Invensys Awarded Multiple Automation Contracts for Ras Laffan LNG Expansion Project in Qatar.

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FOXBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002

RPCO Enterprises Limited (Chiyoda Corporation Japan; Snamprogetti Italy; with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Japan) have awarded multiple contracts to Invensys' Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore for the Ras Laffan LNG Onshore Expansion Project, Doha, State of Qatar. The contract scope includes Foxboro I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS), Triconex process emergency shutdown (PESD) systems, and Triconex fire and gas systems (FGS).

The Expansion Project is being constructed for Ras Laffan Natural Gas Company Limited (II) - Ras Gas II - jointly owned by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Mobil GM Gas Inc., an Exxon-Mobil affiliate. The project will add LNG Trains #3 and associated Utilities, Offsites and Infrastructure facilities to the existing Ras Laffan LNG complex, located approximately 80 km north of Doha, capital of the State of Qatar.

Invensys' Singapore project team is responsible for project management, design, implementation, delivery, integrated testing, and start up of the Foxboro and Triconex process automation and safety systems plus associated sub-systems.

The RasGas (II) Project Management Team has specified state-of-the art automation technologies on the project. These include I/A Series remote I/O with a high-speed fiber optic Ethernet fieldbus network, HART field communications, and - on a trial basis - FOUNDATION fieldbus H1. These will assist the Contractor, Invensys, and RasGas II project teams to more quickly and efficiently handle the plant commissioning and start up.

The contract award follows the successful implementation of the Foxboro I/A Series DCS and Triconex PESD and FGS systems contracts for the LNG Train #1 and 2, plus a turnkey Integrated Control and Information Management System (ICIMS). This groundbreaking ICIMS project encompasses all corporate information, automation, maintenance, and technical systems and networks at the large grassroots LNG facility, providing unprecedented real-time management decision support.

With the award of this current contract to Invensys, more than one-half the process automation systems and one-third of safety systems on the world's fifty operating LNG plants will utilize Foxboro I/A Series and Triconex TMR systems.

Foxboro (www.foxboro.com) and Triconex (www.triconex.com) are both part of the US-based Invensys Process Systems unit of Invensys plc. Invensys Process Systems' automation solutions provide measurable performance improvements across a broad spectrum of customer industries. Invensys Process Systems includes focused business units such as Invensys Process Solutions, plus well-known brands such as APV, Avanits, Esscor, Foxboro, Pacific Simulation, Simulation Sciences, Triconex, and Walsh Automation.

Invensys plc (www.invensys.com) is a global leader in the Automation and Controls industry. With its head office in London, England it operates in all regions of the world through four focused divisions - Software Systems, Automation Systems, Power Systems and Control Systems. With over 75,000 employees, the company's products and services range from advanced control systems and networks for automating industrial plants and controlling the environments of buildings, to electronic devices and controls found in residential buildings and light commercial applications, plus complete power systems for the telecommunications and information technology industries.