CB&I Awarded Contract for the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion Project

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Apr 14, 2014, 08:00 ET

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CB&I (NYSE: CBI) today announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $85 million by a consortium led by BP for engineering and project management services for the development of the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) project, part of the Stage 2 development of the Shah Deniz field located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The South Caucasus Pipeline is a pipeline that transports gas from the Shah Deniz field to Turkey via Azerbaijan and Georgia.

"This award builds on the successful relationship between CB&I and BP and is a testament of the customer's confidence in our experience and ability to engineer this critical infrastructure," said Patrick K. Mullen, President of CB&I's Engineering, Construction and Maintenance operating group.

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