Fmc Technologies News


Centrica hands out Oda contracts

Dec 15, 2016

Centrica has awarded a string of contracts to FMC Technologies, Subsea 7 and Aker BP / Maersk Drilling, for its Oda field development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The Oda oil field (previously called Butch) was discovered in 2011…

Shareholders approve FMC, Technip merger

Dec 05, 2016

Shareholders of both US-based underwater tech firm FMC Technologies and French engineering house Technip have voted to approve the proposed business combination of the two companies, the firms announced today (5 December). The merger was announced back in May…

FMC, Technip gain Brazil antitrust clearance

Dec 02, 2016

FMC Technologies and Technip announced that the pending, combination between the companies has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of Administrative Council for Economic Defense, (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority…

Wireless wells 

Dec 01, 2016

For the first time, wireless technology has been used downhole on a subsea well. John Sheehan speaks with FMC Technologies to learn more. Communicating beneath the waves.  Images from FMC Technologies…

EU clears way for FMC, Technip merger

Nov 24, 2016

FMC Technologies and Technip been cleared by the European Commission to go ahead with a merger. The firms are set to combine, with shareholders due to vote on the move, announced back in May, on 5 December. Clearance decisions have…

Statoil awards Trestakk prizes

Nov 04, 2016

Statoil has awarded contracts to the FMC Technologies and Technip joint venture Forsys Subsea, and to Aker Solutions for its Trestakk field development that is scheduled for start-up in 2019, offshore Norway. Illustration of the Trestakk field…

Technip, FMC lined up for Hurricane's Lancaster

Oct 12, 2016

Technip and FMC Technologies have been picked by Hurricane Energy to be an exclusive provider of subsea equipment to the firm's fractured basement Lancaster development, west of Shetland.  Under a provisional agreement, the firms, under their alliance…

FMC installs annulus monitoring system in Petronas well

Sep 20, 2016

FMC Technologies has installed and tested its annulus monitoring system (AMS) in an offshore well in Malaysia owned by Petronas. A winner of the 2015 Offshore Technology Conference Spotlight on New Technology award, FMC Technologies’…

Sulzer, FMC ink Shell Brazil subsea gig

Sep 13, 2016

Shell has awarded the duo of Sulzer and FMC Technologies a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in the supermajor’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. Image from Sulzer…

FMC bags double DOF ROV gig

Aug 16, 2016

FMC Technologies and DOF Subsea have entered into an agreement for two new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from FMC’s Schilling Robotics business line. The HD and UHD-III ROVs will be delivered in December 2016.  These ROVs will be utilized by DOF Subsea for its inspection…

Technip, FMC get early US antitrust clearance

Jun 27, 2016

Technip and FMC Technologies announced that the pending US$13 billion merger transaction between the companies has received an early decision from the United States antitrust regulators under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)…

FMC, Technip merger pushes ahead

Jun 16, 2016

FMC Technologies and Technip executed a business combination agreement (BCA) on 14 June 2016 regarding their proposed merger announced on 19 May. The execution of the BCA follows conclusion of the required work council consultation process in Europe…

FMC, Technip to merge

May 19, 2016

French engineering house Technip and US-based underwater technologies firm FMC Technologies are to combine, creating a new US$13 billion business, the firms announced this morning. The companies, which firmed a joint venture, Forsys Subsea…

FMC names Pferdehirt CEO

May 09, 2016

Douglas J. Pferdehirt has been appointed president and CEO of FMC Technologies, effective 1 September 2016. Pferdehirt will succeed John T. Gremp, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors while the company completes its transition to the new CEO…

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