The center was officially opened today with a ribbon cutting performed by Ove Magne Kallestad, vice president of subsea technology and operations, StatoilHydro – a company of long-standing partnership and collaboration with GE on solutions for subsea architecture including remote monitoring and diagnostics, subsea power and processing.
Located within the GE Oil & Gas, drilling and production business’ VetcoGray subsea controls manufacturing site in Nailsea, the new SmartCenter is a remote-access data hub connected to subsea field control and instrumentation facilities around the world.
Ove Magne Kallestad said, “I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the GE Oil & Gas subsea SmartCenter which will help shape the future of the global subsea drilling and production industry, enabling oil companies to drive optimum performance and efficiency, and helping maintain world-class standards in environmental, health and safety management.”
Manuel Terranova, senior vice president, subsea product platform, GE Oil & Gas said: “The opening of the new SmartCenter further strengthens GE’s position as a technology leadership company dedicated to the subsea segment. We are delighted to be able to offer our global customers the latest advanced technology equipment and services monitoring support to ensure that they can manage subsea operations more efficiently and boost profitability.”
