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GE awarded three year frame agreement

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GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a multi-million dollar Frame Agreement by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), India鶹ýӳs largest exploration and production company. Under the agreement, GE will provide an estimated 55 subsea wellheads (SG5) over next three years for the operator鶹ýӳs offshore drilling campaign, in shallow to medium waters offshore India.

The two companies have a heritage that spans many decades, with GE Oil & Gas providing ONGC with subsea production equipment for more than 30 years, including large-sized conductors, subsea wellheads and subsea trees for its offshore drilling and completion projects. Since ONGC鶹ýӳs foray into deep water a decade ago, GE has been a major supplier of subsea wellheads, including those used to drill two of the deepest wells in the world to date (3174 m and 3165 m). The two companies have long been expanding the technical frontiers in Indian waters.

Ashish Bhandari, CEO-South Asia at GE Oil & Gas, said: 鶹ýӳWith India鶹ýӳs new energy policy and gas pricing policy in place we are seeing an uptick in ONGC鶹ýӳs exploration and development activity. This latest award will enable GE to support ONGC as its technical partner, collaborating to improve the region鶹ýӳs energy supply capabilities through the discovery of new fields offshore.鶹ýӳ

The first wellhead under the contract will be supplied in Q416, with GE manufacturing part of the scope in India for the first time, in Kakinada, with engineering and project management support from regional teams in Singapore. While this is a key step towards local manufacturing, GE also has a multi-modal facility in Pune, created to support India鶹ýӳs vision of self-sufficiency in manufacturing under the country鶹ýӳs 鶹ýӳMake in India鶹ýӳ plan.

Bhandari said: 鶹ýӳWe have a long history with ONGC and are proud to be partnering with them to support their ambition of driving local oil and gas production. As well as the collaborative effort that will be involved, what is particularly exciting for us is that this Frame Agreement provides us with the opportunity to further develop a local talent pipeline and in-country supply base, through a steady and predictable volume.鶹ýӳ

This deal follows a contract awarded to GE Oil & Gas last year, for the supply of subsea production systems to ONGC鶹ýӳs Vashishta (VA) and S-1 fields, located off India鶹ýӳs Amalapuram coast in the KG Basin, ONGC鶹ýӳs first foray into deepwater development in India.

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