Technip to Expand Its Subsea Umbilicals Facility in Angola

Technip confirms the expansion of its state-of-the-art Angoflex umbilical* manufacturing plant in Lobito, Angola to meet growing demand for longer length and larger diameter products on the West African market. Established in 2002, Angoflex is a joint venture between Technip and the Angolan national oil company Sonangol. On December 15, Bernard Di Tullio, Technip’s Chief Operating Officer, launched... 

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Technip Awarded Two New Frame Agreements by BP for Subsea Oilfield Developments in Angola

Technip and its subsidiary Angoflex Ltda. have been awarded two new major frame agreements by BP Exploration Ltd. for oilfield developments in Angola, covering: * engineering, procurement and manufacture of flexible pipe, * engineering, procurement and manufacture of umbilicals(1) and associated equipment. These frame agreements are part of BP’s deepwater development programme in Angola.... 

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Technip Awarded Umbilicals Contract in Norway

Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by BP Norge AS a lumpsum EPC(1) contract, worth approximately € 20 million, for the Skarv field development. This field is located on the Norwegian continental shelf, in water depths ranging from 350 to 450 meters. The contract covers engineering, procurement, project management services and fabrication of two dynamic umbilicals(2)... 

Frost & Sullivan Commends General Cables’ Efforts in Energy Exploration and Value-Added Services

Frost & Sullivan presented General Cable with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Excellence in the Energy Cables market. The Award recognizes General Cable for serving a diverse set of customers, with wide ranging applications, on a truly global scale. The company has achieved consistent growth in the world interconnects space – a feat that is as much a measure of... 

N.C. still opposing offshore oil drilling

The federal government in August released a second draft of a five-year plan that could allow oil and gas drilling off the coast of Virginia. And for the second time the state of North Carolina will formally object to that plan, Mike Lopazanski, coastal and ocean policy analyst with the N.C. Division of Coastal Management, told the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission Friday. ”Whether the comments... 

Tech Firms Go Mining for Megawatts

Microsoft is pouring concrete in a bean field on the west end of town. Yahoo is digging up a field of alfalfa out on the east end. Google, which declines to comment, is said to be sniffing around for its own field of dreams here in the semi-desert outback of eastern Washington. This small farm town, population 5,300, has become the Klondike of the wildly competitive Internet era. The gold in Quincy...