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KBC Advanced Technologies plc
22 November 2005


                                                                 22 November 2005

                          KBC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES PLC
                            ("KBC" or "the Company")
                                        
 AWARD OF $11M CONTRACT BY CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION ("SINOPEC")
                                        
London, UK, and Houston, Texas, USA, 22 November 2005.

KBC, a leading independent process engineering consulting group, announced on 2
September 2005 that it was in discussions which may lead to the award of a major
consultancy and software contract. The Board is now pleased to announce that KBC
has been awarded one of its largest ever consulting contracts by SINOPEC, 
China's largest refiner, for services at their Zhenhai and Yanshan refining and
petrochemical facilities.

The contract has a value of in excess of $11m over a 30-month period, commencing
immediately. The contract will include KBC consulting in all areas of
operations, incorporating programs in yield and energy improvement, operations
planning, as well as equipment reliability and maintenance. As an integral part
of this project SINOPEC will licence KBC's proprietary simulation software,
Petro-SIM(TM), as well as a full range of ProfimaticsTM process unit models for
use at Zhenhai and Yanshan.

This contract further enhances KBC's relationship with SINOPEC, and builds on
the award, earlier this month, of a contract for the use of KBC's proprietary
Deepcut vacuum distillation technology for SINOPEC's grassroots Qingdao refinery
complex.

George Bright, KBC's Chief Operating Officer, commented:

"We are delighted that SINOPEC have awarded this prestigious contract to KBC. We
will be working in full partnership with SINOPEC and both parties are looking
forward to achieving significant operating improvement through the
implementation of KBC's best practices program".

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Peter Close, Chief Executive
Nicholas Stone, Finance Director

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Richard Day

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James Chandler/Yvonne Alexander

About SINOPEC: (NYSE, SNP; LSE, SNP; HKSE, 386; SSE 600028)
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation ("Sinopec Corp.") is an integrated
energy and chemical company with upstream, midstream and downstream operations,
headquartered in Beijing. Its major physical assets are located in South East
China (its principal market), an area that has experienced the highest economic
growth in China. The principal operations of Sinopec Corp. and its subsidiaries
include: exploring, developing, producing and trading crude oil and natural gas,
processing crude oil into refined oil products: producing, trading, transporting
distributing and marketing refined oil products and producing and distributing
chemical products. Based on 2004 turnover, Sinopec Corp. is the largest listed
company in China. The Company is one of the largest petroleum and petrochemical
companies in China and Asia. It is also one of the largest gasoline, diesel and
jet fuel and other major chemical product producers and distributors in China
and Asia.

About KBC: (LSE:KBC)
KBC Advanced Technologies Inc, a leading independent process engineering
consultancy, delivers improved profitability through consulting services and
practical solutions to owners and operators in the oil refining, petrochemical
and processing industries worldwide. KBC provides process consulting, strategic
planning advice, petroleum and chemical price forecasting, economic studies, and
capital project services to help clients find the most cost- effective way to
achieve their short- and long-term objectives. KBC analyzes plant operations and
management systems, recommends changes for material and measurable improvements
in profitability, and provides implementation services to assist clients in
realizing these improvements. In carrying out this work, KBC makes extensive use
of Petro-SIM its proprietary refinery-wide simulation and process modeling 
technology. Formed in 1979, KBC has principal offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, 
Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.kbcat.com.






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