 HOUSTON, TX ACCESSWIRE September 22, 2021 Vertex Energy, Inc. NASDAQ:VTNR Vertex Energy, Vertex or the Company, a leading specialty refiner and marketer of high-quality refined products, today provided an update on the proposed acquisition of the Mobile refinery Mobile located in Mobile, Alabama from Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US, Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical LP Shell, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc. The planned transition of commercial operations from Shell to Vertex remains on-schedule. 