Schlumberger, Technip work on surveillance solutions Nov 20, 2009
The new deal continues a collaboration formed in 1998 between the Houston-based oilfield services company and Technip. Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) and Technip plan to initially focus on surveillance systems activities, and Schlumberger will integrate some of its technologies into Technip s new ultra deepwater flexible pipe designs. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Avon Calling Emerging Market Investors at 13% Discount to Brazil's Natura Oct 30, 2009
The following 15 of the 500 biggest companies in the MSCI World Index that disclose sales by country get at least half of their revenue from developing nations, according to Bloomberg data: Anheuser-Busch InBev NV AES Corp. Avon Products Inc. British American Tobacco Plc Ericsson AB Erste Group Bank AG Lafarge SA Mosaic Co. Noble Corp. Old Mutual Plc Philip Morris International Inc. SABMiller Plc Saipem SpA Standard Chartered Plc Technip SA. To contact the reporter on this story: in London at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Shell Plans First Gas From Prelude LNG Project off West Australia in 2016 Oct 12, 2009
Shell in July awarded a contract to and Technip SA to design, construct and install floating LNG facilities over 15 years. Shell may order as many as 10 units worth about $5 billion each, Samsung Heavy estimated in a July statement. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
* Shell to use floating LNG technology Oct 9, 2009
Shell awarded a contract in July to Samsung Heavy Industries Co and Technip SA to design, construct and install floating LNG facilities. The company said its pioneering use of floating LNG technology will involve a vessel much larger than an aircraft carrier. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Offshore asset acquisitions make Seamec a good buy Oct 5, 2009
French oilfield services and engineering major Technip owns 75% stake in the company, with 13. 7% of the equity held by public and the rest held by institutional and corporate investors. (India Times)
Loud pipes about ego Jul 26, 2009
Technip Awarded Two Subsea Contracts for the Caesar/Tonga Field in the Gulf of Mexico ... Technip (Paris:TEC) (ISIN:FR0000131708) has been awarded two lump sum contracts by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as Unit Operator for the Caesar/Tonga oil field development in the Gulf of Mexico ... Technips operating center in Houston, Texas will execute this contract. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Woodside May Award Pluto LNG Expansion Contract This Quarter; Sales Drop Jul 24, 2009
Foster Wheeler Ltd., Technip Chiyoda Fluor and KBR Inc. submitted proposals for design and engineering work at an expansion of Pluto in October. Competition for Gas. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Breakthrough Xerox Multifunction Printer Cuts Cost of Colour Pages by up to 62 Percent; Reduces Waste by 90 Percent May 7, 2009
" Solid ink technology, which has been used in Xerox desktop printers for more than a decade, has been completely redesigned to achieve faster speeds and higher print volumes. The ColorQube 9200 Series is available in three models with different colour speeds. Each has four print heads that can jet more than 150 million drops of ink per second, enabling speeds from 38 pages per minute (ppm) up to 85 ppm. The series also meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rigorous new ENERGY STAR(R)... (Canada Newswire)
Oil earnings resilient despite oil price collapse Apr 30, 2009
France's Technip, which builds oil rigs and deepwater pipelines, also reported a forecast-beating rise in first-quarter profit and confirmed its outlook for 2009 ... Technip said first-quarter net income rose 10 per cent to 99-million and held firm on its target for full-year revenue of between 6. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Offshore tribute to crash victims Apr 16, 2009
David Stephenson, 44, of Willow Bridge, Northumberland, was a crewman on the Well Servicer, operated by Technip. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- UK)
Nigeria: U.S.-Halliburton Fallout [analysis] Apr 15, 2009
A joint venture company, TSKJ, formed in equal partnership between a French engineering company, Technip; an Italian engineering company, Snamprogetti; a US engineering company, KBR,of the Halliburton group; and the Japanese engineering and construction company, JGC, amplified corruption in Nigeria to unprecedented levels. Soon after TSKJ was formed, it set up three companies registered in Madeira, Portugal to recruit two "consulting companies," Tri-Star Investment Ltd, and Marubeni Inc, with... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria seeks U.S. aid on list, trial of bribe takers Mar 30, 2009
The LNG scandal was broken by Georges Krammer, the Director-General of the French firm, Technip ... When the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts came up, a consortium TSKJ owned by Technip, Snamprogetti (Italy) and KBR Halliburton U.S. and Japanese Gas Corporation (JGC) was formed and won the bid with $3. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Alberta engineers pin job hopes on European firms Mar 28, 2009
But if there is any glimmer of hope for those who most acutely feel the pain of Alberta's ugly hangover, it is that Snamprogetti, Paris-headquartered Technip and Netherlands-based Fugro are hiring ... Project management and engineering firm Technip is looking for about 40 additional people - it currently has just 10 - for its Calgary office, and more if it is successful in securing contracts ... "Technip believes that Canada's and Alberta's market will recover soon and we intend to position... (Globe and Mail)
Nigeria: French Court Fines Former Petrol Minister Mar 19, 2009
Judge van Ruymbeke said then that some or all of $180 million in secret "retrocommissions" paid by Halliburton and Technip were bribes given to Nigerian officials and others to grease the wheels for the maintenance of Nigeria's refineries. Reports said then that van Ruymbeke fingered as the bagman in the operation, a 55-year-old London lawyer, Jeffrey Tesler, who had worked for Halliburton for some 30 years. (allAfrica.com)
Subsea Technology Conference and Exhibition to Spotlight Latest Technology, Innovation Feb 24, 2009
Companies showcasing their products and services in the exhibition hall include Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, Cameron, VetcoGray, Baker Hughes, Technip, Acergy and Helix Energy Solutions. Products on display on the exhibit floor include, but are not limited to: subsea trees, wellheads, control systems, tie-in connection and tooling systems, structures, umbilicals, drilling risers, processing and boosting systems, monitoring systems, subsea control fluids and lubricants, pumping solutions,... (PR Newswire)
* Vietnam to open nations first oil refinery Feb 23, 2009
The complex, built by an international consortium led by French oil services group Technip, has a long and checkered history ... Bruno Le Roy, the engineer managing the site for Technip, acknowledged it was a political decision to build the refinery in Quang Ngai Province, referring to the authorities determination to bring money to central Vietnam. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Vietnam inaugurates first oil refinery Feb 22, 2009
The refinery was built by a consortium led by the French company Technip S.A. Its opening comes after years of delays. In the mid-1990s, foreign firms that had expressed interest in building the refinery withdrew because Vietnam's communist government insisted on locating it in Dung Quat province, hoping to boost the economy of the poor central region. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
