SKF awarded maintenance programme contract for Algerian gas production facility

    SKF awarded maintenance programme contract for Algerian gas production facility

DEI, the Aberdeen based branch of SKF Reliability Systems, has been
awarded a contract to develop a comprehensive maintenance programme for
the "In Salah Gas" project in Algeria. In Salah Gas, a joint venture
project between BP and the Algerian state energy company Sonatrach, is
scheduled to come on stream in 2004 and produce nine billion cubic
metres of gas per annum.

The deliverables from DEI will include an optimised maintenance schedule
utilising Condition Based Maintenance, planned maintenance routines and
the data required to populate the clients computerised maintenance
system. This approach allows the system to support continuous
improvement in the maintenance function through periodic reviews of the
cost benefit of maintenance activities.

"The development of such a maintenance system will deliver tangible
benefits to the In Salah Gas Project from the time that it comes on
stream," DEI Project Manager, William Reynolds, explains, " Maintenance
Strategy Analysis delivers an optimised maintenance programme, ensuring
optimum use of resources and minimising unplanned stoppages."

DEI is an international reliability management consultancy committed to
the application of technology to provide asset performance improvement
along with the reduction of maintenance and operation support costs.

Goteborg, September 23, 2003
Aktiebolaget SKF
(publ.)

For further information, please contact:
Lars G Malmer, SKF Group Communication, tel. [phone], 
e-mail: [e-mail]

Aktiebolaget SKF, SE-415 50 Goteborg, Sweden, tel. [phone],
fax [phone], www.skf.com