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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment 1

x	Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011.

o	Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Transition Period From ___ to ___.

Commission file number 000-54044

USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	13-3995258
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)	Identification No.)

312 Walnut Street, Suite 1600, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(513) 762-7870

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), Yes x No o

and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).* Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	o
Non-accelerated filer	o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

There were 75,027,361 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding on August 12, 2011.

USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation

Index to Form 10-Q

Part I. Financial Information
Item 1	Financial Statements and notes (unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010	4
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and prior periods.	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and prior periods.	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	8
Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	17
Item 4T	Controls and Procedures	18

Part II. Other Information
Item 1	Legal Proceedings	19
Item 1A	Risk Factors	19
Item 2	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and use of Proceeds	28
Item 3	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	28
Item 4	[Removed and Reserved]	28
Item 5	Other Information	28
Item 6	Exhibits	29

SIGNATURES		30

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of our financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and stockholders' equity in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial position have been included and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

USA SYNTHETIC FUEL CORPORATION

(A Development Stage Company)

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

Assets

	June 30			December 31
	2011			2010
	(unaudited)			(audited)
Current Assets
Cash	$	47		$	40

Property, Plant & Equipment
Lima Property		6,439,429			6,439,429
Impairment Reserve		(6,439,429	)		(6,439,429	)
Property, Plant & Equipment, Net		0			0
Other Assets
BOE Energy		1			1
Total Other Assets		1			1

Total Assets	$	48		$	41

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	$	305,137		$	116,991
Advances from Related Parties		356,981			226,103
Accrued Expenses		18,345			53,345
Accrued Interest, Note		478,370			252,990
Payroll Liabilities		1,118,273			732,114
Note Payable		6,439,429			6,439,429
Total Current Liabilities		8,716,535			7,820,972

Stockholders’ Deficit
USA Stockholders’ Deficit
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 9,925,153 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding		−		─
Series A super voting preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 2 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding		−		─
Series B preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 74,845 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding		−		─
Common stock, $0.0001par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized 75,027,361 and 75,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		7,502			7,500
Additional paid-in-capital		412,455			311,257
Deficit accumulated during the development stage		(9,136,445	)		(8,139,689	)

Total USA Stockholders’ Deficit		(8,716,488	)		(7,820,932	)
Non-Controlling interest		1			1
Total Deficit		(8,716,487	)		(7,820,931	)
Total Liabilities and Deficit	$	48		$	41

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

USA SYNTHETIC FUEL CORPORATION

(A Development Stage Company)

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)


	Three			Three			Six			Six			Cumulative Total
	Months			Months			Months			Months			November 30, 2009
	Ended			Ended			Ended			Ended			(Inception)
													to
	June 30, 2011			June 30, 2010			June 30, 2011			June 30, 2010			June 30, 2011

Operating Expenses
General and Administrative Expenses	$	488,841		$	233,939		$	771,376		$	897,390		$	2,218,646
Impairment Expense		−			6,439,429			−			6,439,429			6,439,429
Net (loss) from Operation before Taxes		(488,841	)		(6,673,368	)		(771,376	)		(7,336,819	)		(8,658,075	)

Interest Expense		(112,690	)		(23,464	)		(225,380	)		(23,464	)		(478,370	)
Provision for Income Taxes		−			−			−			−			−
Net (loss)	$	(601,531	)	$	(6,696,832	)	$	(996,756	)	$	(7,360,283	)	$	(9,136,445	)


Net Loss Per Common Share – Basic and Diluted	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.09	)	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.10	)

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares
Outstanding		75,021,806			75,000,000			75,013,681			75,000,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

USA SYNTHETIC FUEL CORPORATION
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

	Six			Six			Cumulative Total
	Months			Months			November 30,
	Ended			Ended			2009 (Inception)
	June 30,			June 30,			To
	2011			2010			June 30, 2011
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net (loss)	$	(996,756	)	$	(7,360,283	)	$	(9,136,445	)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash Used in operating activities:
Employee Stock Compensation		−			124,251			170,049
Stock Warrant Expense		−			-			−
Expenses paid by shareholder		−			145,000			148,608
Impairment Expense		−			6,439,429			6,439,429

Change in operating liabilities:
Accounts payable		188,146			243,204			305,137
Accrued Expenses		(35,000	)		53,345			18,345
Payroll liabilities		386,159			314,155			1,118,273
Accrued Interest		225,380			23,464			478,370
Net Cash (used) in operating activities		(232,071	)		(17,435	)		(458,234	)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sale of common stock		−			−			100
Stock issued for services		101,200			−			101,200
Advance from related parties		130,878			17,406			356,981
Net cash provided by financing activities		232,078			17,406			458,281

Net increase (decrease) in cash		7			(29	)		47

Cash at beginning of the period		40			100			−

Cash at end of period	$	47		$	71		$	47


SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Interest paid	$	−			−		$	−
Income taxes paid	$	−			−		$	−
NON CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Lima Property	$	−		$	(6,439,429	)	$	(6,439,429	)
Note Payable		−			6,439,429			6,439,429
Other Asset		−			(1	)		(1	)
Non-Controlling Interest	$	−		$	1		$	1
	$	−		$	−		$	−

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

USA SYNTHETIC FUEL CORPORATION

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes To The Consolidated Financial Statements

June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-K as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2010. In the opinion of management, the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements furnished herein include all adjustments, all of which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim period presented.

The consolidated statements of operations and cash flows reflect the results of operations and the changes in cash flows of the Company for the six month period ended June 30, 2011. Operating results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011.

NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis of accounting which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets, liabilities, and commitments in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company has working capital deficits, deficit accumulated during the development stage and has incurred significant losses since inception. Further losses are anticipated in the development stage raising substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might result if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company plans to acquire sufficient capital from its investors with which to pursue its business plan. There can be no assurance that the future operations will be significant and profitable, or that the Company will have sufficient resources to meet its objectives. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional funds.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements concerning: our plans, strategies and objectives for future operations; new products or developments; future economic conditions, performance or outlook; the outcome of contingencies; expected cash flows or capital expenditures; our beliefs or expectations; activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future; and assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects” and similar words or expressions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s opinions only as of the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are not guarantees of future performance or actual results. Forward-looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995.

References to “we”, “us”, “USASF”, “USFC”, “the Company”, and “our Company” all refer to USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires.

Overview

USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation (“USASF” or the “Company”) is an environmentally focused alternative energy company pursuing clean energy solutions based on gasification and other proven Btu conversion technologies. USASF is a development stage company and, as of June 30, 2011 had $47 of cash on hand, no inception to date revenues, and there are substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We intend to develop, finance, construct, own and operate gasification, synthetic natural gas, and Fisher Tropsch liquid production facilities, to convert lower value, solid hydrocarbons such as coal, petroleum coke and biomass into higher value, environmentally cleaner energy sources. These lower value, solid hydrocarbons are one class of feedstock that may be used in gasification processes in order to produce synthetic gas. Other classes of feedstock that may be used as feedstock to produce synthetic gas include petroleum liquids, petroleum byproducts, asphaltenes, natural gas and other similar gases. For the purposes of this quarterly statement, hereinafter the terms “solid hydrocarbon(s)”, “feedstock(s)”, and “solid hydrocarbon feedstock(s)” are used interchangeably in the remainder of this quarterly statement. For this discussion, the terms “lower value” and “higher value” refer to the approximate market cost of the sources on a barrel of oil equivalent basis, which equals an equivalent energy content basis of 5.8 million British thermal units. The produced energy sources such as synthetic natural gas and liquid transportation fuels are considered to be “environmentally cleaner” because they produce significantly reduced emissions of materials of concern such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and particulates when burned compared with coal or petroleum coke.

