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Paris, November 10, 2009 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU) today announced that it has secured a US$ 12 million contract with Bechtel
Inc., the leading global company for engineering, construction, and project
management, for the deployment of a fully integrated telecommunications
infrastructure to support onshore and offshore operations of Angola LNG
Limited’s new plant in the Republic of Angola.
Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent is responsible for the
design, construction and commissioning of a turnkey communications solution,
along with comprehensive network integration support to ensure the rapid
rollout of Angola LNG process plant telecommunications system.
The Angola LNG project is an integrated gas utilization project encompassing
offshore and onshore operations to monetize gas resources from blocks located
offshore of Angola, with operations scheduled for usage in early 2012. Bechtel
Inc. has been earlier selected for the construction of this new facility that
is adjacent to the city of Soyo, the largest oil-producing region in the
country, located on the Atlantic coast of Angola.
Alcatel-Lucent will also provide a complete set of professional services
including designing, installation, commissioning, supervising, integration and
testing services as well as the overall network planning and design. The
new end-to-end communications and security solution will include the following:
integrating fiber optics cable network and structured cabling providing
physical connectivity for the entire plant, satellite communications, Local
Area Network (LAN) that supports data and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony
systems, UHF analog radio system and VHF marine radio enhancing workforce
mobility and productivity.
Adolfo Hernandez, President for Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in Europe,
Middle East and Africa commented: “I am very pleased and proud that Bechtel has
entrusted this project to Alcatel-Lucent, which further strengthens our growing
role in delivering sophisticated, secured communications systems to enterprises
in key vertical markets such as the energy sector. This project reinforces
Alcatel-Lucent’s ability to act as end-to-end network integrator to design,
integrate and deploy robust, resilient communication solutions”.
Based on Alcatel-Lucent extensive expertise in key vertical markets,
Alcatel-Lucent delivers mission-critical communications solutions that help
provide better network measurement and control, support utilities securing
reliable energy provision, manage the migration to more modern technologies,
and leverage Alcatel-Lucent unmatched breadth of experience with utilities.
About Bechtel
Bechtel is one of the world's premier engineering, construction, and project
management companies. Bechtel’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals business unit has
completed hundreds of projects in refining and chemicals, gas processing
plants, gas field developments, and gas liquefaction capacity. Since its
founding in 1898, Bechtel has worked on more than 22,000 projects in 140
countries across the 7 continents. For more info, visit  http://www.bechtel.com/
About Angola LNG Limited
Angola LNG Limited, owner of the project, is a company whose shareholders are
affiliates of Angolan state-owned Sonangol (22.8%), Chevron (36.4%), BP
(13.6%), Total (13.6%), and Eni (13.6%). The Angola LNG project is an
integrated gas utilization project encompassing offshore and onshore operations
to monetize gas resources from blocks located offshore of Angola.For more info,
visit http://www.angolalng.com/
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