June 16, 2012 Dubai, UAE

Sterling International Consulting FZE the premier and largest ISO certification consulting in the middle east announced signing of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 consulting and certification project with Arya Petroleum International ( API ) located in Harmriya Free Zone UAE This new project announcement comes on the backdrops of Sterling International Consulting announcing the best marketing performance in one particular month wherein 23 new organizations across UAE selected and entrusted ISO consulting services of sterling international consulting for their ISO certification projects in the month of May 2012 in the United Arab Emirates. Sterling International Consulting SIC is one of the most professional, largest and result oriented management consulting organizations with specialization in the entire range of ISO certification covering all the ISO standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 17025, ISO 22000 HACCP, ISO 27001, ISO 17020 etc. Sterling provides quick, value adding and cost effective ISO consulting and ISO certification services to the companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, RAK, Ajman, Fujirah and across all the emirates of UAE. ARYA group has its foot prints in many segments. The major segments include a state-of the art plant for Fractional Distillation of Hydrocarbon in Sharjah, UAE. Presently the plant runs at a capacity of 1,080,000mt per annum and the implementation of 300,000mt per annum is in the pipeline. The process is fully automated and controlled by PLC through SCADA. The Company houses a Storage Terminal connected to the main harbor of Hamriyah Free Zone Port with a capacity of 50,000cbm and implementation of 100,000cbm is under way. Since the project has connectivity to the main harbor where the depth is 14mtr., it will provide us a cutting edge advantage to cater to the big vessels and dealing with European countries. Arya Petroleum International API is engaged into Oil Refining, Bulk Storage, Bulk Trading, Shipping, Logistics & Distribution, Engineering Services and Manufacturing of Specialty Products with an aim of delivering the very best to our clients. Product range includes Bunker Fuels, Cutter Stocks, Fuel Oils, Gas Oil, Base Oils, Naphtha, C-9, White Spirit, Grease & Lubricants and other petroleum products. Speaking on the agreement signing event, Director of the organization - Mr. Das and Plant Manager - Mr. Pathak emphasised on bringing in an enhanced level of process standardization and customer oriented work culture in the organization at the same time making the entire ISO implementation process stress free easy to implement time bound and aligned with the overall corporate goals. Consultant from Sterling International Consulting FZE also agreed to this and highlighted that their ISO implementation approach will definitely bring in process improvement and will help the organization function better. Sterling International Consulting FZE is going to implement ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 for Arya Petroleum using an integrated management system ( IMS). The process will consist of the following modules: Awareness training for top management, middle management and functional employees on quality, health safety and environment standards. Gap analysis

Risk Assessment and Environment impact assessment Assistance in documentation as per ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 standards covering manuals, procedures, SOP, templates, checklist, templates, forms etc. Implementation review Internal auditor training Internal audit Pre-assessment audit Certification audit

Sterling International Consulting FZE welcomes API to its global family and looks forward to establish a long term business relationship with the group by providing them world class integrated management system ISO 9001 ISO 14001 OHSAS 18001 consulting and certification services. For Media and PR Contact:Ms. Ajanta Biswas Sterling International Consulting FZE Level 6, Office 605 - The Fairmont, Sheikh Zayed Road, PO BOX 27363, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Mobile No: +971 505842597 Office Phone No : + 971 4 455 8677 Fax No : + 971 4 455 8556 E-mail : info@iso-uae-dubai.com