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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Invensys wins automation order from major Chinese contractor for mega power plant project in India

– 3,600-megawatt generating station one of the largest power plants under construction in India –

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – June 21, 2007 – Invensys Process Systems (http://ips.invensys.com/) has been selected by Shandong No. 3 Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO III) of China to implement Foxboro (http://www.foxboro.com/) I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) for a 3,600-megawatt generating station being built in Jharsuguda district, Orissa state, India. The plant is one of the largest power plants under construction in India, and represents a new generation of mega-sized generating plants being built to help meet India’s bourgeoning power demand.

Extensive Invensys experience in the power industry (including a large number of projects in China) and expertise in large-scale projects were important factors in the SEPCO III contract award to Invensys.

The DCS contract will encompass an advanced I/A Series automation infrastructure integrating more than 63,000 I/O points. The systems will be used to control the new plant’s boilers, turbines and generators utilizing Invensys’ Performance Plus coordinated control system (CCS) technology, well-proven in power plants worldwide. Subsystem applications will include data acquisition system (DAS), furnace safety supervisory system (FSSS), boiler and turbine sequence control system (SCS), turbine digital electro-hydraulic (DEH) control system, feed water pump mechanical electro-hydraulic (MEH) control system, and electric control systems (ECS).

In addition to I/A Series automation hardware and software, Invensys Process Systems China will also provide a range of installation services, engineering, training, and field service.

The plant is part of the “Power for All” initiative, an aggressive Indian government plan to sustain economic growth with significant additions of power generation capacity in the next few years. The new power plant project is one of the largest projects for SEPCO III, and comprises China’s largest export machinery and equipment order to India.

About Shandong No. 3 Electric Power Construction Corporation
Shandong No. 3 Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO III) is part of Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation and is a leading power EPC contractor for thermal plants, nuclear plants, gas-fired and hydropower stations. SEPCO III was one of the first Chinese power contractors to enter the global market, and has more than 160 generation units of contract experience in China and around the world, including a range of public power and captive power projects in India. Capable of providing the full range of EPC services from its experienced professional staff, SEPCO III is headquartered in Shandong, China.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management, a strategy designed to help today’s industrial enterprises to effectively balance the availability and utilization of their production assets to match changing business requirements. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.

The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

Invensys, Foxboro, I/A Series, Performance Plus, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Invensys Asia Pacific User Group Conference draws customers from across region to Kuala Lumpur

SINGAPORE – March 15, 2007 – Invensys Process Systems recently hosted a record number of customers at the company’s 2007 Asia Pacific Users Group Conference, January 23-26, 2007 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Approximately 250 users of various Invensys brand products – including Foxboro process control systems, Triconex safety and critical control systems, SimSci-Esscor simulation software, and Avantis enterprise asset management software – attended the four-day technical conference.

Invensys customers came from across the Asia Pacific region, including nearby Asean countries such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as from Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Some of the larger customer organizations represented at the conference included Brunei Shell, Petronas Carigali, Reliance Industries, China Light Power, PT Indonesia Power, PTT Chem, PetroVietnam, Sinopec, and the Chiyoda Corporation.

The keynote speakers, Mr. Wan Hassan Wan Mamat from Petronas Carigali (Malaysia) and Mr Shirasaki Yoshihiro from Chiyoda Corporation (Japan), presented industry technological and business trends. Mr. Yagnesh P. Buch from Reliance Industries (India) also presented the progress of the Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery Project, for which Invensys was selected as process automation and control system supplier.

In addition to technical sessions where participants from across the region had the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with other colleagues to learn best practices, Invensys industry and application experts provided many different sessions covering timely subjects such as trends in automation, wireless technology, manufacturing execution systems, and enterprise control systems.

User Group Conference participants also had the opportunity to see live demonstrations of the latest Invensys technology in a large Showcase area. These included demonstrations of Invensys Performance Services (Wireless, Cyber Security, Alarm Management, Loop Management, Energy Management, etc.) plus the new InFusion enterprise control system, which is designed to help solve many kinds of business problems by providing a cost-effective solution for integrating all plant and enterprise systems (DCS, PLC, SIS, MES, CMMS, EAM, ERP, etc.) into a common application environment.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.
Invensys Process Systems’ Asia Pacific headquarters is based in Singapore. The division has major technical centers in Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, and Chennai, plus offices or representatives in most principal cities throughout the region.

