Foster Wheeler Awarded Spanish Delayed Coker Contract By BP.HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) today announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a detailed engineering, procurement and construction The terms of the award were not disclosed. The project was included in the company's second-quarter bookings for 2006. The 20,000 barrels per stream day coker will use Foster Wheeler's Selective Yield Delayed Coking (SYDEC(SM)) technology. This award follows the completion of the process design package by Foster Wheeler's coking center of excellence in Houston, and the front-end engineering design, which was undertaken by the company's Madrid operation. The new delayed coker, scheduled for completion during 2008, is part of BP's planned reconfiguration of the Castellon refinery to reduce residual fuel oil production. "This award reflects the successful and long-standing working relationship between BP's Castellon refinery and Foster Wheeler Iberia," said Jesus Cadenas, General Manager of Foster Wheeler Iberia. "We are also very pleased that BP has selected Foster Wheeler's technology and project execution expertise for its European delayed coker." Foster Wheeler's SYDEC(SM) process is a thermal conversion process used by refiners worldwide to upgrade heavy residue feed and process it into high value transport fuels. The SYDEC(SM) process achieves maximum clean liquid yields and minimum fuel coke yields from high sulfur residues. By installing a SYDEC(SM) unit, a refinery owner is able to process heavier crudes, which sell at a discount to the benchmark light, sweet crudes, thereby allowing the owner to reap the benefit of increased refining margins. Foster Wheeler is a market leader in delayed coking and has supplied the coking process technology for more than 50 delayed coking plants worldwide. Notes to Editors: 1. Foster Wheeler Ltd. is a global company offering, through its subsidiaries, a broad range of engineering, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research and plant operation services. Foster Wheeler serves the refining, upstream oil and gas, LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. and gas-to-liquids, petrochemicals, chemicals, power, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The corporation is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, and its operational headquarters are in Clinton, New Jersey
Clinton is a Town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on the South Branch of the Raritan River. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 2,632. , USA. For more information about Foster Wheeler, visit our Web site at http://www.fwc.com. 2. 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. Statement This press release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are based on the Company's assumptions, expectations and projections about Foster Wheeler and the various industries within which it operates. These include statements regarding the Company's expectation about revenues (including as expressed by its backlog), its liquidity, the outcome of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. and recoveries from customers for claims, and the costs of current and future asbestos claims and the amount and timing of related insurance recoveries. Such forward-looking statements by their nature involve a degree of risk and uncertainty. The Company cautions that a variety of factors, including but not limited to the factors described under Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in its most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in forward-looking statements: changes in the rate of economic growth 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. and other major international economies; changes in investment by the power, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and chemical/petrochemical industries; changes in the financial condition of the Company's customers; changes in regulatory environment; changes in project design or schedules; contract cancellations; changes in the Company's estimates of costs to complete projects; changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies worldwide; currency fluctuations; war and/or terrorist attacks on facilities either owned or where equipment or services are or may be provided; outcomes of pending and future litigation, including litigation regarding the Company's liability for damages and insurance coverage for asbestos exposure; protection and validity of the Company's patents and other intellectual property rights; increasing competition by foreign and domestic companies; compliance with the Company's debt covenants; recoverability of claims against the Company's customers and others by the Company and claims by third parties against the Company; and changes in estimates used in the Company's critical accounting policies. Other factors and assumptions not identified above were also involved in the formation of these forward-looking statements and the failure of such other assumptions to be realized, as well as other factors, may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond the Company's control. You should consider the areas of risk described above in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made by the Company. Foster Wheeler undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any additional disclosures the Company makes in proxy statements Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. , quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on 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. and current reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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