Project Expands GE Presence in the Region's Mining and Petrochemical Sector
FLORENCE, ITALY and CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA---February 3, 2010---GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas advanced technology equipment and services, will supply two new compressors for platinum miner Impala Platinum's (Implats) sulphuric acid plant in Rustenburg, South Africa.
World's First Use of GE VetcoGray Technology for Scale-Squeeze Application in Deepwater
LUANDA, ANGOLA and HOUSTON, TEXAS, U.S.---February 2, 2010---GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas advanced technology equipment and services, has successfully completed a subsea equipment upgrade that is helping to increase production in a deepwater oil field off the coast of Angola.
Higher Efficiency, Lower Costs and Reduced Carbon Footprint Underpins New DVS Pump
FLORENCE, ITALY---February 2, 2010---GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas advanced technology equipment and services, announces that its newly redesigned DVS Centrifugal Pump for liquid pipeline applications has joined GE's ecomagination portfolio.
FLORENCE, ITALY and BANGALORE, INDIA---February 2, 2010---GE Oil & Gas will apply advanced compressor technology in an upgrade project to increase the productivity of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited's (KRIBHCO) urea, ammonia and bio-fertilizer manufacturing facility at Hazira in the state of Gujarat, India.
Under the terms of the agreement GE will supply nine compressor upgrade packages to be installed across the plant's three existing CO2 trains.
FLORENCE, ITALY---February 1, 2010---Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel (SPP), a leading Slovak energy company, has awarded GE Oil & Gas a $102 million (€68 million) contract to upgrade three pipeline compression stations, bringing the facilities into compliance with new European Union directives to decrease carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions.
ABU DHABI, UAE and FLORENCE, ITALY---February 1, 2010---GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract worth over $200 million, by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company (HDEC), to supply eight gas turbines and related services for the Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) integrated gas development (IGD) project at Habshan in Abu Dhabi.
Supporting the government's initiative to meet the rising demand for energy within the Emirate, the Habshan 5 IGD project is one of the largest gas processing complexes in the world.
FLORENCE, Italy--Monday, February 01, 2010-- Leaders of many of the world's largest oil and gas producers are among the 900 industry representatives gathering in Florence, Italy, today to attend the 11th GE Oil & Gas 2010 Annual Meeting. The Innovation Now theme of this year's event explores the tough technology challenges facing the global energy industry.
SVXT to Drive Installation and Cost-Efficiency of Future Production in UK and Dutch Sectors of Southern North Sea Oil and Gas Fields
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND and HOUSTON, TEXAS---February 1, 2010---GE Oil & Gas' Drilling and Production business today confirmed the first order for its breakthrough new VetcoGray SVXT S-series subsea tree. GE is supplying Shell U.K. Ltd with the new SVXT tree.
MANAUS, Brazil--Friday, January 29, 2010-- Seeking to fulfill local utility plans in Brazil, independent power producer Breitener Energética S.A. has launched an ambitious project to replace power plants running on heavy fuel-oil with new, cleaner-burning natural gas engines supplied by GE (NYSE: GE), and also create a more reliable energy source for the country's northern regions.
Brazil has established a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 36.1 and 38.9 percent from projected amounts in 2020.
Erie, Penn. (January 27, 2010) - GE Transportation and Komatsu announced today the delivery of 17 Komatsu 830E-AC mining trucks containing GE240AC™ drive systems to Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL). The units will be the first AC mining trucks in India.
HZL is currently expanding production at the Rampura Agucha Mine as demand for zinc continues to rise around the globe. The AC trucks provide increased productivity and availability levels while lowering life cycle costs.