The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Avantis, InFusion, and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

New Foxboro migration solution for Moore APACS control systems enables users to “plug in” to the latest performance-enhancing Invensys technology

- Provides cost-effective, low-risk solution for upgrading to a state-of-the-art DCS and advanced enterprise control system technology –

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – March 5, 2007 – Foxboro Automation (http://www.foxboro.com/), a unit of Invensys Process Systems, today announced that it has introduced a new family of plug-in I/A Series migration cards for Moore APACS systems. These Foxboro migration cards enable Moore users to easily upgrade their legacy APACS ACM and ACM+ control systems to advanced Invensys technology, including the latest generation of I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) and Invensys’ groundbreaking InFusion enterprise control system (ECS) technologies.

Using Invensys’ well-proven “plug in” migration approach, this DCS upgrade can be accomplished without having to replace existing field wiring, termination assemblies, system enclosures, or power supplies. Invensys replaces the old APACS input/output (I/O) modules with new Foxboro I/A Series I/O modules specially designed to plug right into the existing system racks. Thus, with proper upfront planning, database conversion, and off-line testing, the actual system switchover can be accomplished in hours, with minimal – if any – costly process downtime. To reduce engineering costs, the existing APACS per-channel configurable I/O approach is retained. This eliminates the need for complicated I/O mapping.

And to save even more on engineering and operator training requirements associated with the migration, the existing APACS ProcessSuite graphics can be re-used within Invensys’ advanced InFusion View human machine interface (HMI). InFusion View can be seamlessly layered over the new I/A Series DCS components to provide users with both a familiar HMI and an initial building block toward implementing a complete InFusion ECS.

“Invensys brings new meaning and value to the term, ‘migration.’ Not only do we make it a relatively easy, low-risk, and cost-effective proposition for users of legacy DCSs to migrate to a state-of-the-art I/A Series system to help immediately improve plant performance, we also position those same users to be able to take advantage of the latest InFusion ECS technology, which is designed to help improve overall enterprise business performance,” commented Betty Naylor-McDevitt, director of the Foxboro Automation unit of Invensys Process Systems.

The new I/A Series migration modules for APAC systems (which meet or exceed original specifications) support the latest Foxboro I/A Series system capabilities, including:

  • Rugged, optionally redundant/fault-tolerant 200 Series I/O for nonstop analog, discrete, and HART digital field communications
  • high-performance, optionally-redundant/fault-tolerant ZCP- and FCP-270 control processors provide the power, flexibility, and reliability needed to implement today’s demanding unit- and plant-wide process control strategies
  • the new I/A Series Field Device Manager takes advantage of both EDDL and FDT fieldbus technologies to reduce configuration, commissioning, and ongoing support costs for intelligent field devices over the instruments’ entire life cycles, and
  • One GB Mesh Control Network takes full advantage of proven commercial networking technologies to help ensure unconstrained performance and nonstop communications over the process control network

Using the company’s well-proven plug in migration approach, Invensys has already helped more than 400 customers around the world upgrade their legacy Honeywell TDC2000 and TDC3000, Bailey NET 90 and INFI 90, Fisher PROVOX S10 and S20, Westinghouse WDPF, Siemens Moore APACS, and Foxboro SPECTRUM and SPEC 200 systems to current Foxboro I/A Series technology.

For more information on the new I/A Series plug in migration modules for Moore APACS or other legacy systems, readers can contact their local Foxboro Automation representative, call the Invensys Customer Satisfaction Center toll-free at 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the U.S. and Canada), or visit www.foxboro.com/migration.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.

The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Invensys Process Systems China implements Foxboro automation project for Cilacap Power Plant in central Java, Indonesia

Two-unit 600-megawatt plant with I/A Series DCS is largest coal-fired generating project exported to Indonesia from China

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – February 12, 2007 – Invensys Process Systems China has implemented an I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) project for the recently constructed Cilacap Power Plant, a two-unit, 600-megawatt coal-fired generating plant located at Cilacap, on the south coast of central Java in Indonesia. The new plant is to date the largest coal-fired generating project imported to Indonesia from China.

The Foxboro automation implementation for the new generation plant comprises I/A Series DCS systems that run a variety of critical applications, including the following:

  1. Management command system (MCS)
  2. Data acquisition system (DAS)
  3. Boiler sequence control system (SCS)
  4. Furnace safety supervisory system (FSSS)
  5. Turbine sequence control system (SCS)
  6. Turbine digital electro-hydraulic (DEH) control system
  7. Feed water pump mechanical electro-hydraulic (MEH) control system
  8. Energy management and control system (EMCS)
  9. Supervisory information system (SIS)
  10. Remote data acquisition system (DAS)

Chinese engineers and technical staff from Invensys Process Systems China worked closely on a fast track in Indonesia with the general contractor and commissioning agent for plant commissioning and testing. A highly experienced power industry automation supplier, Invensys Process Systems China also provided a range of control system engineering, design and configuration services, along with extensive coordination and management of other systems from third-party suppliers.

