Exova extends relationship with Maersk Oil

07 July 2015

EXOVA GROUP PLC

("Exova" or the "Group")

Exova extends relationship with Maersk Oil

Exova Group plc (EXO.L), the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded another contract to provide materials qualification testing for global prime Maersk Oil. The contract is an extension of the testing Exova has previously undertaken on down-hole tubulars for Maersk Oil's North Sea Culzean Field Development Project in 2014.

In addition to bespoke materials qualification testing, the new contract also sees Exova provide two sets of electrochemical corrosion tests as well as a programme of Galvanically-induced Hydrogen Stress Cracking (GHSC) tests.

Helene Jones, general manager at the Exova Corrosion Centre in Dudley, said: "We are proud to extend our relationship with Maersk Oil. The company demands the highest standards of testing services and the capabilities we offer through our dedicated corrosion centre in Dudley mean we are well placed to meet its requirements."

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Exova is one of the world's leading laboratory-based testing groups, trusted by organisations to test and advise on the safety, quality and performance of their products and operations. Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK Exova operates 142 laboratories and offices in 31 countries and employs around 4,400 people throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia/Asia Pacific.

Exova's capabilities help to extend asset life, bring predictability to applications, and shorten the time to market for customers' products, processes and materials. With over 90 years' experience, Exova specialises in testing across a number of key sectors from health sciences to aerospace, transportation, oil and gas, fire and construction.

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Exova's Oil & Gas division supports global primes and their supply chain from 53 specialist laboratories worldwide. Through the provision of technically demanding materials testing, Exova independently assures asset performance from R&D, engineering, procurement and construction to exploration and production, life extension and disposal. It is a recognised world-leader in the critical fields of corrosion and coatings, and provides mission critical services including materials selection, mechanical and non-destructive testing, welding qualification and environmental analysis.