Fat Lady Sings – Technip & FMC Now TechnipFMC

| | |

In May, U.S.-based oilfield services company FMC Technologies announced they will merge with their much larger quasi-competitor, France-based Technip, in an all-stock deal that will create a new company called TechnipFMC worth $13 billion (see FMC Technologies & Technip to Merge, Create $13B Oilfield Giant). FMC had/has some operations in the Marcellus/Utica, hence the merger has implications for our region. The Obama Dept. of Justice approved the deal in June (see FMC Technologies/Technip Merger Approved by Obama DOJ/FTC). Apparently it’s A.O.K. for a French company to buy an American company, but when one American company (Halliburton) wanted to buy another (Baker Hughes), that wasn’t OK with the Obamadroids (see Obama DOJ Kills Halliburton/Baker Hughes Merger, Deal “Terminated”). But we digress. Following months filling out “Mother May I?” forms, the deal is now done. Yesterday the two companies consummated their merger and the former Technip and FMC Technologies have now become TechnipFMC…

Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)
You do not have permission to view the comments.