Houston, TX. October, 2006 -- Asset Performance Networks, LLC announced today the expansion of its Houston area office on November 1st, 2006. In less than 2 years this branch office has outgrown its original office space in the Houston area. This is in response to the actual and planned growth in new and existing customers and the hiring of additional staff. "The new space will allow us to expand our operations and better serve our Gulf Coast clients" according to Bobby Vichich, Vice President for Turnaround Services at AP-Networks.

The new office space includes areas for training and demonstrations of AP-Networks tool suite of leading edge applications for capital projects and turnarounds. These applications include, www.Turnaround-Network.com, Pyxis^©, and the Risk Based Scope Tool (RBST). Vichich says "that over the last year we have seen more than a 100% increase in the user base for www.Turnaround-Network.com to more than 3,000 users. These users are located at more than a 100 refineries and chemical plants across the world. We have seen a similar increase in demand for our Turnaround-Assist Program (T-AP^©) and capital project related consulting services. Over the coming months we will be adding to our staff of world class consultants to meet this demand."

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: www.Project-Pyramid.com; www.Turnaround-Network.com; www.Upstream-Network.com.