Oxford Catalysts Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the design and development of catalysts, and the exploitation of its platform catalyst technologies. It designs and develops specialty catalysts for the generation of clean fuels from both conventional fossil fuels and certain renewable sources. The Company has two principal platform technologies. The first platform is for a class of catalysts incorporating metal carbides. The second platform relates to a series of chemical reactions, which can be used to generate either steam or hydrogen gas, instantaneously, starting from room temperature, using a liquid fuel alongside the Company’s catalysts. The Company operates a wholly owned subsidiary in United Kingdom, Oxford Catalysts Limited. In November 2008, Oxford Catalysts Group plc announced that it has completed the acquisition of Velocys, Inc. from Battelle Memorial Institute