FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERT TO PRESENT AT 2008 COAL BED METHANE FAIR ENERGY EXPOSITION

David Southern will address pipeline integrity automation at annual event

WHO: David Southern

Product Development Manager

FreeWave Technologies

Southern has 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mining, hazardous waste remediation, petrochemical and refining industries. Prior to joining FreeWave, he was a Business Manager for an Emerson Process Management representative. Southern has authored or co-authored several U.S. patents and has been published in several industry magazines including Pipeline & Gas Technology, POWER, American Oil & Gas Reporter and Compressor Tech II. He is a 1982 graduate of the School of Mines.

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of ISM band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world. www.freewave.com.

WHAT: Pipeline Integrity Automation

Energy and pipeline companies wrestle to meet new stricter state and federal pipeline integrity requirements while simultaneously trying to control operating costs. Recent, unfortunate, pipeline news events pushed corrosion and cathodic protection to front page news across the nation to the extent that the U.S. Congress and several states passed legislation directed specifically toward cathodic protection practices. Many companies are looking to new technologies and automation for answers. Unfortunately, ever changing cell phone technologies left some companies scrambling to stay ahead of telemetry obsolescence. Effective answers to critical issues affecting public safety are often found in a combination of both old and new technology.

In this presentation, Southern will focus on how Cathodic Protection Remote Monitoring Units automatically collect and report mission critical, corrosion prevention data from remote rectifiers and test points and transmit that data back to a central data collection system via wireless, radio modems--often using a company’s existing radio networks.

WHERE: Coal Bed Methane Fair Energy Exposition 2008

Cam-Plex Central Pavilion

Gillette, Wyo.

WHEN: “Pipeline Integrity Automation”

Thursday, June 5, 2008

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com