Frame agreements: building relationships to foster growth
Interest in GE’s frame agreements has been growing steadily in the oil and gas industry. These wide-ranging agreements are carefully tailored to each customer’s specific needs and can address all project phases from conceptual design to equipment operation and maintenance. Claudio Materazzi discusses how they deliver time and cost efficiencies that simply cannot be achieved with less comprehensive contractual agreements.

The toughest compressors for the harshest conditions
North-western Kazakhstan has some of the most extreme environmental conditions in the world. But after two years in operation, GE’s sour gas re-injection units continue to exceed expectations at Karachaganak – one of the world's richest oil and gas condensate fields.

Rotor dynamics: closing the gap between possibility and reality
GE has invested considerable time and resources to develop a new design and manufacturing system that checks and refines specifications at every turn. From a process perspective, the results are significantly increased efficiency and faster turnaround times. From a product perspective, the result is unmatchable performance.

World’s largest unit bound for the UK in 2006
GE’s Oil & Gas business is building the industry’s largest reciprocating compressor for delivery to the Huntsman European Petrochemicals polyethylene plant in Redcar, England.

UltraScan™ Duo enables advanced pipeline diagnosis
In 2004, GE completed its innovative adaptation of Phased Array Ultrasound Technology from healthcare diagnostics to create the most advanced inspection tool for evaluating the ‘health’ of liquid pipelines.