Both the Indonesian and Chinese governments consider this project an important strategic milestone in technical cooperation and in the advancement of non-oil energy resources. The site was visited by Indonesian government leaders, the Chinese ambassador to Indonesia, and Indonesia’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.

About Invensys Process Systems China
Invensys’ automation businesses include industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, pipelines, refineries, gas plants, power plants, pulp and paper mills, petrochemical and other process plants.

Invensys Process Systems China began with the formation of the Shanghai-Foxboro Company Limited (SFCL) in 1982; Foxboro was the first major American manufacturer to establish a joint venture in China. Today, Invensys manufactures in China a wide variety of state-of-the-art automation products for both domestic use and for export purposes. Invensys was the first company in China (1991) to be certified under the stringent ISO 9001 international quality standard, and maintains a product and customer technology center in Beijing.

Invensys Process Systems China has implemented state-of-the-art process control systems in hundreds of different world-class industrial facilities throughout China and the Asia Pacific region. These include offshore production platforms, pipelines, oil refineries, petrochemical plants, electric power generation plants, steel mills, cement plants, float glass plants, pharmaceutical plants, and food processing plants.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Foxboro, I/A Series, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Invensys and INVAP renew cooperative business agreement for the nuclear market

Business alliance combines Invensys’ expertise in control and safety systems for nuclear plants with INVAP’s expertise in nuclear reactor technology and services

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – January 2, 2007 – Invensys Process Systems (Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA) and INVAP S.E. (Bariloche, Argentina) today announced that the two companies have renewed an existing cooperative business agreement for an additional three years. Under this alliance agreement, the companies will continue to work together to provide mutual customers with comprehensive, world-class product and service solutions for the design, engineering, construction, control, protection, and maintenance of nuclear facilities.

INVAP (http://www.invap.com.ar/ ) is a respected designer and constructor of nuclear facilities around the world. Invensys is a highly experienced global supplier of safety and control systems for nuclear facilities, including many of the world’s largest nuclear power plants.

Working under a subcontract for INVAP, Invensys Systems Argentina recently provided control and safety systems hardware and associated engineering services for the OPAL scientific/medical research reactor constructed and commissioned by INVAP in New South Wales, Australia. INVAP, as the Main Contractor for the OPAL Project, has been responsible for the design of the integrated solution as well as for its assembly, installation, commissioning and performance of the control and safety systems for this state-of-the-art nuclear installation. Here, the full set of Invensys products for the nuclear industry have been employed in an integrated manner in a plant built around the most modern multipurpose nuclear reactor in the world.

About Invensys’ Nuclear Group
Invensys’s nuclear group combines systems and engineering capabilities to provide the nuclear industry with a cost-effective, full scope solution for plant life extension. Extensive nuclear industry experience combined with a modern open-system controls platform, and commercial-off-the-shelf 1E certified safety system, provide the only fully integrated instrument and control (I&C) digital upgrade solution available in the nuclear power industry. For more information, visit http://www.invensysnuclear.com/.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Avantis, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex, and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Invensys wins multi-million dollar automation and safety contract for Yemen grassroots LNG plant

Project scope to include Foxboro I/A Series DCS, Triconex safety and fire & gas systems, and engineering services for $2+ billion facility
FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – December 5, 2006 – Invensys Process Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide Foxboro (http://www.foxboro.com/) distributed control systems (DCS), and Triconex (http://www.triconex.com/) safety systems and fire & gas systems for the Yemen LNG Company Ltd. plant being built at Balhaf, on Yemen’s south coast. The new $2+ billion grassroots plant is the first LNG plant in Yemen, and the Foxboro implementation will be the first major DCS in Yemen.

The Invensys systems will help Yemen LNG efficiently and safely deliver its planned total capacity of 6.7 million tons of LNG per year. The new plant will consist of two process trains using the well-proven APCI C3/MCR process. The target for Train 1 start-up is the end of 2008, with Train 2 coming on line approximately five months later. The Invensys contract covers automation and safety systems on both process trains, plus all plant utilities.