USASF will launch its integrated business strategy to control its solid hydrocarbon feed supply and costs, with flexibility in sourcing, to ensure continued low-cost production to satisfy sales commitments and create acceptable margins from its operations with the following major assets:

Lima Energy Company and the Lima Energy Project: In 2010, the Company acquired from Global Energy, Inc. (“GEI”), a related party, all of the outstanding stock of Lima Energy Company (“Lima Energy”), a subsidiary of the Company and the project company for the Lima Energy Project. GEI is considered a related party to the Company since our executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, Harry H. Graves, is also an executive officer and is beneficial holder of 46% of the stock of GEI. In exchange for Lima Energy stock, the Company has agreed to pay GEI $6.4 million which represents the book value of construction-in-progress to date, and GEI has retained a 50% equity interest in Gas 1, the first phase of the Lima Energy Project. Payment of the consideration for this asset was made with a senior secured note to GEI dated as of June 11, 2010, as amended (the “Note”). The Note carries a 7% per annum accrued interest, and is payable at the first to occur of (i) $400 million in Lima Energy financing, (ii) an equity offering by us of $75 million or more, or (iii) September 30, 2011. Management is attempting to secure financing for this project, although we acknowledge that this is not certain, especially in light of the required financing which has not been received. We can give no assurances that such funding will be secured in 2011 or at all. . In the event we do not secure such financing, we will seek an extension from GEI. At its option, GEI may agree to a further extension or require that Lima Energy ownership revert to GEI. Because the construction in progress is located on land owned by the City of Lima and will only become available for our use when funding for the project is obtained and certain other conditions are met, the entire investment in the asset has been considered impaired by our management and we recognized an impairment charge of $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. Lima Energy has agreed that it will complete the project site purchase prior to engaging in any further construction activities at the project site. The Lima Energy Project is being developed in three phases: Gas 1, Gas 2, which combined are being designed to produce 8.0 million Barrels of Oil Equivalent (“BOE”) per year of pipeline quality synthetic natural gas (“SNG”), and Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (“CCGT”) which is being designed to produce 516 megawatt of electric power, as described in more detail below. Lima Energy has completed initial construction of 100,000 square feet of engineered concrete and plans to complete construction upon financing. The Lima Energy Project has been seeking financing for the project since 2006. The economic downturn commencing in 2007 has provided challenging circumstances for the project financing.

Cleantech Energy Company and the Cleantech Energy Project: The Cleantech Energy Project is being developed by our subsidiary, Cleantech Energy Company (“CEC”). The projected cost for this Cleantech Energy Project is expected to be approximately $2.3 billion. Financing for this project has not yet been secured. The project will be located in Wyoming and it is our intent to use our energy asset of approximately 1.02 billion BOE of solid hydrocarbons. All of the rights and interest to this energy asset was acquired on June 18, 2010 pursuant to the Barrel of Oil Equivalent Energy Purchase & Sale Agreement between Interfuel E&P Ltd, an unrelated party, and Cleantech Energy Company, which is described in more detail below. The Cleantech Energy Project is being designed to produce 30.6 million BOE per year of pipeline quality SNG and to capture and fully utilize the carbon dioxide (“CO2“) produced during the SNG manufacture in enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture and storage applications.

Solid hydrocarbon energy asset: The Cleantech Energy Project will be located in Wyoming, and we plan to use the energy asset of approximately 1.02 billion BOE of solid hydrocarbons. All of the rights and interest to this energy asset was acquired on June 18, 2010 pursuant to the Barrel of Oil Equivalent Energy Purchase & Sale Agreement between Interfuel E&P Ltd, an unrelated party, and Cleantech Energy Company, Interfuel E&P Ltd. is a private company with stockholders from Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific regions, focused on solid hydrocarbon energy resource transitions worldwide. Its current focus is in China, U.S., Australia, European, and South American markets. Mr. Graves, our Chairman and CFO, is a 17% stockholder in Interfuel E&P Ltd. This energy asset is located in Wyoming adjacent to our planned Cleantech Energy Project. CEC issued 714,041 shares of its no par value preferred stock and assigned an aggregate value of $1.00 for the shares issued. In future periods when the BOE asset is utilized in the gasification process, CEC will record an expense of $0.70 per BOE with a corresponding increase in our paid in capital. Once commercial operations have begun, the preferred stock will earn a 5% annual dividend payable on a quarterly basis. Annual redemptions of preferred stock will be dependent on the net income of CEC. Provided there is net income in a given year, CEC has the option to redeem such amount of preferred shares that is equal to not less than 7% and not more than 10% of net income in that year. Any preferred stock remaining after 20 years from the date of commercial operations may either be redeemed at that time, or, at the option of CEC, may be converted to CEC’s common shares, according to this formula: for every one percent (1%) of the original estimated value of preferred shares (1,020,058,000 BOE X $.70=$714,040,600) that is remaining at that time, Interfuel will be entitled to one-half of one percent (0.5%) of common shares then issued and outstanding in CEC. Additionally, CEC will pay $70 million to Interfuel upon receipt of financing and start of construction for the proposed Cleantech Energy Project facility and related solid hydrocarbon BOE production. This solid hydrocarbon asset consists of over 700 million gross tons and over 400 million net tons of Powder River Basin coal. The 1.02 billion BOE equals the energy content of the net tons of Powder River Basin coal referred to here and represents a 25 year, low cost feedstock supply for the Cleantech Energy Project. Because the Cleantech Energy Project is adjacent to the solid hydrocarbon energy asset, transportation expenses will be minimized for this project, resulting in an additional economic advantage for the project.

CEC plans to engage a contract production company to permit, finance, own and operate a facility to extract the solid hydrocarbon and deliver it to CEC. The third party solid hydrocarbon production operation, once permitted by the State of Wyoming, will essentially be a surface mining operation. There are three seams of solid hydrocarbon, each overlain by overburden soil of varying depths – ranging from zero to over 100 feet. The method and sequencing of overburden removal and stockpiling will be developed by the production company and will be described in detail in its application to the State of Wyoming. While the initial operation of the facility will utilize the shallowest seam of coal, the production plan will seek to avoid or minimize repeated handling of overburden, and to optimize production of all seams in a given area methodically and optimally across the over 8600 acre leasehold. As the facility currently is planned to be located at a suitable location within the leasehold site area, transport of solid hydrocarbon to the facility will most likely be by conveyor, backed up by large capacity truck, as appropriate. Our current plan calls for feedstock to be delivered into covered structures in accordance with state requirements, for weather protection and to facilitate blending for optimum feedstock composition.

