GE Subsea Systems in the UK Brochure

Subsea Systems in the UK

Fueling the future with comprehensive technologies and
support services for the most extreme conditions

Fueling the future

with subsea systems

Technology

GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technologies and services with 43,000 employees
in more than 100 countries. We work closely with customers across the industry’s entire
value chain – planning and developing solutions that respond to their real operating
needs. In collaboration, we address today’s toughest challenges, push the boundaries of
technology and fuel the future.

We invest significant research and development resources every year and maintain Centers
of Excellence (COE) around the world, each dedicated to delivering the highest quality for its
particular technology area.

These widespread oil and gas specific resources have the unique advantage of drawing
on GE’s strengths in other key transferable-technology areas like aviation, energy and
healthcare. We cast a much wider net than most for identifying and applying solutions to
improve performance in subsea applications.

Talent

We cast a similarly wide net for innovative thinkers. In addition to recruiting top graduates
in every region where we do business, we also have programs focused on closing the
demographic ‘talent gap’ that the oil and gas industry is currently facing. By attracting
trained and experienced engineers and managers from other high-tech industries, and
tailoring training to their already advanced levels, their new perspectives and approaches to
problem-solving bring tremendous value to all aspects of our business.

Because of these unparalleled training and career development programs, as well as the
high integrity through all other aspects of the way we work, GE Oil & Gas is recognized as
an employer of choice around the world and, in particular, in the exciting and challenging
subsea sector.

Aberdeen

Montrose

• Charleton Road

• Brent Avenue

Newcastle

Bristol

• Nailsea

• Aztec West

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Subsea excellence for the world

Our UK operations play a crucial role in GE’s forward-reaching
strategy for subsea technologies, with four Centers of Excellence
serving the worldwide subsea industry.

The Aberdeen COE is continually pushing depth and distance
boundaries through advanced engineering for all three lines of GE
subsea trees.

Our Bristol COE focuses on subsea control systems, most notably
our SemStar5 subsea electronics module and ModPod designs.

The Montrose COE specializes in master value block (MVB)
components and subsea connector parts.

Finally, our Newcastle COE is the global headquarters for design
and manufacturing of all our Wellstream flexible pipe technologies.

Aberdeen

This state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is our Center of Excellence for Subsea Systems
and the primary location for design, assembly, testing and integration of industry-leading
subsea equipment.

We manufacture, fabricate and test the complete line of VetcoGray equipment.
In-house technical support includes quality assurance, engineering, manufacturing,
planning, procurement and logistics.

Aberdeen is also a key research and development center, focused on helping operators meet
the most complex challenges, today and in the future. Our technical experts are responsible

for many of the incredible advances in subsea applications over the past 20 years.

Footprint

Area

Total site 37,310 (401,630)
Covered space 10,390 (111,750)
Office 2,917 (31,400)
Warehouse storage 929 (10,000)
Maintenance shop 153.3 (1,650)
Test & assembly #1 2,044 (22,000)
Test & assembly #2 1,700 (18,300)
General yard area 26,940 (290,000)

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(ft2)

Key technologies

• Subsea trees and production systems

• Subsea chokes and valves

• Rental of subsea systems equipment and

tools

Significant assets

• Welding/cladding equipment

• Heavy lift overhead cranes

Testing

• Advanced test and assembly facility
incorporating test pits and high pressure
test bays

• Fully-equipped laboratory facility