AVEVA proud to be supporting the Shell Houston Open

HOUSTON, TX  26 March 2012: AVEVA (LSE: AVV), announced today it is a sponsor of the Shell Houston Open professional golf tournament. Being held at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, March 29  April 1, 2012, golfs brightest stars will tee up for the annual PGA Tour affair in the year that AVEVA and Shell celebrate 25 years of business collaboration.

“AVEVA continues to enjoy a proud, on-going 25 year relationship with Shell, working on some of the worlds most challenging engineering projects”, said Richard Longdon Chief Executive Office, AVEVA. “Theyve accomplished many an industry first using our solutions and we intend to help them accomplish many more in the future”.

Shell is a key customer, utilizing both engineering design and information management solutions in order to enhance delivery of offshore projects”, commented William Muldoon, Executive Vice President  North America, AVEVA

AVEVA established a working relationship with the Shell Deepwater team in 1987 when it first implemented its flagship PDMS engineering 3D design software for the Auger TLP offshore project. Since then AVEVA is proud to have contributed to the design of Shells complex deepwater projects across the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico through the use of AVEVAs information management and 3D engineering design technology.

The Houston Open began in 1946 at the River Oaks Country Club. Shell has sponsored the event since 1992 and it has been held at Redstone since 2003. To learn more about the 2012 event, visit  www.shellhoustonopen.com.

 “The tournament is an excellent way to raise funds for a host of local Houston charities. The 2011 Shell Houston Open raised $2.07 million and we are proud to contribute to this very worthy effort. Muldoon added.

The tournament, worth 500 points towards the PGA Tours FedEx Cup championship, will be televised by NBC and the Golf Channel. Last years Shell Houston Open winner was Phil Mickelson taking home the $1 million winners share with a 20 under par performance (268), just two over the tournament record.