0001214782-15-000032.txt : 20150616 0001214782-15-000032.hdr.sgml : 20150616 20150616165100 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001214782-15-000032 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: RW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150616 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150616 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Vertex Energy Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000890447 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PETROLEUM REFINING [2911] IRS NUMBER: 943439569 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: RW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-203543 FILM NUMBER: 15934873 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 GEMINI STREET STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77058 BUSINESS PHONE: 866-660-8156 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 GEMINI STREET STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77058 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WORLD WASTE TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040830 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VOICE POWERED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940831 RW 1 vertex-rw061615.htm vertex-rw061615.htm


 
Vertex Energy, Inc.
   
1331 Gemini Suite  103
Houston, TX 77058
toll free:  866.660.8156
direct line:  281-486-4182
fax:  281.754.4185
www.vertexenergy.com

 
June 16, 2015
VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
Re:  
Vertex Energy, Inc. Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-203543)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), Vertex Energy, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby respectfully requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) permit the withdrawal of its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3”), including all exhibits thereto (File No. 333-203543), which were filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015.  The Registrant has determined that as of the original filing date of the Form S-3, the Registrant was not eligible to use Form S-3.

The Registrant requests in accordance with Rule 457(p) of the Act that all fees paid to the Commission in connection with the filing of the Form S-3 be credited for future use.

No securities have been sold to date in connection with the offering registered on the Form S-3.

Please forward a copy of the order consenting to the withdrawal of the Form S-3 to the undersigned via facsimile at (281) 754-4185 and via mail at Vertex Energy, Inc., 1331 Gemini Suite 103, Houston, Texas 77058, with a copy to David M. Loev of The Loev Law Firm, PC via facsimile at (713) 524-4122.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (281) 538-9802 xt. 104 or the Registrant’s counsel, David M. Loev, of The Loev Law Firm, PC at (713) 524-4110.

 
   
Very truly yours,

/s/ Chris Carlson
Chris Carlson
Chief Financial Officer
       
       
 

 
 

 

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