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ShawCor secures a second pipe coating contract for the Wheatstone Project
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
ShawCor secures a second pipe coating contract for the Wheatstone Project11:43 EST Tuesday, November 22, 2011
(TSX: SCL.A, SCL.B)
TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - ShawCor Ltd. (TSX: SCL.A, SCL.B) today
announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a second
contract from Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings
and related products and services for the flowlines on the Wheatstone
Project. This contract is in addition to the previously announced
contract to supply coatings on the gas supply trunkline for the
Wheatstone Project. The combined value of the two contracts will
exceed US$170 million. The insulated flowlines will transport
production from the gas fields, which are located offshore North West
Australia, to the Wheatstone platform. The gas supply trunkline will
transport the produced gas from the Wheatstone platform to the
Wheatstone LNG facility that will be located at Ashburton North in
Western Australia. The contracts will be executed at Bredero Shaw's
facilities in Kabil, Indonesia; Kuantan, Malaysia and Orkanger,
Norway. The Kabil and Kuantan facilities are technology-based, full
service coating plants that were built specifically to process large,
complex projects in the Asia Pacific region. The Orkanger facility is a
specialized coating plant established to provide high efficiency
thermal insulation systems that meet the performance standards required
for onshore and offshore insulated pipelines.
The contracts involve coating approximately 300 km of 10" to 44"
diameter pipe that will be protected with fusion bonded epoxy or three
layer anticorrosion coatings, Thermotite® polypropylene insulation
coating, SureFlo? internal coating and HeviCote® concrete weight
coating. In addition Bredero Shaw has also received a contract for
anode procurement and installation as well as custom coating. Work will
commence during the second quarter of 2012.
ShawCor Ltd is an energy services company specializing in products and
services for the pipeline and pipe services and the petrochemical and
industrial segments of the oil and gas industry. The company operates
through seven divisions with over seventy manufacturing and service
facilities located around the world.
Bredero Shaw, ShawCor's largest division, is the global leader in pipe
coating solutions and employs approximately 4,000 permanent and
contract personnel located at offices and facilities in fifteen
countries. The division provides specialized coating systems and
related services for corrosion protection, insulation and weight
coating applications on land and marine pipelines including highly
engineered corrosion and insulation systems for deepwater applications.
This news release contains forward-looking information within the
meaning of applicable securities laws. Words such as "may", "will",
"should", "anticipate", "plan", "expect", "believe", "predict",
"estimate" or similar terminology are used to identify forward-looking
information. This forward looking information is based on assumptions,
estimates, and analysis made in the light of the company's experience
and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected
developments, as well as other factors that are believed by the company
to be reasonable and relevant in the circumstances. Forward looking
information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to
be materially different from those predicted, expressed, or implied by
the forward-looking information. The risks and uncertainties include,
among other things, changes in global economic activity and changes in
energy supply and demand which impact on the level of drilling activity
and pipeline construction; political, economic and other risks arising
from international operations; compliance with environmental, trade and
other laws; liability claims; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates
and fluctuations in raw material prices, as well as other risks and
uncertainties that are more fully described in the company's Annual
Information Form, annual and quarterly reports and other reports and
filings made with securities regulatory authorities and available at www.sedar.com.
SOURCE ShawCor Ltd.For further information: <p> ShawCor Ltd. </p> <p align="justify"> Gary Love<br/> Vice President, Finance and CFO<br/> Tel: 416-744-5818<br/> Email: <a href="mailto:glove@shawcor.com">glove@shawcor.com</a><br/> Website: <a href="http://www.shawcor.com">www.shawcor.com</a> </p>
