Rolls-Royce Awarded Contract to Help Increase Thailand's Offshore Gas Supplies - VIDEO ENHANCED STORY

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Mount Vernon, OH - April 5, 2006: Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract for three more industrial RB211 gas turbine compression packages by the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT), in addition to the five packages announced in late 2005.

They are for use on a PTT riser platform in a new offshore development in the Gulf of Thailand as part of Thailand’s gas pipeline master plan designed to increase the supply of natural gas to the Eastern region of the country.

The three RB211-6562 gas turbine units will each drive Dresser-Rand ‘Datum’ gas compressors installed on the top deck of the riser platform, which is currently installed in the Gulf of Thailand. The compression facilities will be phased in to match the demand for gas, with the units becoming operational in 2008.

“Rolls-Royce is proud to have been an important supplier to PTT for over two decades. This latest contract further strengthens our position in Thailand and the Asia Pacific region on a whole”, said Tom Curley, President of the company’s energy business.

The three new packages will be assembled at Rolls-Royce facilities in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and are scheduled for customer delivery in the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2007.

NOTES ON STORY:

* PTT is Thailand’s only fully integrated gas company and the majority owner of subsidiary PTTEP, a leading exploration and production company in Thailand.
* Rolls-Royce has twenty-one gas turbines operating in Thailand, nine on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Thailand, the remainder onshore either compressing gas or generating electricity for PTT and Unocal Thailand Limited.
* More than 600 Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbines are operating in the Asia Pacific region, providing reliable service to drive the region’s expanding energy industries.
* Rolls-Royce has a fleet of over 530 industrial gas turbines operating offshore in 32 countries. The first units entered service offshore Venezuela in 1969, offshore USA in 1970 and the North Sea in 1972.
* Total operating hours of Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbines worldwide is over 160 million.