Our goal is to develop and construct ultra clean Btu Conversion and SNG production facilities in the United States. Over the next four years we will require substantial capital resources to fund construction and financing costs relating to the development of our principal projects. Capital requirements for full construction of Gas 1, Gas 2 and CCGT are expected to be approximately $497.0 million, $1.02 billion, and $627.3 million, respectively. Additional capital requirements for the full construction of Cleantech Energy Project are expected to be approximately $2.3 billion. We have not yet entered into fixed price engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) arrangements with respect to our Cleantech Energy Project, but have considered the possibility of entering into general services agreements with a third party to provide EPC services with respect to such project. As stated elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, our basic strategy is to have our projects contract with Gasification Engineering Corporation (“GEC”), a related party, to provide EPC services. In turn, GEC will contract with a third-party general contractor to provide Design-Build EPC services, as defined by the Design-Build Institute of America which include engineering as part of their team services. We believe this approach should allow us more directly to control and manage the EPC services ourselves, thereby giving us greater control over the expenditures associated with a project. We believe this approach will result in lower project costs and shorter schedules. We believe this type of contracting approach will provide mechanisms to manage cost, schedule and performance, and to provide appropriate guarantees and a pool of funds to cover liquidated damage requirements. When warranted, GEC may structure the Design-Build contract as a “fast track” contract instead of a fixed price agreement. While a fixed price structure establishes a guaranteed price at the outset, the fast-track approach begins on a time and material basis. When an agreed amount of progress has been made and the project cost is better known, it can be converted to a fixed price basis for the remainder of work. Cost escalation risk shifts from the owner during the early portion to the contractor in the later portion. The project company, as the project owner, will generally have its own rationale and justification for the fast-track approach. Neither we nor GEC are currently negotiating a "fast-track" EPC contract for any project currently in development; nor have we concluded definitively that we will enter into such a contract. As a result, project costs for the Cleantech Energy Project are based upon our internal estimates. We intend to finance a significant amount of the funds necessary for the construction of our projects through a mix of equity and debt, which will consist primarily of project-specific non-recourse debt using the assets of each project to secure such debt. As a result, we will be highly leveraged and our assets will be subject to forfeiture upon any default on project-specific debt.

Factors Affecting Results of Operations

The following information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. We are a development stage company and have had no revenues for the period from inception on November 30, 2009 to year end at December 31, 2009, no revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010, and no revenue for the three months or six months ended June 30, 2011. We anticipate that we may not receive any significant revenues from operations until we begin to receive some revenues from operations at our Lima Energy Project which we estimate will be at a minimum approximately twenty-four to thirty-seven months from the closing of funding for our projects.

The following discussion of the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and changes in financial position of our Company should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes filed with the SEC on Form 10-K.

Results of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010

Revenues

We had no revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and no revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2010, and do not anticipate any significant revenues for twenty-four to thirty-seven months, following the closing of the funding of our anticipated projects, as stated herein.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses include the following:

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 totaled $488,841 and for the three months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $233,939. The primary components of our expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 were organizational activities, salary expenses and SEC compliance activities and for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were organizational activities and salary expenses.

Interest Expense

As part of the Lima Energy acquisition, on June 11, 2010, the Company issued a senior secured note to GEI, a related party, for $6.4 million, with 7% per annum accrued interest, which is payable at the first to occur of a $400 million financing in Lima Energy, an equity offering by the Company of $75 million or more, or September 30, 2011. The Company has recorded an expense for this interest for the three months ended June 30, 2011 in the amount of $112,690. For the three months ended June 30, 2010 the Company recorded an expense of $23,464.

Income Taxes

For the three months ended June 30, 2011 and the three months ended June 30, 2010, there was no provision for income taxes recorded.

The Company uses the liability method in accounting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

The potential benefit of net operating loss carry forwards has not been recognized in the accompanying financial statements since the Company cannot be assured that it is more likely than not that such benefit will be utilized in future years.

The net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes are approximately $2,382,000 and will begin to expire in 2029. However, pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, use of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards may be limited if the Company experiences a cumulative change in ownership of greater than 50% in a moving three year period. Ownership changes could impact the Company’s ability to utilize net operating losses and credit carryforwards remaining at the ownership change date. The limitation will be determined by the fair market value of common stock outstanding prior to the ownership change, multiplied by the applicable federal rate.

Net Loss

For the three months ended June 30, 2011, we experienced a net loss of $601,531, and for the three months ended June 30, 2010 we experienced a loss of $6,696,832, which included the one-time impairment charge of $6,439,429 for the Lima Energy asset.

We anticipate losses from operations will increase during the next twelve months due to anticipated increases in payroll expenses as we add necessary staff, increases in legal and accounting expenses associated with becoming a reporting company, and project development expenses. We expect that we will continue to have net losses from operations for several years until revenues from operating facilities become sufficient to offset operating expenses.

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS excludes all potentially dilutive shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. Our net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2011 was $0.01 per share and $0.09 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2010.

Net Cash Used by Operating Activities

Our primary uses of funds in operations were payments related to organizational activities, salary expenses, interest expense, and SEC compliance activities for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and payments related to organizational activities and salary expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2010.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

We did not engage in investing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2011 or for the three months ended June 30, 2010.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

We received cash from financing activities through advances and loans from shareholders of $41,685 for the three months ended June, 2011 and $15,387 for the three months ended June 30, 2010.

Major Acquisitions

The Company did not make any major acquisitions during the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Results of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010

Revenues

We have no revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and no revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and do not anticipate any significant revenues for twenty-four to thirty-seven months, following the closing of the funding of our anticipated projects, as stated above.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses include the following:

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 totaled $771,376 and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 totaled $897,390. The primary components of our expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 were organizational activities, salary expenses and SEC compliance activities and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were organizational activities and salary expenses.

Interest Expense

As part of the Lima Energy acquisition on June 11, 2010 as amended, the Company issued a senior secured note to GEI, a related party, for $6.4 million, with 7% per annum accrued interest, which is payable at the first to occur of $400 million in Lima Energy financing, an equity offering by the Company of $75 million or more, or September 30, 2011. The Company has recorded an expense for this interest for the six months ended June 30, 2011 in the amount of $225,380. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 the Company recorded an expense of $23,464.

Income Taxes

For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the six months ended June 30, 2010, there was no provision for income taxes recorded.

Net Loss

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, we experienced a net loss of $996,756, and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 we experienced a loss of $7,360,283, which included the one-time impairment charge of $6,439,429 for the Lima Energy asset.

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS excludes all potentially dilutive shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. Our net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $0.01 per share and $0.10 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have had no revenues since inception, and no revenues for the period ended June 30, 2011. As of June 30, 2011, we have $47 of cash. We have obtained cash for operating expenses through advances and/or loans from stockholders. While the technology we intend to utilize is currently operational at some facilities in the United States, we do not yet have an operating commercial facility, and we anticipate it will be approximately twenty-four months and thirty-seven months from the date of the project’s financing until the CCGT phase or Gas 1 phase, respectively, are constructed and operational at our Lima Energy Project. Once the first phase is completed and fully operational, we should begin to receive revenues from plant operations, but we cannot predict exactly when those revenues will start. We expect to commence commercial operation of Gas 1 within approximately 37 months from the date of Gas 1 project financing and of CCGT within approximately 24 months from date of CCGT project financing.

