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Syntroleum Announces Site Selection for Dynamic Fuels Joint Venture

TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2007--Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNM) today reported that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Dynamic Fuels, LLC have announced Geismar, Louisiana, as the site for Dynamic Fuels' new plant to produce renewable diesel and jet fuel. The $135 million facility will have a capacity of 5,000 barrels per day and is scheduled for completion in 2010.

Dynamic Fuels, LLC is a 50/50 venture between Syntroleum Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TYS) to construct and operate multiple renewable synthetic fuel facilities. Dynamic Fuels selected Lion Copolymer's Geismar plant as the site for their first facility. The Geismar plant will have a capacity of 75 million gallons per year and will utilize Syntroleum's Biofining(TM) technology and feedstock supplied by Tyson Foods, Inc.

"The site provides excellent people, infrastructure and utilities with an outstanding safety and environmental record," said Jeff Bigger, senior vice president of Syntroleum Corporation. "We look forward to working with Lion and expect that installing our plant within the existing complex will minimize cost while keeping Dynamic Fuels on schedule for production in 2010."

In a press release issued yesterday by the State of Louisiana Economic Development office, Governor Blanco said, "I want to thank Dynamic Fuels for choosing Louisiana to create high-paying technical jobs and making the capital investment necessary to employ this new proprietary technology. This decision will allow even more Louisiana agricultural by-products to be converted into premium value-added products."

"The state of Louisiana, including Governor Blanco, the economic development team and local officials, have been outstanding partners to work with throughout our site selection process," said Jeff Webster, senior vice president of Tyson Renewable Products Division. "This marks another important milestone in the execution of our strategy of leveraging access to animal by-products, our trading skills and industry relationships to become a premier player in renewable energy."

About Syntroleum

Syntroleum Corporation owns the Syntroleum(R) Process for Fischer-Tropsch (FT) conversion of synthesis gas derived from biomass, coal, natural gas and other carbon-based feedstocks into liquid hydrocarbons, the Synfining(R) Process for upgrading FT liquid hydrocarbons into middle distillate products such as synthetic diesel and jet fuels, and the Biofining(TM) technology for converting animal fat and vegetable oil feedstocks into middle distillate products such as renewable diesel and jet fuel. Together with Tyson Foods, Syntroleum is focused on siting, engineering and constructing a plant that produces clean renewable synthetic diesel and jet fuel using low grade fats and greases as feedstock. The 50/50 venture - known as Dynamic Fuels - was formed to construct and operate multiple renewable synthetic fuel facilities, with production on the first site beginning in 2010. The Company plans to use its portfolio of technologies to develop and participate in synthetic and renewable fuel projects. For additional information, visit the company's Web site at www.syntroleum.com.

This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as well as historical facts. These forward-looking statements may include statements relating to the Syntroleum(R) Process, the Synfining(R) Process, our renewable fuels Biofining(TM)technology, plans to use the Company's various technologies, , commercialization of the Company's technologies, and future investor relations activities of the Company. When used in this document, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should" and similar expressions are intended to be among the statements that identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these kinds of statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may not be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Syntroleum undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include the potential that debt or equity financing for anticipated plants or related natural gas liquids or oil and gas projects may not be available, the schedule for development, construction and operation of proposed plants may not be met, anticipated appropriation and expenditure of federal monies does not occur, commercial-scale plants do not achieve the same results as those demonstrated on a laboratory or pilot basis or that such plants experience technological and mechanical problems, the potential that improvements to Syntroleum's various technologies currently under development may not be successful, the impact on plant economics of operating conditions (including energy prices), construction risks, risks associated with investments and operations in foreign countries, our dependence on strategic relationships with manufacturing and engineering companies, volatility of energy prices, the ability to implement corporate strategies, including the continued availability of adequate working capital, competition, intellectual property risks, our ability to obtain financing and other risks described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(R) "Syntroleum" is registered as a trademark and service mark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


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             Ron Stinebaugh, 918-764-3406
             www.syntroleum.com
             or
             Halliburton Investor Relations, Dallas
             Geralyn DeBusk/Jeff Elliott/Casey Stegman, 972-458-8000
             www.halliburtonir.com

    SOURCE: Syntroleum Corporation