Xanser's Furmanite Announces Appointment of Joseph E. Milliron as Chief Operating Officer for Worldwide Operations

Business Wire,  August 10, 2005  

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DALLAS -- Xanser Corporation's (NYSE:XNR) Furmanite, the worldwide technical and engineering services company, has announced the appointment of Joseph E. Milliron as chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the company's operations, which encompass more than 40 offices on five continents.

"We are very pleased to welcome Joe Milliron to Furmanite," said John R. Barnes, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Xanser Corporation. "His experience demonstrates his ability to successfully manage the operations of a complex, multi-national organization, just like our operations in Furmanite. He is an outstanding addition to our exceptional worldwide management team."

With 20 years of executive management experience, Milliron joined Furmanite from another international industrial services company, CooperHeat-MQS, Inc. of Houston, Texas. He served in positions of increasing responsibility at CooperHeat since 1991. From 1999 until 2004, Milliron was chief executive officer, president and director. During his tenure as COO, he was responsible for overseeing the merger of two operating companies, CooperHeat and MQS, into a single business, and managing the business through its successful sale in August 2004. He previously led field operations for this multi-national business, opening successful operations in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

According to C. Jeffery Chick, president of Furmanite, "Joe Milliron has spent his career building successful operations in a company that was engaged in a similar business and serving many of the same customers as Furmanite. He understands our customer, embraces our vision and brings substantial experience and expertise to our growing and dynamic operations worldwide."

About Furmanite

Furmanite's business is the protection and management of its customers' critical assets, and the company's technical and technological capabilities help to assure that customers' critical assets are on-line and performing for maximum profit. 2004 represented 75 years of Furmanite serving as the worldwide expert in the field of on-site and on-line plant and pipeline maintenance. Furmanite's single mission and business goal is to maximize asset uptime for customers. Specifically, everything Furmanite does directly relates to keeping an asset on-line, productive and profitable; be it a pipeline, a plant or personnel. Furmanite ensures asset productivity and profitability for a variety of industries -- chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, power generation, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, and national defense.

This commitment to excellence, coupled with Furmanite's broad array of services and patented technology, is a critical component to the operation and financial success of some of the world's largest process manufacturers and energy producers and suppliers including Shell, ExxonMobil, Sun Oil, Dominion, Exelon, Cinergy, Entergy and Reliant. Furmanite has more than 40 offices on five continents. Its website is www.furmanite.com. Furmanite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xanser Corporation (NYSE:XNR).

About Xanser Corporation

Xanser Corporation (NYSE:XNR) provides technology-based and technical services worldwide. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Xanser's operations consist of an information technology services company, Xtria, and an international technical services firm, Furmanite.

Xtria provides a portfolio of innovative technology solutions to the healthcare and government markets. Combining its deep market expertise with specialized technology, Xtria partners with its clients to set the standard for managing mission critical processes in information-intensive environments. Xtria has a legacy of enabling organizations to power their businesses, while mitigating the risks associated with change.

Furmanite, one of the world's largest specialty technical services companies, delivers a broad portfolio of engineering solutions that keep facilities operating, minimizing downtime and maximizing profitability. Furmanite's diverse, global customer base includes offshore drilling operations, pipelines, refineries and power generation facilities, chemical and petrochemical plants, steel mills, automotive manufacturers, pulp and paper mills, food and beverage processing plants, semi-conductor manufacturers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Furmanite operates more than 40 offices on five continents.

For more information, visit www.xanser.com.

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