Breakthrough technology
In response to increasing emphasis on cost efficiencies and life-of-field solutions, FMC has developed numerous breakthroughs in technology. These innovations result from industry-leading efforts to formulate new solutions, refine existing products and processes to ultimately help customers’ profitability.
Technology initiatives include:
• High-temperature, high-pressure (HP/HT) subsea systems
• Subsea processing
• Light well intervention
• All electrical subsea systems
• Floating gas-to-liquids facilities
Ongoing research and development
FMC is investing more capital and manpower in research and development than at any other time in our history. This ongoing effort is refining existing products, creating new products and processes and optimizing customer investments.
Research and development capabilities include:
• Custom product development
• Exhaustive laboratory and field testing
• Advanced materials technology, including proprietary elastomer lab
• Fire test facilities with sophisticated data output
• Destructive and non-destructive testing
• Engineering design and finite-element analysis
• Environmental, corrosion and safety engineering
Value engineering
FMC’s customers benefit from highly experienced personnel, which provide cost-effective solutions that allow optimum concept selection and ultimately reduce project CAPEX and OPEX.
• FEED studies
• Concept selection
• Flow assurance
• Cost and time management
Quality throughout
FMC is committed to providing the highest quality products possible while protecting the safety of its employees, customers and the environment.
Industry leading quality systems include:
• ISO-9001 certified manufacturing facilities
• All projects designed and executed in accordance with international quality standards and major classification societies
• Full non-destructive testing capabilities
• NACE MR-01-75 and API RP-14-E products for sour-gas services
Reliability engineering
FMC incorporates best-in-class reliability engineering practices into the development process. The integrated approach, from technical risk identification to mitigation, is the foundation of ultra-reliable products.
• Global reliability engineering network
• Planning for and designing-in reliability
• Extensive product qualification
• Value engineering to further optimize designs
• Organizational commitment to people and processes