The joint venture YEMGAS, comprising Technip, JGC and KBR, is responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the new plant. Invensys Process Systems, through its global centers of LNG excellence, will provide a range of hardware and software integration, configuration and engineering services, as well as on-site assistance with commissioning, start-up and technical training.

The Foxboro DCS implementation will comprise 45 pairs of latest generation I/A Series control processors in fault-tolerant configurations, and will utilize the high-speed Foxboro mesh control network for optimal availability and performance. The systems will control all major plant processes including: feedstock gas reception and dehydration; acid and mercury removal; gas chilling and liquefaction; LNG storage and ship loading; site utilities, and flare control. Fourteen Triconex TMR (triple modular redundant) safety-instrumented systems will be employed throughout the plant for the process safety systems, fire & gas systems, and safety shutdown systems. The Invensys implementation at Yemen LNG also includes supply and integration of Bentley Nevada machine monitoring systems and a plant-wide time synchronization system.

The Foxboro and Triconex systems will together coordinate more than 27,000 total I/O points across the plant, representing a wide variety of devices. Control operations will utilize a central control room, six satellite control rooms, a marine operations control room and a fire station.

To help maximize overall asset performance at this new site after the start-up, Invensys will also implement an integrated asset management system, an advanced alarm management system, and a control loop performance monitoring system.

Significant factors in the award were deep Invensys experience in LNG, product/service technical leadership, and the extensive favorable project execution histories between Invensys and the EPC partners. Foxboro DCS and Triconex safety instrumented systems are controlling and protecting dozens of LNG plants around the world. Utilizing global resources, Invensys project teams have brought together business consulting, system integration, automation control solutions, and project management for LNG companies worldwide.

About Yemen LNG Company Ltd.
The Yemen LNG Project was launched in August 2005, to help meet increasing global LNG demands. Yemen LNG represents the country’s largest investment initiative and is the first-ever public-private venture of its kind in Yemen. The shareholders of Yemen LNG Company Ltd. are Total, Yemen Gas Company, Hunt Oil Company, SK Corporation, Hyundai Corporation, Korea Gas Company and the Yemen General Authority of Social Security and Pensions. More information can be found at http://www.yemenlng.com/.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation business includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Invensys, Foxboro, I/A Series, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

New generation of Triconex I/O systems announced

New high-density modules, enhanced diagnostics and ATEX compliance help increase performance and reduce installed costs for Invensys’ flagship safety instrumented systems (SIS)

DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (INVENSYS CUSTOMER CONFERENCE) – December 6, 2006 – The Triconex unit of Invensys Process Systems today announced a new generation of I/O subsystems for its flagship Tricon triple-modular-redundant (TMR) safety and critical control systems.

The new family of I/O modules offers higher point density, higher resolution, faster scan rates, an innovative approach for per-point supervision, and user-configurable nominal load limits in the digital output modules. These new features provide increased speed and better accuracy in high-speed critical control applications, while decreasing the cost per I/O point and cost of ownership.

Triconex (http://www.triconex.com/) has also released the Version 10.2.1 of the Tricon safety instrumented system platform. This provides Tricon users with increased levels of flexibility in configuring safe and reliable critical control systems. Triconex has also released TriStation 1131 version 4.1.437 developer’s workbench within Tricon v10.2.1, to support the configuration of the new family of I/O modules.

Within the new high-density line of I/O modules, Triconex also announced TÜV certification for European Union ATEX standards covering I/O and field terminations in potentially explosive atmospheres. I/O modules and external termination panels for Tricon systems are now available to meet application requirements for non-incendive electrical equipment in hazardous locations such as volatile gas environments.

The new ATEX Triconex I/O module and termination panel certification allows users to comply with non-incendive and thermally limited termination directives without the need for isolation barriers or similar configurations. In addition to providing an ATEX-compliant solution that extends from the safety system to the field wiring, the certification provides significant installation and maintenance cost advantages over isolation barriers.

In addition to the new family of I/O Products, Triconex announced the Enhanced Diagnostics Monitor v1.1.111, a Windows XP-based software application that provides a more comprehensive view of the health of the Triconex safety systems. This application helps users make better troubleshooting decisions when maintaining their safety systems configurations, minimizing the chances of downtime.

“Taken together, these important Triconex developments help users optimize the availability of their production assets by providing new levels of performance, reliability and maintainability of their control infrastructure without compromising the safety of the process,” said Luis Duran, Triconex Brand Director at Invensys Process Systems.

While being independent and separate, the Tricon TMR safety and critical control systems can be easily integrated with all popular distributed control systems (DCS) as well serve as the safety system platform within an InFusion enterprise control system (ECS).

