AEG Power Solutions announced today that its Chinese subsidiary has signed a contract with SINOPEC LPEC (Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Company) to provide all power supply equipment for the Atyrau refinery they are building in Kazakhstan. AEG PS will provide the back-up system, integrating 44 new modular UPS Protect 8 systems, as well as Protect RCS industrial chargers. The quality of AEG Power Solutions' products and engineering as well its expertise in powering complex applications with high efficiency and high reliability solutions were the determining factors in this decision.

"This is first foreign oil and gas EPC contract with SINOPEC LPEC, it is a major milestone for us in the Chinese EPC market"

SINOPEC LPEC is a high-tech company which operates as an EPC contractor and a technology licensor for Chinese energy and petrochemical industries. Founded in 1956 as Fushun Petroleum Design Institute and Luoyang Petroleum Refining Design Institute of the China Petroleum Ministry, SINOPEC LPEC is currently the leading company for refinery design and oil and gas engineering in China. It is now developing into one of the world's foremost engineering firms which integrates project engineering, EPC project contracting, research and development of petroleum refining processes, and equipment and licensing provision.

"This is first foreign oil and gas EPC contract with SINOPEC LPEC, it is a major milestone for us in the Chinese EPC market," explained Barry Lim, Managing Director of AEG Power Solutions in China. "With AEG PS UPS and chargers solutions, our customer and the end user will be confident that the refinery process is reliably powered, that they have high quality and robust systems, manufactured with premium, industrial-grade components built to withstand extreme weather conditions, high-temperature, seismic environments, and other environmental hazards where turbines need to operate."

The new Protect 8, which represents the main part of this contract, achieves world class performance thanks to its certified manufacturing processes, zero failure policy and repeatable systems quality. The Protect 8 series includes heavy duty, double-conversion, single phase and three phase AC output, industrial UPS system, and standalone single phase and three phase DC/AC inverters as standard issue. The most reliable in its class, Protect 8 boasts an innovative modular architecture, enhanced manufacturing processes, and "fit to specification" concept so that each application gets exactly what it needs to guarantee optimal performance levels.

AEG PS brings years of expertise and its technology in the petrochemical industry to provide SINOPEC LEPC with a tailored solution that meets all of their refinery project's requirements, including the highest standards of reliability and quality.