The Company`s net sales fromother operations (leasing machinery and equipment, selling materials, steelfabrication) increased by $0.6 million or 152.8% to $1.0 million for the firstquarter of 2009 from $0.4 million for the period ending March 31, 2008. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or asolicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities. Investor Relations:Regency Energy PartnersVice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Finance SupportShannon Ming, orMedia Relations:HCK2 PartnersElizabeth Cornelius, 972-716-0500 Copyright Business Wire 2009. CORONA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AVT, Inc. (Pink Sheets: AVTC - News) is a vending solutions provider based inCorona, California that has developed several significant vending machinetechnologies that yield a more efficient and reliable yet technically advancedsystem. This advanced technology provides methods for cashless payment, creditcard and debit card use, dynamic advertising with remote tracking andinventory management. AVT has grown privately for five years and has a strongbalance sheet with current revenues, inventory and assets.
AVT currentlyserves more than 300 government and commercial vending accounts in SouthernCalifornia.Forward-Looking StatementsStatements in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements andare subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the failure tocomplete successfully the development of new or enhanced products, theCompany's future capital needs, the lack of market demand for any new orenhanced products the Company may develop, any actions by the Company'spartners that may be adverse to the Company, the success of competitiveproducts, other economic factors affecting the Company and its markets,seasonal changes, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company'sfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results maydiffer materially from those contained in this press release. The Companydisclaims any obligation to update any statements in this press release.Contact:AVT, Inc.James Winsor951-737-1057SOURCEAVT, Inc.James Winsor of AVT, Inc., +1-951-737-1057. SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Reuters) - A liquefied natural gasproject in Angola could cost about $10 billion, an executive atconsortium member Chevron Corp (CVX.N) told a trade magazine,putting a higher figure on it than previously reported. Stocks | Global Markets | France Ali Moshiri, president of Latin America and Africanoperations at the U.S.
oil company, told the Oil & Gas Journalthat the cost included a recently launched plan for a pipelineto carry gas to the plant from offshore. A Chevron spokesman described the $10 billion figure aspreliminary and said the company was still working out costs. The company, based in San Ramon, California, owns 36.4percent of the project. Other investors include Sonagas, a unitof state-owned Sonangol, along with France's Total SA(TOTF.PA), Britain's BP Plc (BP.L) and Italy's Eni SpA(ENI.MI). State-run newspaper Jornal de Angola reported last Novemberthat the LNG plant's cost had doubled to $8 billion from itsoriginal plan due to rising construction costs in the boomingeconomy. Thompson & Knight lawyers who advised Sonangol put theinvestment at $7 billion in a news release the previous month.