residents. “ It’s the right thing to do, to give it back to the Gulf residents to fully recover their losses.

For additional information on the product and Hydra-Tone plan for remediation and cleanup contact Markesbery at 859-534-5630, 859-380-0124 (cell) 859-594-3312, or russmarkesbery@hydra-tone.com,or go to www.eaglekleen.net, or www.eaglekleen.org.