Streamlined Design Reduces Footprint by 12% and Weight by 10%, Delivering Significant Installation, Maintenance and Cost Benefits for Deepwater Operators
HOUSTON---May 4, 2010---Expanding its advanced technology portfolio for the deepwater drilling and production sector, GE Oil & Gas has officially launched the new VetcoGray DHXT deepwater horizontal tree and integral control system at the 2010 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) taking place from May 3-6 in Houston, Texas.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND---May 3, 2010---GE Oil & Gas is pleased to announce the signing of a new frame agreement with Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited. The new agreement runs from March 1, 2010, for a five-year period.
Under the new agreement GE Oil & Gas will continue to supply subsea wellheads, trees and tubular products for exploration and developed projects in the North Sea. GE Oil & Gas estimates the total value of the agreement to be in excess of $80 million.
Gensets to provide alternate power to wastewater facilities during potential power loss
Erie, PA (April 30, 2010) -- GE Marine and Stationary, a unit of GE Transportation, announced today that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement with Skanska USA to purchase three GE 12 cylinder V250 enclosed stationary generator sets (gensets) for their wastewater treatment facility in the 26th Ward.
New Power Plant to Help Deliver a Cleaner Energy Future
GREENVILLE, S.C.--Friday, April 30, 2010-- Marking a major milestone on the road to America's clean energy future, GE (NYSE: GE) today announced the shipment of the second of its advanced, highly efficient turbines to Duke Energy's integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant in Edwardsport, Ind. GE is providing the IGCC technology for Duke's Edwardsport facility, which is expected to be the largest, most advanced commercial IGCC plant in the world in 2012.
* GE Healthcare installs its new wide-bore MR system, Optima MR450w, at Hospital Laennec in Creil, France --- a first in Europe
* 115 patients have been scanned in the first three days since the installation this week.
* This system offers a 70 cm bore for enhanced patient comfort and 50 cm field of view with uncompromised image quality over large anatomies
* More than 20 units of this new system are scheduled to be installed across Europe before the end of the summer
