Trans-Global Solutions announces new long-term agreement with Deer Park Refining, L.P. for petroleum coke system and services.

Houston, Texas (Sept. 5, 2001) -- Trans-Global Solutions (TGS) today announced the signing of a long-term petroleum coke contract with Deer Park Refining L.P. (DPRLP), a Shell-Pemex partnership,. TGS will construct and operate a system to handle approximately two million tons of petroleum coke a year produced from the refinery's Delayed Coker Unit.

The $25 million project includes construction of a deepwater ship loading system on the Houston Ship Channel, a bulk storage terminal and a conveyor system to be owned and operated by TGS on property adjacent to DPRLP. Construction will begin this month with startup projected for December 2002. With this agreement, TGS now has contractual commitments to handle 7.8 million MT of petroleum coke per year at various Gulf Coast facilities.

The recently expanded Deer Park coker unit converts petroleum pitch into petroleum coke. The petroleum coke will be loaded onto a conveyor, transported to and stored at the TGS Deepwater Terminal prior to loading by conveyor onto marine vessels for shipment to customers. The TGS terminal will have the ability to load Panamax class vessels at a rate of greater than 30,000 tons of coke a day.

Petroleum coke typically is used by electric utilities for power generation, cement companies as a fuel source in kilns and in gasification units. Deer Park Refining L.P. is a 50-50 joint venture of Shell and Pemex.