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Five Star Electric, Representative for SIEMEMS LD-AM/Robicon Selected to Supply Motor/Generator Drive Systems for Qatargas II Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil have selected ASIRobicon to supply variable frequency drive (VFD) systems and motor/generators for the Qatargas II Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Expansion Project. Qatargas II, currently the world's largest LNG project, will also feature the world's largest trains for LNG production.

SIEMENS VFD systems and motor/generators will be used for start-up/helper and power generation operation and will be applied to three MS9001E gas turbine-driven compression strings, supplied by GE Oil & Gas - Nuovo Pignone, a unit of GE Power Systems. The VFD systems will be manufactured at SIEMENS LD-AM/Robicon's New Kensington, Pa. facility and the motor/generators will be manufactured at the Company's Monfalcone, Italy plant.

Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil and Nuovo Pignone selected SIEMENS to supply the VFD systems and motor/generators for the Qatargas II project following extensive review of globally available industrial power control technology. Five Star presented information on the equipment which provided the features and operating profile needed to assure continuous operation of the LNG trains for a minimum of three years, without system failure or maintenance down time.

Located in Qatar, Ras Laffan Industrial City, each Qatargas II liquefaction train will be rated for an annual capacity of approximately 7.8 million tons. When completed in 2007, the joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%) will supply LNG to the United Kingdom, helping to alleviate the current natural gas shortage.

"Large-scale LNG production is critical to meeting the world's energy needs and we're proud to play a role in the Qatargas II project," said Gary Rauscher, president of ASIRobicon. "Our participation in Qatargas II positions us as the world leader in drive and motor design for LNG compressor applications."

Marathon Tchatamba South
Production Platform

Alamo Dome, San Antonio

Active Power UPS Test Facility
2000A Bar Contactor

Active Power UPS Test Facility
4,000A Contactors

Salado Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Nine Robicon 50 HP VFD's

Nations Bank Tower
Robicon VFD's on cooling tower fans

Sony Microelectronics
Robicon 454 PWM VFD's

VLSI
Two 1000 hp, One 700 hp and two 250 hp Benshaw Solid State Starters

Diamond Shamrock
Robicon VFD's

USAA
Robicon VFD's

Fountainhead Plaza
Robicon VFD's

The University of Texas
Robicon VFD's

The Alamodome
Robicon VFD's

AUSTIN
Dell Computer, Round Rock
36 Robicon 454GT's

Applied Materials
38 VFD's on air handlers, pumps and cooling tower fans

The Texas State Capital Renovation
22 Robicon 454GT VFD's

The Sam Houston Building Renovation
Eight Robicon 454GT's and two Robicon 454 VFD's

Temple Inland
Robicon 454 PWM VFD's & 454GT's

Hartland Plaza
Robicon 454 PWM VFD's

The University of Texas
Over 200 Robicon "Opti-Speed" Six Step VFD's

HOUSTON
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Starion 25
1536 HP, 7800 RPM High Speed Induction Motor

Williams-Transco Gas Pipeline,
Cove Point LNG (currently in manufacture)
5000 HP, 4160 V Variable Frequency Drive

Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Station 302
New Caney, TX (currently in manufacture)
2 x 10000 HP, 900 V Variable Frequency Drives and a Tesla Building

Reliant Energy
6 x 7500 HP, 900 RPM Synchronous Motors

TXU
Tesla Building for a 5000 HP 4160 V Variable Frequency Drive

Bassell, Inc. Pasadena, TX
12000 HP, 1200 RPM Extruder Motor

Exxon Pipeline Company
3 - 3000 HP/4160 V Robicon Harmony Drives with Closed Synchronous Transfer. Each Drive runs 2 - 3000 HP Centrifugal Crude Oil Pumps. Project was the construction of a Crude Oil Pipeline from Exxon's Grand Isle Terminal in the Gulf to the Baton Rouge Refinery. Lake Washington Station, Empire West Station, and Raceland Station.

Mobil Pipeline Company
1 - 800 HP/2300 V Robicon Harmony Drive and 2 - 3500 HP/4160 V Harmony drives, all running Centrifugal type Product Pipeline
Pumps. These projects were to upgrade existing stations, 800 HP at Dixie
Station, and new stations, 1-3500 at Midlothian Station, and 1-3500 at
Alvord Station.

Dow Chemical Company
2-1500 HP/2300 V Robicon Harmony Drives at Freeport Chemical Complex for Spent Anolyte Forwarding Pumps (Centrifugal Type). 1 - 1250 HP/4160 V Robicon Harmony Drive at Sarnia, Canada Chemical Complex for Multistage Centrifugal Pumps. 1 - 1400 HP/4160 V Robicon Harmony Drive at the Oyster Creek chemical Complex for Gear Pump

Marathon Oil Company
2-600 HP/4160 V Robicon Harmony Drives will be installed on Marathon's Tchamba South Platform off the coast of Gabon to control the speed of the Centrilift ESPs. When operation is started, these wells will produce 20,000 BPD each of Crude Oil

NEW BRAUNFELS, TX
Sunbelt Cement
Robicon VFD's, Benshaw Solid State Soft Starters

SAN MARCOS , TX
Colorado Materials
Benshaw 2300 volt Solid state soft starters

Southwest Texas State University
Robicon VFD's

OTHERS
The George Bush Presidential Library, College Station
56 Robicon 454GT VFD's

Texas A & M University, College Station
Robicon VFD's including Two 200 HP Robicon "Clean Power" VFD's

City of Laredo Pumping Station
Three 300 hp Robicon "Current Source" VFD's

Lake Texana Pipeline, Corpus Christi
Two 3000 hp, 4160 volt VFD's

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