Net Cash Used by Operating Activities

Our primary uses of funds in operations were payments related to organizational activities, salary expenses, interest expense, and SEC compliance activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and payments related to organizational activities and salary expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we reclassified $35,000 of accrued liabilities to accounts payable.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

We did not engage in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 or for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

We received cash from financing activities through advances and loans from shareholders of $130,878 for the six months ended June, 2011 and $17,406 for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Major Acquisitions

The Company did not make any major acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Cash Position and Outstanding Indebtedness

Our total indebtedness at June 30, 2011 was $8,716,535 consisting of all current liabilities due within the year. Current liabilities consist of accounts payable, advances and loans from related parties, accrued expenses and the note for the acquisition of Lima Energy Company. At June 30, 2011, we had current assets of $47 in cash. We had long term assets of $1 at June 30, 2011.

Contractual Obligations

As part of the Lima Energy acquisition, the Company issued a senior secured note, as amended, to GEI, a related party, for $6.4 million with 7% per annum accrued interest, which, as amended, is payable at the first to occur of $400 million in Lima Energy financing, an equity offering by the Company of $75 million or more, or September 30, 2011. We have not yet secured the financing required to pay the $6.4 million note. In the event we do not secure such financing, we will seek a further extension from GEI. At its option, GEI may agree to a further extension or require that Lima Energy ownership revert to GEI.

Future Capital Requirements

The Company has focused its efforts to date in 2011 on obtaining large amounts of capital to fund its project development activity. Our current business plan calls for new investment capital to fund our operations for the next twelve to twenty four months or until commercial operations at Lima Energy commence. Accordingly, we need to raise capital to provide working capital for the next two years in order to meet our funding commitments and business plan objectives.

At this filing date, we have firm commitments for a total of $70 million in equity funding to meet both our project capital requirements and working capital requirements. This total of $70 million in equity funding is comprised of equity lines of credit of up to $20 million from Kodiak Capital Group LLC (“Kodiak”) and up to $50 million from AGS Capital Group LLC (“AGS”), as described more fully elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The $70 million equity capital raise will enable the following to occur: Lima land purchase and ancillary costs estimated at $2.0 million and Lima project advancement, including site work and further engineering and permit work, in the amount of $3.0 million. The costs are currently contained within the scope of the full construction costs of Gas 1. The balance of $65.0 million would be used for general corporate purposes.

Our ability to obtain up to $20 million in equity funding from Kodiak and up to $50 million in equity funding from AGS is contingent on the Company filing registration statements for the resale of all registrable securities called for by the Investment Agreement between Kodiak and USASF dated April 6, 2011 and the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement between AGS and USAFS dated May 16, 2011. The registration statements must be declared effective and remain effective for the Company to access the equity lines of credit.

We intend to finance our operations primarily through long and short-term borrowings, together with equity capital. In the event the Company raises additional funds due to investment demand and various financing options, the additional funds will further advance the Lima Energy Gas 1 project and add to corporate working capital to accelerate the business plan. In addition to or as an alternative, the Company is considering a $100 million level equity raise and corresponding increase in the public float.

On May 16, 2011, the Company signed an agreement with AGS, a New York-based institutional investor, under which AGS has committed to purchase up to $50 million of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain conditions, at the Company's discretion. The Company expects to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of any shares that may be issued to AGS under the agreement. Once the registration statement is effective, of which there can be no assurance, AGS is obligated to purchase shares of the Company's common stock from time to time at the Company's discretion. AGS’s commitment provides the company with the flexibility to obtain capital in increments of up to $2 million as growth capital is needed. The facility sets the purchase price at 90% of the Market Price as defined in the Reserve Equity Financing Agreement. The Company expects to fully utilize the $50 million commitment amount over the agreement’s thirty-six month term in order to accelerate project milestones and fund corporate growth. The Company can terminate the agreement at any time without cost or penalty. As of the date hereof, we have not filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 which relates to the resale of up to $50 million in shares of our common stock to AGS. While we hope to file such Registration Statement on Form S-1 as soon as possible, we can give no assurance that this will occur soon or at all.

On May 12, 2011, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC covering the resale of up to 5,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable to Kodiak for investment banking services pursuant to an investment agreement and registration rights agreement with Kodiak , a New York-based institutional investor, signed on April 6, 2011, and pursuant to which we have the right to put to Kodiak up to $20 million in shares of our common stock based on a pre-determined formula. Kodiak has committed to invest up to $20 million in the Company over a 6-month period, subject to certain conditions, at the Company's discretion. As of the date hereof, we have received a letter from SEC with comments regarding the Registration Statement on Form S-1. We are working to resolve these comments and hope to file an amended Registration Statement on Form S-1 as soon as possible, although we can give no assurance that this will occur soon or at all. Once the registration statement is effective, of which there is no assurance, Kodiak is obligated to purchase shares of the Company's common stock from time to time at the Company's discretion. Kodiak’s commitment provides the company with the flexibility to obtain capital in increments of up to $5 million over a six month period as growth capital is needed. The facility sets the purchase price at 70% of the volume weighted average price over five consecutive trading days as reported by Bloomberg. The Company expects to fully utilize the $20 million in order to accelerate project milestones and fund corporate growth. The Company can terminate the agreement at any time without cost or penalty.

On February 14, 2011, the Company signed an engagement letter with an unrelated third party to act as an advisor to assist the Company to identify a lender and secure a convertible note facility for Lima Energy in the amount of $30 million, which will be used to advance project milestones for Lima Energy and provide other working capital for the Lima Energy project as it moves forward.

On January 12, 2011, the Company entered into a non-binding term sheet with Socius CG II, a subsidiary of Socius Capital Group, for a commitment of up to $10 million in equity capital contingent upon the Company’s listing on the NASDAQ exchange, which is a goal of the Company.

Our cash requirements depend on many factors, including the pace of our project development activities, and the employee team, build-up to drive our future growth. Over the next four years, we expect to make significant expenditures to expand our projects currently under development and construction and to bring them into commercial operation. We expect to incur total project costs of $497.0 million for full construction of Gas 1, $1.02 billion for full construction of Gas 2, $627.3 million for full construction of CCGT, and $2.3 billion for full construction of Cleantech Energy Project to bring each project into commercial operation.

We intend to finance a significant amount of the costs of these projects through a mix of equity and debt, which will consist primarily of project-specific non-recourse debt using the assets of each project to secure such debt. We will require substantial capital resources to fund the project costs related to our development and construction plan. Our ability to obtain adequate funding for our development and construction plan as well as for our working capital needs will depend on a variety of factors and cannot be guaranteed. We plan to focus on the $70 million equity capital to begin the financing for the Lima Energy Gas 1 phase, and then turn to the $400 million of Ohio Air Quality Development Authority bonds. While we have substantially completed the draft documentation for the Oho Air Quality Bonds, including the Offering Memorandum, Trust Agreement, Mortgage Security Agreement, and Deposit Account Pledge and Control Agreement, we have shifted the timing for the placement of the bonds because of our plan to utilize equity capital from Kodiak and AGS first. Management believes that this strategy would make the placement of the debt a more efficient process. While under the auspices of Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, the bond proceeds will be used by Lima Energy to complete construction of Lima Energy GAS 1 which is a cleantech facility being designed to deliver low cost SNG to Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company (“P&G”) under a long term contract and other customers

We anticipate that the equity capital will be available in the third quarter 2011, although we can give no assurances that this will occur. The Air Quality bonds will be nonrecourse to USASF.

