GENERAL BACKGROUND

AND
CAPABILITY STATEMENT

Anticorrosion Protective Systems L.L.C.

P.O. Box 8091, Dubai – U.A.E. P.O. Box 4705, Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.
Tel. +971-4-3372877, Fax: +971-4-3377389 Tel. +971-2-6722894, Fax +971-2-679 2760
Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.apsdubai.com
 HISTORY
APS was originally formed in 1978 to fulfil the growing needs of the
regional oil, gas and power sectors for a local high quality specialist
lining and coating service provider.

Our aim was then, as it is today, to provide a top-end service in

terms of quality and reliability for those areas that are critical to the
performance of these industries.

Three decades later, APS is, without question, still the leader
throughout the Middle East when it comes to quality, reliability and
longevity for process vessel linings, pipe linings and coatings and
the surface protection of equipment and components against
arduous service conditions such as high temperature, high abrasion
or high acid environments.

Much of our early work

revolved around the corrosion
protection of the internal and
external surfaces of new
pipelines. While this still
represents an important part
of our activities, we have, in
recent years also focused on
building up an unparalleled
portfolio of pipeline
rehabilitation systems with
applications for the municipal, as well as oil, gas and power sectors,
for the repair or replacement of existing aging and defective
pipelines. Here too our goal is to be the market leader in terms of the
provision of internationally recognized branded products and services
and thus be able to offer the most comprehensive and highest quality
rehabilitation service in the region.

Our overall policy is simple: Use of the best people to engineer the
best solutions and install the best products to the highest standards
and yet still continue to strive to improve in all that we do.

Page 1
 QUALITY
It goes without saying that with a company policy this bold, we
stand or fall by our performance. We therefore take all quality
issues very seriously indeed.

We have been, for many years certified operators to the

requirements of ISO 9001:200/EN, ISO 9001:2000/BS EN, ISO
9001:2000/ANSI/ASQC 9001:2000 and have also recently
adopted ISO 14000 because we care about the environment too.

Rigid in house quality control during project performance is

ingrained in our philosophy, which, together with strict inspection
and testing regimes and the ability to coordinate the work with
third party inspectors, ensures we deliver on our quality pledge.

Page 2
 TRAINING
We value our workforce and are proud of the long service
record of our highly skilled technicians. We are constantly
reinforcing our commitment to their ability to perform for
ourselves and our customers by offering training and
certification to the highest international standard in all the
trades that they perform.

This often involves the use of independent outside

training and certifying agencies, which, in addition to our
own extensive in-house training programme guarantees
that the company doctrines of safety and quality are
adhered to at all levels.

Page 3
 FACILITIES
Our corporate headquarters are situated in Zabeel Road, Bur Dubai
in the U.A.E. where our management, sales and administrative staff
are located.

Other permanent branch offices are currently located in Abu Dhabi

and Oman.

The principal factory coatings and lining facility is located in Dubai

Investment Park industrial zone which is in the Jebel Ali area of
Dubai, conveniently located near to the Abu Dhabi border.

This US$ 4.0 million factory, constructed in 2007 comprises of over

12,000 M² of land and 5,000 M² of buildings in which is housed a
wide variety of modern, state of the art automatic and manual
equipment for the surface preparation and application of specialist
coatings and linings to pipelines and vessels. A significant section
of these facilities is constantly climate controlled and can be used
year round for the mixing and application of heat sensitive resins,
but equally as important, caters for the general well being of
technical staff during the hot summer months.
Page 4
 FACILITIES
Large cold storage facilities are inbuilt to each of the buildings to
enable the controlled storage of sensitive materials prior to their
utilization. A fully equipped laboratory is also established in a clean
area of the operations facility together with offices for the QA/QC
staff responsible for the day to monitoring of production.

The main pipeline and heavy vessel coating unit is equipped with
dual overhead gantry cranes for the handling of heavy equipment
and all pipe-feed and collection trestles are motor driven into and
out of the surface preparation and coating booths.

Coating facilities include

computer controlled travelling
rotational bed spray lines for the
application of materials ranging
from thermal sprayed metal to hot
applied plural component, rapid
setting polyurethanes and
epoxies. Multiple internal spin
spray equipment is utilized for the internal lining of pipeline
components with liquid systems.

The facility also includes a large custom built shot blasting booth
with abrasive recovery and filtration units for the open blasting of
fittings and bends, together with enclosed shot blasting cabinets for
small miscellaneous items.

We also have an additional 7,500 M2 of land and buildings in the

nearby Al Quoz industrial park where we have centralized our
rubber lining and neoprene cladding facilities, which also include
the two largest steam pressure autoclaves available within the
Middle East region, together with high temperature dry ovens for
the curing of Phenolic and other heat-cure lining systems.

Additional automatic shot blasting machinery and

vacuum recovery systems are also located in the
rubber lining facility to enable the environmentally
friendly pre-treatment and surface preparation of
risers and pipe joints prior to surface treatment.

Page 5
 OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS
APS operates two divisions, with the business divided into the
activities of Industrial Coatings and Linings and Utility and Pipeline
Services. The activities of each division is given in detail on our
web site: www.apsdubai.com together with case studies of each
activity and we would welcome your visit to the site.

