SulphCo inks deal with employer of new director

Reno-based SulphCo Inc.

said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that it signed a consulting deal with the employer of a new member of its board of directors.

The publicly held company said it will pay $100,000 for consulting services from PFC Energy Inc.

of Washington, D.C.

Raad Alkadiri, director of the markets and countries group of PFC Energy, was named May 17 to the SulphCo board.

The filing with the SEC also noted that the company gave Alkadiri 50,000 shares of stock worth about $184,000 at their price of $3.68 early last week.

SulphCo has developed a system to remove sulfur from crude oil.