Burlington, Mass., December 6, 2000 – Genuity (NASDAQ: GENU) a leading provider of Internet infrastructure for eBusiness, and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. LLC (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young), a leading worldwide advisor to the energy industry, have teamed to provide an end-to-end eBusiness service for Equiva Services LLC. Equiva Services is owned by Equilon Enterprises LLC and Motiva Enterprises LLC, the U.S. joint ventures between Shell Oil Company, Texaco Inc. and Saudi Refining, Inc., a Saudi Aramco affiliate. The alliance of Genuity and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will provide a full spectrum of eBusiness services, including complex Web hosting, security, application development, integration and support for Equiva Services’ eBusiness applications. These applications include online programs to supply and market gasoline and other petroleum products under the Shell and Texaco brands.

The multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement calls for Genuity and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young to leverage their Internet expertise and advanced applications development and systems integration across the companies’ eBusiness initiatives to deliver rapid Internet application deployment.

“Our ability to bring to bear and leverage the resources of Genuity/Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is essential to the rapid deployment of our Internet strategy,” said Jim Stanton, manager of eBusiness support for Equiva Services. “The Genuity/Cap Gemini Ernst & Young alliance leverages the end-to-end capability we are seeking in our Internet deployment strategy.”

Genuity and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s collaboration on this project offers services and support for more than 30 new and existing applications, including:

• Enhancements to existing Internet applications, such as ordering, buying, online collaboration, customer service, B2B exchanges and developing new applications;
• Application hosting and infrastructure support, including network access, security, server maintenance and data center management;
• Internet applications support, including preventive maintenance repair and performance tuning;
• Back-office integration that consists of building interfaces between the Internet application and Equiva Services’ legacy systems, including SAP, and
• Implementation of a first-to-market wireless solution that allows real-time work order processing from field repair technicians.

“As the prime contractor on this significant project, we knew we needed to team with one of our premier ePartners to meet Equiva Services’ needs. The combination of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s application development expertise and our mission-critical network, security and hosting infrastructure means Equiva Services can meet its aggressive goals for this groundbreaking online project,” said Karen Guenther, vice president of Genuity’s ePartner program.

“Equiva Services is truly on the cutting edge of eBusiness with its aggressive goal of conducting a majority of its transactions via the Internet within the next three years,” said Regina Kennison, vice president of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. “We are pleased to be working with Equiva Services and are confident that Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s knowledge base, global reach and best-in-class alliances with companies like Genuity, provide the best end-to-end service offerings that go a long way toward saving time and increasing productivity in this competitive business environment.”

About Equiva Services LLC

Founded in July 1998 and based in Houston, Equiva Services provides a full range of corporate support services, from business analysis and research to human resources and learning/development to information technology and supply chain development, for Equilon, Motiva and Equiva Trading Company. Additional information about the Texaco, Shell, Saudi Aramco joint venture companies can be found at www.equilonmotivaequiva.com.

About Genuity

Genuity is the leading network services provider for businesses changing the world. It is the only company in the industry to offer a Network Services Platform (NSP) that combines its Tier 1 network with its full portfolio of managed Internet services, including dedicated, remote and broadband access, Web hosting and Internet security, to create a platform for creating scalable and repeatable managed e-business solutions. With 1999 revenues of $706 million, Genuity (NASDAQ: GENU) is a global company with offices and alliances throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. Additional information about Genuity can be found at www.genuity.com.

About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world. The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help traditional businesses and "dot companies" continue to implement growth strategies and leverage technology in the new economy. The organization employs more than 58,000 people worldwide and reports global revenues of about 7.7 billion euros (1999 pro forma).

With more than 5,000 dedicated consultants engaged in Energy and Utilities projects across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, generating 8% of the consolidated Group revenue, the Group's Global Sector Unit - Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Energy & Utilities - serves the business consulting and information technology needs of many of the world's largest players of this industry. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com/energy

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