As the economy improves, we anticipate that the market for low cost clean energy and cleantech facilities such as Lima Energy Gas 1, will also improve. The long term agreement for the sale of SNG to P&G, which was extended by amendment nine times, but which currently has expired and is not in effect, is for approximately half of the SNG to be produced from Gas 1. The next amendment, extending the agreement for one year, continues to be reviewed by P&G, who has recently indicated approval by the first of two internal approval levels. However, as a result of informal discussion between P&G and us, P&G has indicated it intends to execute the next amendment but for the time being will defer execution of the amendment until a clear timeline for advancing the project is known. We included amendment 10 in the exhibits for completeness, but acknowledge that it is not yet executed. P&G has indicated that its approval will provide a one-year window for the project to achieve the next contractual milestone. We continue to believe, although we can give no assurances, that the pricing terms within the agreement are very favorable to P&G, even considering current market conditions and, therefore, that the agreement will be renewed by this amendment.. It is management’s belief that P&G remains an advocate for low cost clean energy as evidenced by the long term contract for SNG.

No Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not, and do not have, any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of establishing off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Therefore, we do not believe we are exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.

Inflation

Certain of our product offerings and supplies potentially may be subject to future price fluctuations due to inflationary and other market conditions. We believe that we largely will be able to pass such increased costs on to our customers through price increases, although we may not be able to adjust our prices immediately due to fixed price contracts for specific terms. In general, we do not believe that inflation will have a material effect on our results of operations in coming years. Technological advances have not caused prices on certain products to decrease, which could have a negative impact on margins.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

This information has been omitted based on our status as a smaller reporting company.

ITEM 4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of June 30, 2011, we carried out an evaluation, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2011 to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Company has limited internal resources and limited ability to have multiple levels of transaction review. We presently have only ten employees, and this leads to limited segregation of duties within the Company. However, our controls and procedures provide for full flow of information to Company management, especially to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and our evaluation shows we are able to meet our reporting obligations under the Exchange Act Rules stated above. While our disclosure controls and procedures are effective, we recognize that continued improvement is desired in the areas of management oversight, control of documentation being produced, and review of such control documentation when it is produced. A policy and procedure directive has been established to initiate improvement in this area.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, while not written into our Disclosure Controls and Procedures, we began requiring more explicit communications and written consensus and consent between our independent accounting firm or our securities counsel and our senior management. As of July 15, 2011, we have written this requirement into our formal program wherein we now require with respect to either audited or reviewed financials, the Company must receive written confirmation and approval by the Company’s outside auditors and securities counsel regarding at least each audit and review for our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and proxy statements prior to filing such documents with the SEC. There were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not currently a party to any material litigation and we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation against us that could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. However, we may from time to time be involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry

We have no current operating revenues.

We are a development stage company and have no revenues from operations to use for operating expenses or project development. If we are not able to obtain adequate sources of funds to operate our business we may not be able to continue as a going concern. Our business strategy and plans could be adversely affected in the event we need additional financing and are unable to obtain such funding when needed. Insufficient funds may prevent us from implementing our business strategy or may require us to delay, scale back or eliminate certain opportunities for the commercialization of our technology. If we cannot obtain necessary funding, then we may be forced to cease operations.

We anticipate that we will incur operating losses and negative cash flows for the immediate future.

The Company does not expect to generate significant revenues, if any, until Gas 1 or CCGT commences commercial operations, which we currently anticipate will occur approximately 37 or 24 months, respectively, following financial closing. We anticipate that our expenses will continue to increase substantially as we implement our project development and construction plan and expand our marketing and general and administrative operations. For these reasons, we expect to continue to incur significant operating losses for the next several years. These losses will have an adverse effect on our shareholders’ equity and working capital.

Our ability to become profitable is uncertain.

Our ability to become and remain profitable will depend on, among other things:

·	Our ability to identify, develop and construct gasification, SNG production and CCGT facilities, including our projects currently in development, at our projected cost and within our projected timetables.

·	Our ability to obtain adequate financing for our projects on terms consistent with our expectations.

·	Our ability to effectively manage the operations at our facilities and to avoid extended outages or other breakdowns or failures of equipment or processes, whether due to catastrophic natural events or otherwise.

·	Prices for traditional and alternative fuel sources and competitive power generation technologies.

·	Our ability to develop and market our end-products at a sufficient margin.

·	Our ability to develop an effective internal corporate organization and systems.

·	Our ability to attract, hire and retain qualified and experienced management and technical and field personnel.

Because of the numerous uncertainties associated with the development, construction, ownership and future operation of our projects, we are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will become profitable, if ever. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may be unable to sustain or increase our profitability in the future.

If we receive the financing for any or all of our projects, then Management believes our Company should undergo a period of rapid growth and activity related to our development and construction plan and our failure to manage this growth and activity could harm our business.

If we receive the financing for any or all of our projects, Management believes we should undergo a period of growth and activity. This possible growth, as well as any other growth that we may experience in the future, will provide challenges to our organization and may strain our management, technical and field personnel and operations, especially since our development and construction plan involves simultaneous activity on multiple projects. We may misjudge the amount of time or resources that will be required to manage effectively any anticipated or unanticipated growth or activity in our business or with respect to our development and construction plan or we may not be able to attract, hire or retain qualified and experienced personnel, including additional senior management personnel and technical and field personnel, to meet our needs. Our ability to manage growth and to execute our development and construction plan will depend in large part on our ability to continue to enhance our operating, financial and management information systems. If we cannot scale our business appropriately, maintain control over expenses or otherwise adapt to anticipated and unanticipated growth or changes to our development and construction plan, our business resources may become strained, and we may fail to stay within our project budgets or fail to achieve our target commercial operation dates for one or more of our projects.

Our development and construction plan requires substantial capital, and we may be unable to raise capital when needed, which could force us to delay, reduce or eliminate some or all of our development and construction plan.

We will require substantial capital resources to fund our development and construction plan going forward. Over the next four years, we expect to need $497.0 million for full construction of Gas 1, $1.02 billion for full construction of Gas 2, and approximately $627.3 million for full construction of CCGT, the three phases of the Lima Energy Project. We also expect to need approximately $2.3 billion for the development and construction of our Cleantech Energy Project in Wyoming. Our ability to obtain adequate funding for our projects will depend on a variety of factors, including adequacy of equity investment, adequacy of EPC and related contracts, and the adequacy of off-take arrangements and market conditions for each project. We may not be able to obtain adequate funding on terms consistent with our expectations to support our development and construction plan in a timely manner.

We may also need additional financing for a variety of reasons, including to support ongoing operations (including operations and maintenance expenses at our projects after commercial operations start), to pursue new project development opportunities (including EOR and CO2 sequestration), to attract and retain qualified management and technical and field personnel, to establish an effective infrastructure and to acquire complementary businesses or technologies. We do not yet have a credit facility to provide short-term borrowing capacity, or sufficient equity investment to support ongoing development operations. Future financings may include terms that disadvantage us or restrict our operations or use of operating cash flow.

In addition, it is also possible that the actual costs to complete any one of our projects may be greater than anticipated, in which case we may be forced to raise additional funds to complete the project on terms that substantially reduce the value of the project to us. If we are unable to raise adequate funds, or to raise adequate funds on terms acceptable to us, we may have to delay, reduce or eliminate some or all of our development and construction plans, liquidate some or all of our assets, or transfer ownership of one or more of our projects to our lenders or strategic partners.

