Washington, D.C. July, 2006 -- A major Middle Eastern Energy Company based in the United Arab Emirates has awarded APN a major long-term contract to develop and implement an Integrated Shutdown Management Process and Manual for all of its production facilities. In a competitive bidding process, APN was selected over five other contractors due to the quality of its technical bid and staff qualifications. APN will assist the company in implementing proven best practices to ensure the each shutdown has the necessary tools, processes and systems to achieve consistent, sustainable, predictable, and competitive cost and schedule shutdown outcomes. For more information contact George Debakey: 240-683-1001 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Asset Performance Networks based in Maryland, USA is the trusted leader in implementing best practices to drive superior capital project and turnaround performance for the Chemical, Gas, Power, Refining and Upstream (Exploration and Production) industries. AP-Networks boasts an impressive list of clients - e.g. five of the oil super majors and a number of marquee oil, chemical, and energy companies in the US, Europe, and Africa. AP-Networks provides an integrated toolkit of products and services to deliver competitive and predictable projects and turnarounds. To address each client's unique requirements for continuous improvement, AP-Networks' complete Delivery and Support model accesses best-in-class processes, evaluative tools, best practices, and other resources. Residing on the world-wide-web, AP-Networks' processes and tools are accessible by their clients: http://www.project-pyramid.com/; http://www.turnaround-network.com/; http://www.upstream-network.com/.