Triconex, a unit of Invensys Process Systems, is a leading supplier of products, systems, and services for safety, critical control, and turbomachinery applications.

For more information on Triconex products and services, please visit http://www.triconex.com/, or contact the Invensys Customer Satisfaction Center via phone at 866-746-6477 (508-549-2424 outside the US and Canada) or via e-mail at ips.csc@ips.invensys.com.

For more information on the InFusion enterprise control system, please visit http://www.infusionecs.com/.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills. For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Triconex, Invensys, Tricon, Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Invensys awarded multi-million dollar contract to upgrade Foxboro control systems at Saudi Aramco’s two largest gas plants

Shedgum and ‘Uthmaniyah Gas Plants’ I/A Series systems will be upgraded to the latest Mesh Control Network technology

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – December 5, 2006 – Invensys Process Systems today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Saudi Aramco to upgrade the existing Foxboro distributed control systems (DCS) at Saudi Aramco’s Shedgum and ‘Uthmaniyah Gas Plants. Invensys Middle East will provide all engineering, procurement (hardware and software), and site services for the DCS upgrade project.

These large I/A Series systems were installed late in the 1990s to replace the analog panel board controls at both plants. Under this DCS upgrade contract, which is designed to help keep both plants technologically current, Invensys will upgrade the existing I/A Series control networks at each plant with state-of-the-art Mesh Control Network technology.

A large number of control processors and workstations throughout both plants will also be upgraded to current I/A Series technology. Invensys and Saudi Aramco personnel are working closely to help ensure that these upgrades will be completed without production interruptions and with maximum re-use of existing control strategies, operator displays, and information applications.

Saudi Aramco constructed the Shedgum and ‘Uthmaniyah Gas Plants in the 1980s as key components of Saudi Arabia’s visionary Master Gas Plan. They remain the two largest gas plants in the Kingdom, with a combined processing capacity of well over four billion standard cubic feet per day (scfd). The output from these plants is fed into the Saudi gas grid where it fuels local power plants and provides feedstock for petrochemical plants.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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Foxboro, Invensys, I/A Series, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Invensys awarded multi-million dollar automation contract for Ras Laffan LNG Trains 6 & 7

Contract includes Foxboro and Triconex control and safety systems; integrated asset management, alarm management, and control loop performance monitoring systems; plus associated engineering services

FOXBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – December 5, 2006 – Invensys Process Systems today announced that the Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited 3 (RL3) in Qatar, through its Engineering Procurement Construction Contractor – the Chiyoda (Japan) and Technip (France) joint venture – has awarded Invensys Singapore an automation contract for the LNG Trains 6 and 7 onshore expansion project. With an annual LNG capacity of 7.8 million metric tons (MMTA) each, RL3 Trains 6 and 7 will be among the world’s largest LNG trains.

When both new trains come on line by the end of 2008 and 2009, respectively, the RasGas LNG complex, located in Qatar’s Ras Laffan City, will be the world’s largest with a total LNG capacity of 36.3 MMTA.

The automation project scope includes the latest Mesh network-based I/A Series Distributed Control systems (DCS) from Foxboro; Triconex TMR Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), Fire and Gas Protection Systems, and High Integrity Protection Systems; plus associated Invensys project management, engineering, implementation, and acceptance testing services. To help maximize overall asset performance at this world-scale LNG facility, Invensys will also implement an integrated asset management system, an advanced alarm management system, and a control loop performance monitoring system, plus associated project engineering services.

Invensys, a world leader in automation technology for the LNG industry, has previously successfully implemented the process control systems, safety systems, and many additional systems for Ras Laffan LNG Trains 1 through 4 LNG plants, the AKG gas plant, and was awarded the expansion project for Train 5 in 2005.

About Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited
Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Company was established in 1993 to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) and related hydrocarbon products from Qatar’s huge offshore North Field. Discovered in the early 1970’s, with estimated reserves of more than 900 trillion standard cubic feet of recoverable gas, Qatar’s North Field is the largest offshore non-associated natural gas field in the world.

About Invensys
Invensys is the world leader in industrial asset performance management. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions and Performance Management services groups, Invensys’ automation businesses includes industry-leading brands such as Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest upstream projects, refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.
For more information on Invensys’ process automation businesses, please visit www.invensys.com/ps. For more information on Invensys’ groundbreaking InFusion enterprise control system, please visit http://www.infusionecs.com/.
The Invensys Group (http://www.invensys.com/) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries.

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