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Serimax and Technip’s pipeline partnership

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Serimax, a Vallourec subsidiary and a world leader in offshore and onshore welding solutions, and Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, have signed an agreement in principle in order to achieve a strategic partnership in the domain of pipeline welding. In this respect, Technip, a long-lasting customer of Serimax, would acquire a minority stake in Serimax.

Technip and Serimax will combine their expertise and will deploy the Serimax welding technology at Technip’ spoolbases and S-lay vessels.

This will allow both partners to:

  • Offer high end competitive capabilities to address operators’ capital investment constraints for future projects.
  • Invest in joint R&D programmes and innovative reel-lay welding solutions to meet the growing technical challenges of projects.
  • Increase operational performance through enhanced productivity, improved scheduling and higher integration of the value chain.

This strategic partnership, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will include exclusive arrangements in the reel-lay welding pipeline segment as well as research and development (R&D) related programmes.

Serimax will remain an independent service and technology provider, and will continue to serve its clients in the offshore, onshore pipeline and fabrication markets.

Frederic Castrec, Managing Director for Serimax commented: “We are delighted Technip has the confidence in and has selected Serimax, to further support their future project developments. It is a clear recognition of Serimax’s capability. Together, we can combine our respective areas of expertise to develop an integrated technical and commercial solution.”

Hallvard Hasselknippe, President Subsea, Technip commented: “Serimax is recognised for its experience in major international line pipe projects, with a reputation for quality, service and innovation and a strong commitment to R&D. Combining our domains of expertise, we believe that Serimax’s deployment on our spoolbases and S-lay vessels will enable us to offer to our clients a harmonized solution with greater operational repeatability. This partnership is part of Technip’s strategic focus on technology, a key differentiator to contribute to costs optimisation on projects.”

Didier Hornet, Senior Vice President Eastern Hemisphere, who is responsible for Vallourec's oil and gas strategy, said: “Technip and Serimax have a longstanding relationship and this is a strategic move we have endorsed, in keeping with optimising on the strengths of the organisations. We are confident that combining both company’s technologies will make a real difference to the market and offers greater opportunities to think differently about how we package solutions for clients. Delivering solutions to the oil and gas market require companies that are agile and capable of growing together to meet market expectations.”

Edited from source by Stephanie Roker

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/12012016/serimax-and-technips-pipeline-partnership/

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