ENGlobal Corporation Announces Contract with ChevronTexaco.Energy Editors/Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 ENGlobal Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :ENG ENG electronystagmography. ENG abbr. electronystagmography ENG enzootic nasal granuloma. ), a leading provider of engineering services, today announced that it has been awarded four new contracts to provide engineering and systems work to ChevronTexaco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CVX CVX ChevronTexaco (stock symbol) CVX Comunidad de Vida Cristiana (Christian Life Community) CVX Code Veronica X (game) CVX Critical Viscosity of Xenon CVX Carrier, Experimental ) and three other Fortune 500 companies that cannot be named due to contractual covenants. Since January 1, 2004, ENGlobal has been awarded various projects anticipated to provide revenues of approximately $25 million and has built a backlog of approximately $62 million. ENGlobal confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ENGlobal Engineering, Inc., has been awarded a contract to perform engineering services for ChevronTexaco. Under this two-year contract, ENGlobal expects ChevronTexaco to utilize ENGlobal's capabilities on a variety of upstream, midstream and downstream projects worldwide. The contract value to ENGlobal was not specified, however, historical spending levels indicate that this relationship with ChevronTexaco could provide significant engineering revenues over the next two years. The Company also announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ENGlobal Systems, Inc. ("ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. "), has been chosen by an energy and petrochemical industry leader to design and fabricate remote instrument enclosures ("RIEs") and perform instrumentation upgrades for a major upstream project. The RIEs will incorporate distributed control systems A distributed control system (DCS) refers to a control system usually of a manufacturing system, process or any kind of dynamic system, in which the controller elements are not central in location (like the brain) but are distributed throughout the system with each component technology and will be assembled at ESI's Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the facility. Under the contract, ENGlobal will provide technical services related to the design, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh n the construction or making of a restoration. , outfitting, and acceptance testing (programming) acceptance testing - Formal testing conducted to determine whether a system satisfies its acceptance criteria and thus whether the customer should accept the system. of the RIEs. The contract is expected to provide approximately $1.3 million in revenue. The Company believes that it will complete this work in the first quarter of 2005. One of the largest international, integrated energy companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has also awarded ESI four analyzer shelter projects for various sites throughout the US. The projects include continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS CEMS Community of European Management Schools CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System CEMS Chemical Engineering & Materials Science CEMS Conversion Electron Mossbauer Spectroscopy CEMS Comprehensive Engine Management System CEMS Centralized Error Management System ) analyzer integration, which are specifically designed to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and regulatory requirements for stack emissions and air quality standards. The Company anticipates that the contract will result in revenues of approximately $700,000. The Company will use ESI's Houston, Texas facility to complete the manufacturing requirements for this contact. In addition to the above projects, ESI has also been awarded a control building project worth approximately $600,000 by a diversified technology and manufacturing leader of aerospace products and services. Under the terms of this contract, ENGlobal will provide distributed control systems and safety shutdown systems integration as well as factory acceptance testing. The fabrication and testing of the project will be implemented at ESI's Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a city and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas and is within the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 113,866. facility. Under this contract, ENGlobal will provide technical services related to installation and startup. The Company believes that it will complete work under this contract in the fourth quarter of 2004. "These new awards are indicative of an overall positive trend in the marketplace and reflect our reputation as an experienced engineering and systems solutions provider. The Company and its predecessors have worked previously with each of the companies and believes that these contract awards demonstrate the strength of these client relationships," said Michael L. Burrow, P.E., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ENGlobal Corporation. "Our engineering segment, which continues to perform above expectations, should see even more growth from the new ChevronTexaco contract. Management estimates that the increase in backlog for our systems segment should improve financial results for that division in the third and fourth quarters of this year." About ENGlobal Corporation ENGlobal Corporation provides engineering services and systems principally to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, pipeline, production, and process industries throughout the United States and internationally. ENGlobal's multi-disciplinary engineering services group develops projects from the initial planning stage through detailed design, procurement, and construction management. The systems group develops, manufactures, installs, and services control and instrumentation systems utilized in various energy and process-related industries, and provides services and products that support the advanced automation and environmental technology fields. The Company, with its subsidiaries, now employs over 1,000 employees and occupies over 250,000 square feet of office and manufacturing space. Further information about the Company and its subsidiaries is available at www.ENGlobal.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for Forward-Looking Statements Certain matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the Company's ability to achieve its business strategy while effectively managing costs and expenses. Actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those projected in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors detailed from time to time in ENGlobal's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reference is hereby made to cautionary statements set forth in the Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2003, Form 10-Q's for the quarters ended March 31, 2004, June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003, current Forms 8-K, and other SEC filings. Among other matters, there can be no assurance that operating results from the systems segment will improve or that the Company will provide significant services under its new contracts or that the provision of those services will be profitable. In addition, the information contained in this press release is also subject to the risk factors identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. |
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