President of Surface Technologies, Technipfmc
Search every verified Thierry Conti interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In September 2024, Thierry Conti, President of Surface Technologies at TechnipFMC, discussed the company's recent inauguration of a new manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi. He stated that the facility has already produced wellhead and tree systems for ADNOC and that the investment aligns with the country's industrialization goals, creating job opportunities for UAE Nationals. Conti said that by industrializing locally, the company has reduced the carbon footprint of its products and technologies. He described TechnipFMC as an "energy architect" and system integrator developing solutions to help customers produce low-carbon barrels and reduce infrastructure emissions. Conti noted that collaborating with governmental agencies to find talent remains a challenge as the company grows in the country. He emphasized the importance of visibility on future orders to make the investment sustainable and described the partnership with ADNOC as essential. Speaking at ADEK, he characterized the event as an opportunity for the industry to align on decarbonization, adding that TechnipFMC's industrialization program demonstrates its commitment to ADNOC and the country. In a 2021 interview, Conti discussed the company's long-term target to reduce emissions by fifty percent, its focus on becoming more data-centric, and its investments in offshore energy solutions including floating wind, wave energy, and green hydrogen.
“Last week actually we have inaugurated a brand new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi. This facility has already produced Wellhead and tree systems for our main customer in the region ADWOW.”
“This investment was aligned with a vision of industrialization for the country, bringing the capability inside the country and maximizing the value in country. It has created a lot of job opportunities notably for the UAE Nationals.”
“By industrializing ourselves in the country, we have been able to reduce the carbon footprint of the product and the technologies that we are installing in country to enable the production target of ADNOC while decarbonizing the value chain.”
“In TechnipFMC we have a lot to offer to our customers to help them achieve their decarbonization. We develop solutions to reduce the emissions of their infrastructure. We are an energy architect and system integrator to address not only production challenges but how to produce low carbon barrels.”
“We have been collaborating extremely well with governmental agencies to find new talents and graduates, but it remains a challenge because we need more people as we grow in country.”
“It has been one of our largest investments in Abu Dhabi and it's really important that we have visibility of the off-take coming to the facility to make sure that this facility works. This unique collaboration and partnership with ADNOC is essential for us to make sure that our investment in country is sustainable.”
“ADEK is probably the biggest oil and gas PR show and event in the industry today. The industry is coming together to align our messages. Last year it was about energy security, sustainability, and affordability. Today it's mostly about decarbonization. We have a responsibility as an industry to support decarbonization...”
“This week at ADEK is an opportunity to celebrate collaboration and partnership, and to demonstrate what we have accomplished for TechnipFMC, especially our industrialization program in Abu Dhabi, which is a strong demonstration of our commitment to ADNOC and the country.”
“We continue to build the relationship with the country, with our customers, and also demonstrate to the young talents of this country what we do in order to attract them.”
“We believe offshore and subsea benefit frontiers in energy transition: new wind, carbon storage, and green hydrogen favor advanced carbonates energy systems creating great opportunities for more energy.”
“It is our responsibility to play a role in the world energy production and to support reducing emissions from operations by providing integrated solutions to customers.”
“We are investing in developing future offshore energy solutions with a story of driving change in offshore and subsea industries through talented people and partnerships to provide innovative solutions that improve economics and performance while reducing emissions.”
“We are moving from project-specific to production mindset with critical subsystem standardization and configure-to-order models necessary to achieve important improvements, optimize value, and reduce costs.”
“We are adopting next-generation subsea control systems with electrification and digital platforms to deliver robust, predictable solutions that improve project execution and performance.”
“A fundamental element of success in our transformation is to become more data-centric, using digital technology to transform work in ways we could only imagine before.”
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