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RG Global Lifestyles Progresses on First Coal Bed Methane Water Treatment Plant With Black Diamond Energy

March 13  2007

Environmentally Friendly Catalyx Technology Enables Cost-Efficient CBM Production

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA and BUFFALO, WY – March 13, 2007 -- RG Global Lifestyles, Inc. (OTCBB: RGBL) announced today that it has received the first down payment to begin construction of a coal bed methane (CBM) water treatment plant for Black Diamond Energy in the Powder River Basin near Buffalo, Wyoming.  RG Global had previously announced this multi-year construction and operation contract in January 2007. The plant will employ RG Global’s proprietary ion exchange technology (Catalyx technology) to remove sodium, barium, iron and other inorganic contaminants from wastewater associated with natural gas production from coal beds. 

Black Diamond has contracted to purchase, own, and operate a fully fixed facility with an initial capacity to treat 20,000 barrels of water per day.  The contract further calls for RG Global to remotely monitor and adjust the discharge limits on a daily basis.   The plant is expected to be fully operational in the third quarter of 2007.  Black Diamond will need to treat more than 200,000 barrels per day within the next 24 months as older wells that have been previously shut down due to failure to meet discharge limits and new wells come on line.   
 
“We are very pleased with the progress on our first multi-million dollar facility in Wyoming,” said Lou Knickerbocker, RG Global CEO.  “With water treatment plants that are remotely controlled and monitored 24/7 requiring minimal personnel, we’re able to keep costs down, yet instantly adjust the treatment process to account for changes in water composition.  When we build, own and operate the plants, our average wastewater treatment cost to the producer is $0.15 per barrel with less than a 1% non-hazardous waste stream that is far more cost-effective and desirable than the industry average of $0.32 to $0.70 per barrel with a 5% to 15% hazardous waste stream that has exceedingly high disposal costs.” 

 

 

 

“Our low cost, coupled with our ability to meet the toughest state and federal CBM wastewater treatment regulations, including those recently enacted in Montana, should make it economically feasible for many idle CBM operators to resume production and begin reducing our country’s dependence on foreign energy supplies and environmentally harmful energy sources,” RG Global Chief Technology Officer Mr. Juzer Jangbarwala stated.

“We believe our Catalyx technology is unmatched in its ability to economically remove sodium, other minerals and contaminants from water,&