HOVENSA Chooses Open Text for Enterprise ECM

The Largest Refinery in the Western Hemisphere Adopts Livelink ECM System; Provides Records and Document Management for Compliance

Chicago, IL - 2007-02-05 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), the largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software and solutions, today announced that energy giant HOVENSA has chosen to update their manual document management processes to an enterprise-wide ECM solution.

HOVENSA, a joint venture between a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), operates a world-class merchant refinery in St Croix, USVI. The facility is one of the most modern refineries in the United States and, with crude oil processing capacity of 495,000 barrels per day (BPD), is one of the largest in the world.

The company needed a comprehensive ECM solution to help manage a wide range of enterprise documents, including drawings, procedures, and compliance documents. The solution must also make the various documents easily accessible online to many groups within the organization. The company will adopt Open Text s Livelink ECM solution, which will become the central document and records management platform for the company.

Initially, HOVENSA will focus on loading existing documents into the system, and then begin workflow improvements, including the OSHA Management of Change process. The company expects to have the initial system operational in early 2007 and the Management of Change process completed by July 2007.

About HOVENSA
HOVENSA is a joint venture between a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and operates a world-class merchant refinery in St Croix, USVI. The facility is one of the most modern refineries in the United States and, with crude oil processing capacity of 495,000 barrels per day (BPD), is one of the largest in the world. For more information, go to http://www.hovensa.com/hr/about.htm.

About Open Text
Open Text is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The Company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. Open Text supports approximately 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries and 12 languages. For more information about Open Text, visit www.opentext.com.

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Margaret E. Dobbin
Director, Industry Analyst Relations
Open Text Corporation
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Richard Maganini
Open Text Corporation
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