Technip and Schlumberger announced that the signing of a global cooperation agreement to jointly develop subsea integrity and surveillance solutions for flexible pipes used in deep offshore oil and gas production. The new agreement extends the collaboration between the companies that began in 1998. The agreement is initially focused on surveillance systems activities for new and challenging flexible pipe applications such as those required in the deepwater pre-salt environment in Brazil. Several key Schlumberger technologies used in subsurface applications have been identified for integration into Technip's new Ultra Deepwater flexible pipe designs. One of the initial integrity solutions that the partners expect to develop and qualify is focused on the use of optical fibers to monitor a variety of parameters characterizing pipe behavior. As part of the collaboration, retrofit solutions will also be pursued to address the large number of flexible pipes in operation utilizing proven technologies and methodologies applied subsurface, but now tailored to the flexible pipe domain.

Technip and Schlumberger Limited announced the signing of a global cooperation agreement to jointly develop subsea integrity and surveillance solutions for flexible pipes used in deep offshore oil and gas production. The new agreement extends the collaboration between the companies that began in 1998. The agreement is initially focused on surveillance systems activities for new and challenging flexible pipe applications such as those required in the deepwater pre-salt environment in Brazil. Several key Schlumberger technologies used in subsurface applications have been identified for integration into Technip's new Ultra Deepwater flexible pipe designs. One of the initial integrity solutions that the partners expect to develop and qualify is focused on the use of optical fibres to monitor a variety of parameters characterising pipe behaviour. As part of the collaboration, retrofit solutions will also be pursued to address the large number of flexible pipes in operation utilising proven technologies and methodologies applied subsurface, but now tailored to the flexible pipe domain.

Schlumberger Limited inaugurated a USD 15 million (EUR 10 million) maintenance centre for directional-drilling technology in Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz. The facility will guarantee the highest quality services for the exploration and production operations of Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and will support the development of the area, including the nearby Paleocanal de Chicontepec project, Schlumberger's unit for Mexico and Central America. Veracruz' location makes it a strategic place for services provision to Pemex's exploration and production projects.