Briefly however, the responsibilities of each division are as follows:

Industrial Coatings and Linings:

The engineering and provision of factory and site based specialist
coatings and linings to the oil, gas and power industries, including,
but not limited to:
Solvent free, hot applied epoxy or
polyurethane coatings and linings for the
internal and external protection of
pipelines and storage tanks.

Glass reinforced polyesters, vinyl esters,

pure epoxies and coal tar epoxies for
the internals of storage and process
vessels with arduous working conditions
or extremely corrosive or high
temperature media.

Pure epoxy resin or derakane

laminate systems for the storage and
transportation of a variety of
hazardous chemicals, acids, alkalis
and hydrocarbons, including
large diameter crude oil storage
tanks.

PTFE and other exotic pre-formed and vacuum bonded liners

for vessels and process pipework.

Zinc, monel, aluminium and stainless

steel thermal metal spraying by gas
or arc for corrosion barrier or
engineering re-build.

Page 6
 Industrial Coatings and Linings (cont’d):

Neoprene cladding of riser pipes and conductors for very

long term (life of platform) splash zone corrosion protection
in marine environments.

Rubber linings for acid and chemical storage and

transportation, deaerators, water boxes and other critical
process equipment.

Lining of tubular goods and conductors with

tight fit HDPE and multi-layered corrosion
and abrasion resistant liners.

Passive and intumescent fireproofing for

structural steel in hydrocarbon fire risk
areas and to steel frame high-rise buildings.

Waterproofing of bridge decks using plural component

acrylic membranes.

Brick linings for chemical pits, floors and furnaces etc.

Cathodic protection, sacrificial and impressed current for

tanks, pipes and other buried structures.

Low friction coatings for gas

pipelines and silos.

Joint insulation and waterproofing of

pre-insulated pipelines.

Glass care services including stain and scratch removal and

the application of non-stick glass restoration and protection
systems.

Page 7
Utility and Pipeline Services:
At APS we believe in providing turnkey service to our Utility and
Pipeline customers.

This means that we are equipped to carry out a complete range of

disciplines from pipeline engineering through investigations,
surveys Cleaning and mapping, to material selection, specification
writing and Implementation of repair and rehabilitation techniques.

Our goal is not just to provide excellence, but also to apply through
experience and versatility, the right blend of technical and
commercial benefits for each given scenario that we encounter.

This is achieved by bringing to bear over three decades of

experience relative to the pipeline industry and by having access to
the broadest range of inspection and rehabilitation techniques
available – anywhere.

We pride ourselves in the fact that we have, by way of licensing

and acquisition, developed an extremely comprehensive range of
pipeline investigation, repair and rehabilitation techniques and thus
can offer what we sincerely believe to be the most extensive
pipeline maintenance service to be found throughout the Middle
East and Asian markets today.

These services include:

Cleaning, Inspection and Condition Assessment:

Leak detection surveys to both metallic and non-metallic
pipelines
Drain and sewer cleaning using high capacity combination
jetting/vacuum units.
The removal of scale, sludge,
sand and debris
Root cutting and removal

Comprehensive pipeline location and mapping for new built

and existing pipelines using state of the art, remote 3D
gyroscopic mapping systems.

Page 8
 Utility and Pipeline Services (cont’d):

Preparation of engineering and as built

drawings, plot overlays and
isometrics.

CCTV surveys, computerized

assessment techniques using
explosion proof remotely
operated colour cameras.

Condition assessments and defect

grading in full compliance with the Water
Research Council (WRc) Manual of
Sewer Condition Classification.

Preparation of detailed material

specifications and rehabilitation procedures.

Pipeline Maintenance and Rehabilitation: Inspection Report

The installation of tight fit HDPE structural

and thin walled liners by die reduction, roller
box and folded liner techniques.

The installation of structural HDPE liners by

slip lining.

The installation of cured in place liners

(CIPP) for water, sewer and drainage
pipelines.

The internal spin spray lining of ductile drinking water pipelines

with polymeric semi structural and thin walled liners.

Tight Fit Lining

Page 9
 Utility and Pipeline Services (cont’d):

The upsizing of existing pipework by pipe bursting or pipe

splitting.

Pipebursting
Manhole rehabilitation using polymeric
linings and GRP laminates.

Large diameter man entry pipeline

rehabilitation using GRP structural and
UPVC spiral wound liners conforming
to WRc Type I and Type II
requirements.
Patch repairs using inflatable
packers and resin impregnated
sealing sleeves.

Lateral joint repairs using remotely

installed top hats.

Joint repairs using

Stainless Steel and
elastomer seals.

New Lay HDPE Pipelines:

The turnkey design, fabrication and

installation of onshore stand alone
HDPE water, sewerage and gas
transmission and distribution pipelines.

The turnkey design, fabrication and

installation of off shore (sub sea)
HDPE pipelines.
Page 10
 Geographical Area of Operations:

APS operates across the Middle East from the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines through
to the AGCC States. Northward, we regularly undertake projects in Iran, Azerbaijan and
Kazakhstan. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the near far east Pacific Rim
countries are all areas where we are happy to perform our services too.

Anticorrosion Protective Systems LLC

Geographical Operating Area

We appreciate your interest in APS and hope that we can be of service to

you, now and in the future.

-------------------------
R.A. WALTERS
Chairman – APS LLC Page 11