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ShawCor announces contract to provide pipeline coating services for the Khurais Pipeline Project in Saudi Arabia

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TORONTO, July 18 /CNW/ - ShawCor Ltd. (TSX: SCL.A, SCL.B) today announced
that its joint venture affiliate Arabian Pipecoating Company Limited (APCO)
has received a contract with a total value in excess of US$60 million to
provide anti-corrosion and internal flow efficiency coatings and double
jointing for the Saudi Aramco Khurais Pipeline Project. The pipe will be
coated with Fusion Bonded Epoxy (FBE) Powder and a FBE internal anticorrosion
coating at the APCO pipe coating facility located at Al Jubail in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia. Over 2,200 km of pipe in various sizes from 8" through 60"
diameter will be used for crude oil production and to carry salt water from
the Arabian Gulf to the Khurais field where it will be used to provide
enhanced oil recovery.

APCO provides external FBE coatings and internal linings, external
multilayer polyethylene and polypropylene coatings, double jointing, field
joint protection and custom coating services to serve the oil, gas and water
industries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf region.
ShawCor Ltd. is a growth-oriented, global energy services company that
operates through six divisions which focus on technology-based products and
services for the pipeline and pipe services and the petrochemical and
industrial markets with manufacturing and service facilities located in over
twenty countries around the world.
The APCO joint venture is affiliated with Bredero Shaw, ShawCor's largest
division, which is the global leader in pipe coating solutions and employs
approximately 4,000 permanent and contract personnel located at offices and
facilities in fifteen countries. The division provides specialized coating
systems and related services for corrosion protection, insulation and weight
coating applications on land and marine pipelines including highly engineered
corrosion and insulation systems for deepwater applications.

This document contains forward looking statements, which are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those reflected in the statements.