8over8′’s Middle East Regional Manager Mr. Keith Langford leads an 8over8 trade delegation to Kuwait City. 8over8 is seeking to expand its presence in the Middle East and hopes to further develop partnership opportunities previously identified.

8over8 secured an order for ProCon from Petrofac in Moscow. Petrofac is managing the Kovykta Regional Gas Project on behalf of Rusia Petroleum and East Siberian Gas Company (ESGCo) both of which are part owned by TNK-BP. The Project consists of 645 km of pipeline that will extend from the new central processing facilities at Kovykta to the region’’s capital, Irkutsk, with first gas scheduled to be delivered to consumers before the end of 2006. The total project investment being managed by Petrofac amounts to approximately US$ 1.2 billion.