GuardDog succeeds in eliminating fuel spills at Travis Air Force Base

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) July 24, 2007 --

Benicia, California � July 24, 2007 - SpillGuard Technologies, Inc. (SGT, Inc.) (www.sgtinc.com), the leading provider of innovative end-to-end spill prevention solutions for the fuel movement and petrochemical industry, today announced that its GuardDog� Independent Secondary Shutoff Control System � has successfully eliminated fuel spills at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), the largest Air Mobility Command facility in the United States Air Force. First installed in August 2006, GuardDog has allowed safe delivery of more than five million gallons of fuel during the more than 1,500 fuel loading operations at Travis�without a single spill or overfill incident.

�This installation has been a complete success. Prior to GuardDog, we experienced five fuel spill incidents at Travis and GuardDog has effectively brought this number down to zero,� said Joseph Mangum, Chief Master Sergeant at Travis Air Force Base. �Throughout my career, I�ve worked with numerous construction projects and built many different fuel systems, and this installation is hands-down the best I�ve seen. Part of our goal in this trial was to stress the system to the point of failure. We tried, but simply could not break the GuardDog.�

GuardDog offers around-the-clock protection against human error and equipment failure at the fuel transfer operation. The system�s breakthrough technology dynamically monitors and analyzes the entire fuel transfer operation, including overfill detection, static ground connections, and utilizes Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to positively identify each vehicle loaded to prevent fuel cross-contamination. �I've just been very pleased with the GuardDog system and I would recommend it to anyone. When the GuardDog is on duty, the rest of us can relax,� said Chief Mangum.

�From a manager�s point of view, I love the GuardDog,� said Jeffery Carlton, Master Sergeant at Travis AFB. �I can go home at night knowing that a truck won�t overfill at the fuel stand. The response to GuardDog has been positive from supervisors and operators alike.�

Increased visibility into fuel system performance

GuardDog�s companion GuardDog DataLogger System gives the AFB POL (Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants) management team unprecedented visibility into the real-time performance of both fuel handing equipment and the personnel responsible for fuel loading operations. The system�s powerful analytics include full accounting of overfill signals, ground connections and disconnects, flow control valve performance, attempted product theft, vehicles attempting to load, product requested to load, and more. These metrics proactively reveal weaknesses to help management improve their facilities� performance and increase efficiencies.

�Before GuardDog, we had no way of assessing how a control valve was performing, until there was a failure,� explaine