If we are unable to obtain financing that provides sufficient funds to pay the note to GEI in the amount of $6.4 million as part of our agreement to acquire the Lima Energy Project, we may be forced to renegotiate the terms of the acquisition agreement or eliminate this project from our development and construction plan.

In 2010, the Company acquired from GEI., a related party, all of the outstanding stock of Lima Energy , the project company for the Lima Energy Project. GEI is considered a related party to the Company since our executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, Harry H. Graves, is also an executive officer and is beneficial holder of 46% of the stock of GEI. In exchange for Lima Energy stock, the Company issued a senior secured note to GEI in the amount of $6.4 million. Payment of the consideration for this asset was made with a senior secured note to GEI dated as of June 11, 2010, as amended. The note carries a 7% per annum accrued interest, and is payable at the first to occur of $400 million in Lima Energy financing, an equity offering by the Company of $75 million or more, or September 30, 2011. The Company plans to use some of the proceeds from this offering to repay the note plus accrued interest. If the Company is not able to obtain financing that provides sufficient funds to pay the note by September 30, 2011, then the Company would have to obtain a reasonable extension or renegotiate the payment terms for the note. If neither of the events occurs, the Lima Energy asset would be subject to reclaim by the seller, which would eliminate this project from our development and construction plans moving forward. We can give no assurances that we can secure the funding necessary to pay the note or that an extension or suitable renegotiation of the note will occur.

We may be unable to complete the development and construction of our projects on our planned schedule or within our project budget.

Our ability to complete the design, development and construction of each project, and to commence commercial operations at each project, according to our planned schedule and within project budgets, if at all, will depend upon a variety of factors, including some of which may be out of our control. The development and construction process for our first two projects is expected to require at 24 to 37 months from the date of the projects’ financing given the complex nature of designing, constructing, permitting and commencing operation of commercial scale gasification and SNG production facilities. Any delay in, or failure to, achieve one or more of the foregoing factors could cause a project to miss its scheduled date and budget to begin operations or not begin operations at all.

Our dependence on third-party service providers and suppliers may cause delays in the development and construction of our projects.

In certain instances we will rely entirely on third parties to supply us with all of the equipment, components and construction and engineering services necessary for the development and construction of our projects. As of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we have entered into limited contractual arrangements with service providers and suppliers for the development and construction of our projects. As a result, we do not yet have many of the contractual arrangements with service providers, such as fixed price EPC contracts for the Cleantech Energy Project, or equipment and component suppliers that will be needed to obtain adequate financing for our projects and to complete the development and construction of our projects. We may have difficulty obtaining agreements with third-party service providers and equipment and component suppliers on terms favorable or acceptable to us. Once a services or supply agreement is obtained, we cannot be sure that our third-party service providers and equipment and component suppliers will provide their services or deliver equipment or components in a timely manner.

We may be subject to additional construction risk as a result of GEC acting as the main EPC contractor for our Lima Energy Project.

For the construction of the Lima Energy Project, Lima Energy entered into an EPC contract with GEC, a related party, to provide main EPC contractor services for the Lima Energy Project. GEC is responsible for building and testing the Lima Energy Project and training the operators of the Lima Energy Project. GEC in turn has entered into an EPC agreement with ICC, which is not a related party, where ICC will provide general contractor services, and will provide day-to-day execution and implementation, certain construction services and hire additional, separate subcontractors with respect to the Lima Energy Project. The Lima Energy Project is the first gasification project undertaken by ICC and the first project for GEC. The construction and construction management of our Lima Energy Project will be the first constructed by these personnel as a team.

GEC lacks specific gasification facility construction experience, which would be preferred and which absence gives rise to additional construction risk.

If GEC or ICC fail to perform under its contract for any reason, Lima Energy may be forced to engage a substitute contractor, which could result in a significant delay in the construction schedule for the Lima Energy Project, as well as an increase in construction cost.

Our projects use specialized technology and equipment that must conform to particular design specifications, which may cause delays or increased costs in connection with their completion and delivery.

Gasification, SNG production, and IGCC projects are technically complex. Our projects are being designed to meet specified engineering and performance standards and they involve the use of specialized gasification equipment, including fuel islands, gasification and gas processing islands, power islands, air separation units, and environmental systems and control equipment, as well as various custom design elements. The manufacturing of this specialized gasification equipment and the construction of facilities in accordance with established design specifications involves substantial engineering expertise coupled with the use of highly specialized, gasification technology, which may vary from project to project. We have not completed (or, in certain cases, significantly begun) the design and engineering work for the projects currently in development, which means we may encounter unexpected engineering, construction or technical difficulties and delays during the construction process as a result of required design modifications. In addition, this equipment or engineering expertise may become more costly in the future. Factors such as design and engineering errors and construction performance falling below expected levels of output or efficiency could cause us to experience delays in completing the construction or commencing the commercial operations of our projects on time or on budget.

We may be unable to obtain or maintain the regulatory permits, approvals and consents required to construct and operate our projects.

We must obtain numerous environmental and other regulatory permits and certifications from federal, state and local agencies and authorities, including air permits and wastewater discharge permits, in order to construct and operate our projects. A number of these permits and certifications must be obtained prior to the start of construction of a project, while other permits are required to be obtained at or prior to the time of first commercial operation, and still other permits must be obtained within prescribed time frames following commencement of initial operations. Any failure to obtain the necessary environmental permits and certifications on a timely basis could delay the construction or commercial operation of our projects. In addition, once a permit or certification has been issued for a project, we must take steps to comply with each permit’s substantive conditions, which can include conditions as to timely commencement and completion of the project, otherwise the permit could be subject to revocation or suspension, or the Company could be exposed to penalties or other consequences, which could be significant. We also may need to modify existing permits to reflect changes in design or in project requirements, which modification could trigger a legal or regulatory review under a standard that may be more stringent than when the permits were originally granted.

We do not currently operate a gasification facility, and we have a limited history of operations.

We do not currently operate a gasification facility. Our Company has a limited operating history upon which to evaluate our business. Our recent operating history and expertise is limited to our management and technical staff operation of the Wabash River facility, in which the Company has no ownership interest, from 2000 through January 2005 and the joint management and operation of that facility from February 2005 to September 2008. As a consequence, our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties and risks associated with a limited operating history.

If we or our project companies are unable to meet the debt service requirements of the financing arrangements used to finance our projects, our lenders may take over ownership of our projects.

We intend to supply a significant amount of the funds necessary for our projects through non-recourse debt financing specific to each project, which will be secured by the assets of such project. As a result, we expect to be highly leveraged. In the event that after a debt financing, a project experiences cost overruns or a material delay in the start of commercial operations, the project may be unable to meet its debt service requirements. In addition, once a project becomes operational, an increase in the price of feedstock or other raw materials, a decrease in prices for natural gas and electricity, a failure of the project to achieve its specified reliability or performance standards, or the occurrence of other events that may or may not be within our control, such as natural disasters, could cause the project to be unable to meet its debt service requirements, possibly resulting in a default under a project financing agreement and ultimately the bankruptcy of that project company. In the event of a default that we or our project company cannot cure, the lenders would generally have rights to enforce their security interest in the assets of the relevant project and assume control over the ownership of such project. A bankruptcy of a project company may also constitute an event of default under any future debt agreements of ours even though such project company may not be a party to such agreement.

We may not be able to obtain feedstock at acceptable prices, which could increase operating costs significantly and harm our profitability.

