Foster Wheeler Awarded Pre-Feasibility Study for Sasol's Coal-To-Liquids Facility in South Africa

Business Wire, April 1, 2008

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced that its South African subsidiary Foster Wheeler South Africa (Pty) Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been selected by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd to perform a pre-feasibility study for a proposed new coal-to-liquids (CTL) facility, known as Project Mafutha in South Africa.

The contract value was not disclosed and the project will be included in the company's first-quarter 2008 bookings.

The planned stand-alone greenfield coal-to-liquids facility would produce approximately 80,000 barrels per day of synthetic fuel. A potential location for the facility will be evaluated as part of the study.

Project Mafutha ("Mafutha" is a Zulu word for "oil") will involve an integrated CTL process comprising three key process steps for the conversion of coal into primary fuel products (gasoline and diesel); gasification of coal to synthesis gas; Sasol's proprietary low and/or high temperature Fischer-Tropsch processes; and refinery technology for converting the Fischer-Tropsch products into fuel products. The project will also include other processing units, utilities and offsite facilities necessary to support the development. Foster Wheeler's scope for the study will also include the integration of other venture elements, such as the mining operation, into the overall venture scope.

"Foster Wheeler is pleased to be involved in this pre-feasibility study for Project Mafutha. This latest award builds on our long-established relationship with Sasol," said Steve Scott, managing director of Foster Wheeler South Africa (Pty) Limited. "In addition, the project demonstrates Foster Wheeler's ability to dynamically combine expertise from multiple offices into a high-quality execution plan. In this instance, our UK Operation's Midstream Technology Group has extensive experience in coal-to-liquids and Fischer-Tropsch technologies. The combination of that experience with the local project execution track record of our South African operation will deliver high quality assistance to Sasol in establishing a sound basis for the techno-economic assessment of this project."

Foster Wheeler Ltd. is a global company offering, through its subsidiaries, a broad range of engineering, procurement, construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research and plant operation services. Foster Wheeler serves the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, power, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, and its operational headquarters are in Clinton, New Jersey, USA. For more information about Foster Wheeler, please visit our Web site at www.fwc.com.

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