In this framework, Technip will manage several projects aimed at upgrading the Gdansk refinery and increasing its capacity, ensuring their proper, safe and internally coordinated execution, on schedule and within budget.

Technip's operating center in Rome, Italy will execute this contract with support from the Group's center in Warsaw, Poland.

The contract is scheduled to be completed by November 2010.

This project marks another step in the collaboration between Technip and Grupa Lotos, following the recent award of the contract for the implementation of a hydrocraking unit in the Gdansk refinery.

With a workforce of 22,000 people, Technip ranks among the top five corporations in the field of oil, gas and petrochemical engineering, construction and services. The Group is headquartered in Paris.

The Group's main operating centers and business units are located in France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, the USA, Brazil, Abu-Dhabi, China, India, Malaysia and Australia.