Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Boiler Design and Supply Contract

Foster Wheeler Ltd's two Chinese subsidiaries in its Global Power Group have been awarded contracts by a unit of the China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) to design and supply three 100 MWe circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers for SINOPEC Tianjin Company's ethylene complex in Tianjin City, People's Republic of China.

The state-of-the-art, petroleum coke-fired boilers will be designed by Foster Wheeler International Engineering & Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited and manufactured in part by Foster Wheeler Power Machinery Company Limited at its facility in Xinhui, China. Commissioning of the Tianjin boilers is anticipated in 2008. The boilers will be similar in design to Foster Wheeler boilers currently in commercial operation at SINOPEC's Maoming refinery in China.

"In the last ten years, SINOPEC has purchased a total of nineteen CFB boilers from Foster Wheeler," said Gary Nedelka, chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler North America and Power Group Asia. "This latest order confirms SINOPEC's continued satisfaction with our highly reliable CFB boilers and further strengthens our long-standing relationship with our client. Our highest priority remains providing efficient, environmentally sound power generation technologies to countries around the world."

"SINOPEC Tianjin Company considers Foster Wheeler a global leader in circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) technology. We believe that Foster Wheeler's experience and good cooperation with SINOPEC will deliver a successful project," commented Mr. Xu Hongxing, general manager, SINOPEC Tianjin Company.

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Posted 02/11/06

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