FMC Technologies and LLOG Exploration Sign Multi-Year Alliance Agreement for Gulf of Mexico Developments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2008

Houston, Texas, April 16, 2008 -

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has signed a multi-year alliance agreement with LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C., for pending oilfield development projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

Under the agreement, FMC Technologies will manufacture and provide subsea production systems, engineering and life-of-field services for various offshore projects that LLOG is developing throughout the Gulf of Mexico, including MC72, Green Canyon 448 and Mississippi Canyon 503.

“We have enjoyed serving as LLOG’s preferred provider for the last several years,” said John Gremp, executive vice president of energy systems at FMC Technologies. “The signing of today’s alliance agreement comes only weeks after LLOG announced they had identified three new deepwater discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico. We’re excited about formalizing our alliance and welcome the opportunity to assist LLOG in developing their discoveries in the Gulf.”
 

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FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. The Company designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The Company also produces food processing equipment for the food industry and specialized equipment to service the aviation industry. Named by FORTUNE Magazine as America’s Most Admired Oil and Gas Equipment, Service Company in 2005, 2006 and 2008, FMC Technologies employs approximately 13,000 people and operates 33 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries.  For more information visit www.fmctechnologies.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company's ability to control. Forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary language set forth in the Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company cautions shareholders and prospective investors that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements.




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