Core Energy Solutions wins contract renewal from Oxy Services, Inc.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 7, 2001 - Core Energy Solutions LLC (CES), a premier provider of high quality, cost- effective, and efficient software solutions and services, today announced a one year contract renewal with Oxy Services, Inc. (OSI). OSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY).

"CES is a great team of business and technical experts who understand our business processes and operations very well. Their knowledge of the industry combined with their experience with software products has definitely been an asset for us," said Vince Lightfoot, Manager of Marketing Application Services for OSI. "Above all, I am very impressed with the quality of the deliverables from CES. I look forward to their continuing contribution towards providing value-added solutions to our business unit."

"We are extremely pleased to have won the contract renewal from OSI," said Firoz Jhaver, founder of CES.
"This renewal is a strong testimony to the overall value that our resources and services bring to the table. We will continue to work diligently with OSI by providing high quality technology solutions that help drive their success."

CES has been providing services to OSI since 1999. Under the new contract, OSI will continue to utilize CES for enhancement and support of its risk and commodity management systems, along with developing and implementing Internet strategies for e-commerce and customer relationship management for Oxy Energy Marketing, Inc.

About Core Energy Solutions LLC
Core Energy Solutions LLC is a total solutions provider primarily focused on delivering high quality, cost-effective, & efficient solutions to its customers. The company employs business and technical expertise to deliver a wide range of solutions which include e-commerce, wireless applications, enterprise application integration (EAI), customer relationship management (CRM), custom application design and development, maintenance and support of leading energy transaction management packages, data warehousing, data mining, and web-based decision support systems. More information about the company may be obtained at their web site http://www.core-energy.com or via e-mail to info@core-energy.com