AP-Networks to Present Paper on Best Practices in Turnaround Management

Bethesda, Maryland February 4th, 2008 – John Crager, Senior Consultant at Asset Performance Networks will present at the Oil Sands Technology Series Conference that will take place on February 12-13th, 2008 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The title of his presentation is “Best Practice in Turnaround Planning, Preparation, and Execution.” Using an industry database of over 700 turnarounds, the paper will review industry trends in performance and identify the leading indicators of turnaround success and failure. Further, the paper provides a detailed analysis of Best-Practices by turnaround planning phase.

The Oil Sands Technology Series is a two-day forum for buyers and sellers alike to share ideas network and do business in the heart of the Oil Sands of Fort McMurray.

Asset Performance Networks was on hand to provide information on our products and services, as well as hands-on demonstrations of the following software products:

• Turnaround-Network ^© — The industry leading portal with more than 4,000 users at 100+ sites around the world.
• NaviTrack ™ — Our new application for turnaround preparation and planning. This software helps individuals and teams automatically generate Turnaround plans, track progress against key milestones, and improve visibility and accountability throughout the ranks of the organization.
• Pyxis ^© — Our proven risk analysis and management tool for major capital projects and turnarounds.

About Asset Performance Networks
Asset Performance Networks based in the Washington D.C. area 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. Asset Performance 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 Americas, Asia, Europe, The Middle East and Africa. Asset Performance Networks provides an integrated toolkit of products and services to deliver competitive and predictable projects and turnarounds. AP-Networks' complete Delivery and Support model of best-in-class processes, evaluative tools, best practices, industry databases, and other resources are accessible by clients through license agreements. To find out more, please visit http://pyxis.apn-tools.com; http://www.project-pyramid.com/; http://www.turnaround-network.com/; http://www.upstream-network.com/.