Shawcor Announces Contracts to Provide Pipe Coating Services for Offshore Guyana Deepwater Projects


TORONTO, Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shawcor Ltd. (TSX: SCL) today announced that its pipe coating division has been assigned work from Saipem valued at approximately C$110 million to provide thermal insulation and anticorrosion coating services for the Liza I and II deepwater development projects located offshore Guyana.

Coating work under the Liza I project commenced in March 2018 at Shawcor’s Channelview, Texas facility and additional work will be completed at Shawcor’s Veracruz, Mexico facility.  Work on Liza 1 is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2019.  Coating work under the larger Liza II project, which is conditional on a Final Investment Decision, or “FID”, by the pipeline operator, is expected to be executed at the Veracruz and Channelview facilities.

Shawcor Ltd. is a global energy services company specializing in products and services for the pipeline and pipe services segment of the oil and gas industry and related products for the petrochemical and industrial market. The Company operates through a global network of fixed and mobile manufacturing and service facilities and is valued for its integrity, technology and proven capability to execute the most complex projects in its industry.

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For further information, please contact:

Shawcor Ltd.
Gaston Tano
Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO
Tel: 416-744-5539
Email: gaston.tano@shawcor.com
Website: www.shawcor.com