October 22, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- The GE90 engine family has surpassed 4 million flight hours powering Boeing's 777 twin-engine aircraft in passenger service.
The original GE90-85B engine model, certified at 85,000 pounds of thrust, entered service in November 1995 with British Airways.
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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHAT: According to recent statistics, 25 percent of women claim their husband or partner has ruined clothing as a result of a ludicrous laundry lapse, leaving 89% percent of women primarily responsible for the age-old chore. However, the male laundry lapse was taken a step beyond the pink stained t-shirt and shrunken jeans, by GE Harmony's Ludicrous Laundry Stories contest winner Janet Lopez, of Smithfield, NC.
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MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003--Is there an increased danger of earthquakes due to ultra deep mining or other geological impacts that are already measurable or foreseeable today?
In order to broaden opinion and exchange experts' views, GE Frankona Reinsurance will host a Symposium on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 4.00 p.m. at the Michelangelo Hotel in Johannesburg.
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GE Oil & Gas to Supply Compressor Package for LNG Plant Expansion in Qatar
FLORENCE, Italy--Oct. 17, 2003--RPCO Enterprises Ltd. of Cyprus has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract of more than $20 million to supply a residue gas compression package for the expansion of the Ras Gas (II) facility of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Ltd. in Qatar.
RPCO Enterprises, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the expansion project, is a consortium that includes Chiyoda Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Limited of Japan and Snamprogetti Limited of Italy.
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GE's Cicero Operation Achieves Major OSHA Award CICERO, Ill.- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2003--The GE Consumer Products facility in Cicero, Illinois has been awarded the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration's (OSHA) designation as a STAR participant work site under the agency's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The agency's STAR designation is a distinction earned by a select few work sites that have achieved excellence in their employee health and safety programs.
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FLORENCE, ITALY (October 17, 2003) --- RPCO Enterprises Ltd. of Cyprus has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract of more than $20 million to supply a residue gas compression package for the expansion of the Ras Gas (II) facility of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Ltd. in Qatar.
RPCO Enterprises, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the expansion project, is a consortium that includes Chiyoda Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Limited of Japan and Snamprogetti Limited of Italy.
The GE residue gas compression package is comprised of: