May. 11, 2017

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation

Opening Ceremony for VAM® BRN Commercial Operation in Brunei


Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation ('NSSMC') and Sumitomo Corporation ('Sumitomo') hereby announce that on 10th of May 2017 the joint opening ceremony of SC Tubular Solutions (B) Sdn Bhd ('SCTSB') and VAMBRN SDN BHD ('VAM BRN') took place at their site, located within the Salambigar Industrial Park in Brunei Darussalam.

The event was attended by approximately 120 people from related organizations, including, as a guest of Honour, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, along with national government officials, The Ambassador of Japan, representative of Brunei Shell Petroleum and representatives of investor companies.

For more than 40 years NSSMC and Sumitomo have been supplying seamless OCTG pipes to Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd ('BSP'), a leading upstream oil and natural gas company in Brunei. In 2014 BSP, NSSMC and Sumitomo signed a contract to develop integrated Supply Chain Management and local threading services of seamless Tubulars in Brunei in response to a request from BSP and the government of Brunei.

In conjunction with this, VAMBRN commenced OCTG local threading services in November 2016, and SCTSB started its provision of full Supply Chain Management Services with its own stock yard adjacent to VAMBRN in January 2017. Since then both companies have been actively operating, in support of Brunei Shell Petroleum's hydrocarbon production operations and in support of the wider vision as put forward by the Government of Brunei Darusallam.

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Name: VAMBRN SDN BHD
Location: Salambigar Industrial Park, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei Darussalam
Shareholders:
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation: 60%
Sumitomo Corporation Group: 30%
Vallourec Tubes S.A.S.: 10%
No. of employees: About 110 (by end of 2017)
Investment amount: Approx. 36 million US dollars
Main facilities: Small-diameter pipe threading line, middle-diameter pipe threading line
Operation capacity: 18,000 tons per year

Name: SC Tubular Solutions (B) Sdn Bhd
Location : Salambigar Industrial Park, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei Darussalam
Shareholders: Sumitomo Corporation Group: 100%
No. of employees: About 50
Investment amount: Approx. 16 million US dollars
Main facilities: Stockyard, warehouse, OCTG pipes inspection facility

Name: Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd
Location: Kuala Belait, Brunei-Seria District, Brunei Darussalam
Shareholders:
Royal Dutch Shell plc 50%
Government of Brunei 50%
Major business: Excavation and sale of oil and natural gas

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