1^st Russian & CIS Downstream Asset Management Conference – Moscow, Russia – April 20 – 21, 2010

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 2010 — Asset Performance Networks will be presenting at the 1^st Russia & CIS Downstream Asset Management Conference RAMC 2010. John Alkemade will present a paper on "Effective Implementation of a Gated Work Process – The NaviTrack Story." This presentation explains how a formalized gated turnaround work process will positively influence the outcome of turnarounds. This study is based on knowledge and experience gained from more than 800 turnaround evaluations worldwide. All turnaround best practices are assembled into one "plan-to-plan," customized for the complexity of a turnaround. Furthermore, this presentation will focus on NaviTrack utilization.

2^nd Annual Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages Conference – Barcelona, Spain - March 25-26, 2010

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 2010 — Asset Performance Networks presented at the Shutdown, Turnarounds & Outages Conference held March 25-26, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. John Alkemade gave a presentation entitled "The Importance of Capital Project & Turnaround Integration." This presentation included such topics as:

• Why capital intensive turnarounds are still struggling to meet desired objectives
• How poor integration of project and turnaround teams is a major contributing factor to less than optimum performance
• What natural barriers must be broken down to ensure proper event planning and preparation
• How the "Integration Index" assists event teams in indentifying and acknowledging deficiencies at an early stage

NPRA 2010 Annual Meeting – Phoenix – March 21-23, 2010

Bethesda, Maryland, January 2010 — Asset Performance Networks presented at the NPRA (National Petrochemicals & Refiners Association) Annual Meeting taking place on March 21-23, 2010 in Phoenix. Brett Schroeder presented the paper "Managing and Optimizing the Trade-offs in Refinery Turnarounds to Reduce Costs." This paper examined the relationship between major cost-contributing factors such as labor productivity, shift-patterns, indirects, duration, and quality. The presentation identified optimal strategies for reducing turnaround costs, and highlighted some of the key trade-offs management needs to consider. The analysis is based on a database of more than 500 turnaround events.

IChemE, Project Management Subject Group, Seminar, "Getting off on the Right Foot"; Project Control and Preparation During the Front End Phases – Manchester, England – March 11, 2010

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 2010 — Gordon Lawrence, from the Amsterdam office of Asset Performance Networks will be chairing a seminar taking place on March 11, 2010 in Manchester, England. The seminar is being run by the Project Management Subject Group of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers. John Alkemade, the European Director of Asset Performance Networks, will also attend and will present a paper on mitigation of project risk.

The seminar will look at the issue that while Capital Investment projects to build new facilities or renovate existing facilities continue to be an important topic for Chemical Engineers, many projects fail to reach their cost, schedule or operability targets. Numerous studies show that project failures can invariably be traced back to problems in the way that the projects were set up and defined during the early front end design phase. The seminar is aimed at engineers working on projects, either as an end user of the completed facility, owner representative, dealing with the contractors, or as the contractor. The seminar will discuss some of the most up to date best practice advice, while also providing examples from those who have "been there".