Our ability to operate our facilities once we have completed development and construction activities is dependent upon the availability of feedstock at reasonable prices. Different gasification technologies utilize different types of feedstock and we may not have routine access to the feedstock appropriate for each technology at our facilities. In addition to the approximately 1.02 billion BOE solid hydrocarbon energy asset that our subsidiary Cleantech Energy Company has entered into an agreement and acquired from Interfuel E&P Ltd., an unrelated party, as described elsewhere, we plan to purchase solid hydrocarbon feedstock such as coal and petcoke as feed sources for our projects. In addition, we plan to purchase electricity and natural gas during the initial plant start-up period to supplement these feedstocks. Such electricity and natural gas will be purchased at market prices which may be high. During periods of rising prices for such feedstock, we may incur significant increases in our operating costs while not being able to increase our selling prices in a timely manner due to the fixed price nature of our existing off-take agreements. In addition, as a result of increased demand during such periods, our suppliers may be unable to supply the necessary feedstock to us or may otherwise fail to deliver products to us in the quantities required and at acceptable prices.

We may not be able to implement an effective system for the management of CO2, a significant byproduct of our proposed gasification facilities, which may become regulated in the United States in the near future.

Regulations affecting controls and limits on CO2 for industrial plants are not currently in place. Though such controls are anticipated, several years are generally expected to be allowed for achieving compliance, once a rule is finalized. The Company has made a strategic commitment to capture and manage CO2 at its facilities. As a result of the challenges associated with CO2 management, the implementation of the Company’s CO2 management strategy may not be completed until considerably later than the date on which the Lima Energy Project or our other facilities commence commercial operation and may require us to incur expenditures greater than currently anticipated. Until an effective CO2 management plan has been fully implemented at our facilities, their CO2 emissions may become subject to significant restrictions as part of any federal or state program to control global warming.

We do not own proven or probable reserves in connection with any of our projects nor do we know if it is commercially feasible to receive a sufficient quantity of BOE from our solid hydrocarbon energy asset to support the development and operation of our Cleantech Energy Project. As a result, we may be required to abandon one of our gasification projects and record impairment or other charges on our consolidated financial statements.

We have no proven or probable reserves in connection with any of our projects. Construction of the Cleantech Energy Project will depend, in part, upon our confirmation that it is economically feasible to extract a sufficient quantity of BOE from the solid hydrocarbon energy asset and upon future delivery of the solid hydrocarbon energy asset to support the development and operation of that project. If we determine that we will be unable to extract a sufficient quantity of BOE from the energy asset or if we are unable to receive a sufficient quantity of solid hydrocarbons from this energy asset to justify the construction of the Cleantech Energy Project, we may decide to redesign, relocate, develop alternate feedstock supplies, delay, or elect not to proceed on the development of this project. Furthermore, if we determine that it is not commercially feasible to receive our solid hydrocarbon energy asset, we may be required to write off the value of the asset or to record an impairment or other charge on our consolidated financial statements that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Claims that current or future technologies used in our projects infringe or misappropriate the proprietary rights of others could adversely affect our ability to utilize those technologies and cause us to incur additional costs.

We could be subject to third-party infringement claims if third parties challenge our use of a particular technology, including the E-Gas™ technology used at the Wabash River facility. Any litigation, regardless of its outcome, would likely result in the expenditure of significant financial resources and the diversion of management’s time and resources. In addition, litigation in which we are accused of infringement may cause negative publicity, adversely impact prospective off-take customers, require us to develop non-infringing technology, make substantial payments to third parties or enter into royalty or license agreements, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information and know-how, our ability to develop, complete and operate our projects could be materially adversely affected.

We believe that the most important element of our intellectual property comes from the knowledge base of our management and employees, which consists of expertise, art and trade secrets obtained through many years of our management and technical team’s gasification and IGCC facility operational experience. As a result, we consider our trade secrets, operational experience, processes and know-how to be one of our principal competitive strengths. We will seek to limit disclosure of these trade secrets, operational experience, processes and know-how by requiring employees, consultants and any third parties with access to such information to execute confidentiality agreements and by restricting access to such information. We cannot be certain, however, that all of our existing employees will execute such agreements and, if they choose not to do so, we will have no contractual recourse against them if they disclose our trade secrets, processes or know-how to third parties or otherwise use such intellectual property in connection with future employment. In addition, even if executed, these agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. Furthermore, trade secrets may otherwise become known or be independently developed by third parties. To the extent that our employees, consultants or third parties use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions. Such disputes could result in our having to enter into licensing arrangements that may require the payment of a license fee or royalties to the owner of the intellectual property. Such royalty or licensing arrangements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

In addition, we believe that our management team has been instrumental in the advancement of gasification and SNG production technologies through the incremental improvement of such technologies and the operational process over their careers with us and other companies. Accordingly, our success in effectively protecting the confidentiality of our sensitive information and know-how will depend in large part upon our ability to retain our current senior management. The loss of the services of certain members of our senior management team could cause significant harm to our competitive position and technical capabilities, prevent or delay the development, construction and operation of our projects, and negatively reflect upon our reputation.

Fluctuations in natural gas and other energy commodity prices, our inability to enter into off-take agreements at acceptable prices, or a lack of acceptance of gasification and related production technologies could adversely affect our business plan and ability to become profitable.

Our results of operations will be affected by our ability to negotiate energy contracts in a marketplace generally controlled by wholesale prices of those energy products and commodities which we intend to trade, such as natural gas, electricity, petcoke and coal. Some of these markets are often highly volatile, and often experience significant price fluctuations. Current prices for such commodities may not be indicative of prices that will be in effect when we expect to commence operations. Wholesale energy market prices may fluctuate to such extremes that our products may fail to remain price competitive relative to such energy products. Difficulties or failure to negotiate acceptable contracts could delay our projects or cause us to alter our production or project development plans, which could lead to additional incurred costs.

Contract provisions in our ten-year off-take agreement with P&G for SNG to be produced at the Lima Energy Project, which was extended by amendment nine times, but which currently has expired and is not in effect, may allow such contracts to be terminated or unfavorably modified, and result in adverse effects on the financial performance of the respective projects. The next amendment, extending the agreement for one year, continues to be reviewed by P&G, who has recently indicated approval by the first of two internal approval levels. However, as a result of informal discussion between P&G and us, P&G has indicated it intends to execute the next amendment but for the time being will defer execution of the amendment until a clear timeline for advancing the project is known. We included amendment 10 in the exhibits for completeness, but acknowledge that it is not yet executed. P&G has indicated that its approval will provide a one-year window for the project to achieve the next contractual milestone. We can give no assurances that P&G will renew this amendment. We are also exposed to the risk that the counterparties to our long-term off-take agreements will not perform their obligations under such agreements. Should these counterparties fail to perform, we may incur unanticipated losses or the failure may adversely impact our ability to obtain adequate financing for other projects being developed.

We believe that a significant increase in the demand for and price level of natural gas, national security concerns associated with foreign oil reserves, increasingly stringent environmental regulations, and public support surrounding climate change have all led to increasing demand for “clean” power utilizing environmentally responsible coal-based generation technology. However, there can be no assurance that the acceptance and adoption of gasification and SNG production technologies and the related demand for gasification and SNG end-products will continue to grow or that the pricing of these end-products in the future will be at satisfactory levels.

