Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has secured a US$12 million contract with Bechtel, 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 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 utilisation project encompassing offshore and onshore operations to monetise gas resources from blocks located offshore of Angola, with operations scheduled for usage in early 2012. Bechtel 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 fibre-optic 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 analogue 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's 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.
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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 seven continents. For more info, visit http://www.bechtel.com/.
Angola LNG
Angola LNG, owner of the project, is a company which 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 utilisation project encompassing offshore and onshore operations to monetise gas resources from blocks located offshore of Angola. For more info, visit http://www.angolalng.com/.
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organisation in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenue of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com.