SHAW NAMES JEAN DESEILLIGNY AS PRESIDENT OF PROCESS GROUP.

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BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR) today announced that Jean Deseilligny has joined Shaw's Energy & Chemicals Division as President, Process Group within the Shaw Stone & Webster unit. In this role, Deseilligny will be responsible for global sales and operations management for the group, which includes chemicals, refining and gas markets, among others.

Deseilligny joins Shaw following 36 years with Technip, a leading engineering and construction group involved in oil and gas, petrochemicals and other industries, with annual revenues of more than five billion euros. He held a variety of management roles with Technip including Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, CEO of the Upstream Division, and Senior Executive Vice President of Business and Operations for the Onshore Downstream Branch.

He has a Ph.D. from Paris University, and a master's degree in Political Sciences from the Institut D'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

J.M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw, said, "We are pleased to welcome Jean to our senior management team. His broad industry experience combined with our proprietary technologies and strong reputation in engineering, procurement and construction project management services will be a strong combination as we strive to position our company for continued growth and success in this robust, international process market."

Deseilligny will report to Abe Fatemizadeh, President of Shaw's Energy and Chemicals Division, and will replace Jim Glass who will remain with Shaw as President, Major Projects.

The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation, and facilities management services for the energy, chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. With over $3 billion in revenues, Shaw is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and employs approximately 20,000 people at its offices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. The ...