We compete with other suppliers, including utility companies, in each of our anticipated product areas and our revenue could decline if we are unable to compete successfully.

We expect to compete with all traditional suppliers of natural gas and with utilities and independent power producers who sell power in our anticipated target markets. Our ability to compete with established energy suppliers, particularly utilities and natural gas suppliers, depends on, among other factors, providing competitively priced SNG and electricity in reliable quantities. Some of our competitors, particularly utilities and natural gas suppliers, may be larger and better capitalized than us and, as such, may have significant advantages over us. In addition, to the extent that our gasification and SNG production facilities enjoy product support that is derived in part from the environmental advantages associated with our technologies, such advantages may be compromised to the extent that owners of coal-fired generation assets, particularly utility companies, are able to cost- effectively upgrade pollution control techniques or utilize competing power technologies at these plants.

In addition, there are gasification projects under consideration by companies other than large utilities and industrial companies. Some of these companies may compete with us in the future for customers, sites and government funding. Certain well-known companies, such as General Electric and Shell US Clean Coal Energy, Inc., own the major gasification technologies in the United States and may decide to develop or invest in, or form alliances to develop, gasification or SNG production technologies. These companies may have the manufacturing, marketing, finance and sales capabilities to complete development of gasification projects that could be more competitive than our projects and could be brought to market or constructed more quickly than our projects. To the extent that these companies already have name recognition, their initiatives into gasification technology may enjoy greater market acceptance. Lastly, oil production and petrochemical firms have proposed new plants that have the capability to produce transportation fuels, hydrogen and a wide range of other products. Although these firms are focused on their own needs, they could reduce the available market for the products that can be produced at our gasification facilities. A substantial increase in the number of gasification or IGCC facilities, or the advancement of competing power technologies, could impact our competitive attractiveness, and, therefore, our ability to become profitable.

GEI, or its management, in the future, may decide to pursue gasification and related projects in the United States which may compete with our projects, and our revenue could decline if we are unable to compete successfully.

We do not have any “non-compete” form of agreement between USA Synthetic Fuel and GEI that would prevent GEI from electing to pursue gasification and related projects in the United States. As a result, we can give no assurance that GEI will not pursue gasification and related projects on their own in the United States at some time in the future. If GEI does pursue such projects, these would be considered competitive projects to our own projects and could impact our competitive attractiveness, and, therefore our ability to become profitable.

Terrorist attacks or sustained military campaigns may adversely impact our business.

The terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented events that have created many economic and political uncertainties, some of which may materially adversely impact our business. The continued threat of terrorism and the impact of military and other action will likely lead to continued volatility in prices for natural gas and could affect the markets for the operations of our customers on which we will be dependent. Furthermore, the United States government has issued public warnings that indicate that energy assets might be specific targets of terrorist organizations. The continuation of these developments may subject our operations to increased risks and, depending on their ultimate magnitude, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We and our project companies may be unable to access the credit and capital markets to finance projects and working capital requirements.

We and our project companies will rely on access to the credit and capital markets to finance our projects (including the Lima Energy Project and the Cleantech Energy Project) and our working capital requirements. Access to these markets may be adversely affected by factors beyond our control, including volatility in securities trading markets, turmoil in the financial services industry and general economic conditions.

Market disruptions such as those recently experienced in the United States and abroad may adversely affect our and our project companies’ ability to access sources of liquidity upon which we and they will rely to finance operations (including the Lima Energy Project and the Cleantech Energy Project), and satisfy obligations as they become due. These disruptions may include unprecedented volatility in the markets where our securities are proposed to trade following completion of this registration, turmoil in the financial services industry, including substantial uncertainty surrounding lending institutions with which we and our project companies may do business, and general economic downturns in the areas where we and our project companies do business. In addition, if we or our project companies are unable to access credit at competitive rates, our collective ability to finance our operations and those of our project companies, meet our and our project companies’ short-term obligations and implement our and our project companies’ operating strategy could be adversely affected.

Our existing shareholders have substantial control over us after and could limit and influence the outcome of key transactions, including changes of control.

Our current shareholders, if acting together, would be able to control or influence significantly all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of our directors and the approval of mergers or other significant corporate transactions. The concentration of ownership of our common stock may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control of our Company, could deprive our shareholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their common stock as part of a sale of our company and may affect the market price of our common stock. This significant concentration of stock ownership may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock due to investor perception that conflicts of interest may exist or arise.

Our common stock has not been widely traded and the price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially.

Prior to this registration, there has been a limited public market for shares of our common stock, with limited trading relating to the 159,100 shares of previously registered common stock referred to as the “public float.” An active public trading market may not develop following the effective date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q or, if developed, may not be sustained. The market price of our common stock following this registration, and any possible subsequent listing on the NASDAQ Market or other securities exchange, if and when we are successful in doing so, will be affected by a number of factors, including those discussed above.

Future sales of our common stock by existing shareholders could cause our stock price to decline.

If our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price of our common stock could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell shares of common stock could also depress the market price of our common stock. There are 75,027,361shares of common stock outstanding, of which only 159,100 shares are freely saleable as of June 30, 2011. The balance of our issued and outstanding common shares are restricted until the earlier of (i) one year after the filing date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q; or (ii) six months from the date our shares are listed on the NASDAQ Market if the Company seeks to have, and is successful in having, its shares listed on the NASDAQ Market. Additional restrictions apply to certain key management shareholdings. We may in the future issue and register additional shares of our common stock that might be freely transferable at the time of such transaction.

A decline in the price of shares of our common stock might impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of our common stock or other equity securities.

We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, and any return on investment may be limited to the value of our common stock.

We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on our earnings, financial condition, opportunities to invest in the growth of our business and other business and economic factors affecting us at such time as our Board of Directors may consider relevant. If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on investment will occur only if our stock price increases.

Our charter documents may discourage or prevent a change of control, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our shareholders, which could adversely affect our stock price and prevent attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management.

Our current Bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change of control of our Company or changes in our Board of Directors that our shareholders might consider favorable and limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for our securities. Among other things, these provisions:

·	Authorize the issuance of preferred stock which can be created and issued by the Board of Directors without prior shareholder approval, with rights senior to those of our common stock.

·	Require advance written notice of shareholder proposals and director nominations to be considered at shareholders’ meetings.

These and other provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws could make it more difficult for shareholders or potential acquirers to obtain control of our Board of Directors or initiate actions that are opposed by our then current Board of Directors, including a merger, tender offer or proxy contest involving our Company. Any delay or prevention of a change of control transaction or changes in our Board of Directors could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Sales of unregistered securities during the period indicated are disclosed below.

During the three months ended June 30, 2011, we issued the following unregistered shares of our common stock:

On April 27, 2011, the Company issued 11,111 shares of common stock to AGS Capital Group, LLC in consideration for legal and documentation services in the amount of $50,000. These shares of common stock were issued pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

NONE

ITEM 4. [REMOVED AND RESERVED]

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

No.

Description


31.1		Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2		Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1		Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 16, 2011	USA SYNTHETIC FUEL CORPORATION


	By: /s/ Dr. Steven C. Vick
	Name: Dr. Steven C. Vick
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


	By: /s/ Harry H. Graves
	Name: Harry H. Graves
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

USA Synthetic Fuel Corp - FORM 10-Q/A - August 16, 2011

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