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oilfield

Voorbeeldzinnen

1. IFP’s activities in the field of oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software deserve special mention.
2. The Commission is therefore able to conclude that the work of IFP and Beicip-Franlab is financed entirely out of income earned in the market for oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software.
3. It found, inter alia, that, through its subsidiaries Axens, Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat, IFP was engaged in economic activities in, respectively, the market for refining and petrochemicals technologies, the market for oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software, and the market for gas treatment and sulphur recovery technologies (hereinafter called ‘the relevant markets’).
4. In the light of the above, the Commission considers that the beneficiaries of any State aid are the entities IFP, Axens, Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat in respect of their activities in the market for refining and petrochemicals technologies, in the market for consultancy services in relation to oilfield operation and the contract development of oilfield software, and in the market for gas treatment and sulphur recovery technologies.
5. In this context, the Commission considers that the accounts which are relevant to its examination are those of the ‘Refining-Petrochemicals’ results centre for activities in the field of refining and petrochemicals technologies and for activities in the field of sulphur recovery technologies, and those of the ‘Exploration-Production’ results centre for activities in the field of oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software and for activities in the field of the market for gas treatment technologies.
6. The ‘Exploration-Production’ results centre covers IFP’s R & D work in the field of oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software, the results of which are exploited by the subsidiary Beicip-Franlab, in the field of gas treatment technologies, the results of which are exploited by the subsidiary Prosernat, and in the field of CO2 recovery and hydrogen transport, the results of which are exploited in collaboration with other industrial partners.
7. However, in its decision to initiate the procedure the Commission, for the reasons set out in recital 37 of this Decision, partly called this analysis into question. It found, inter alia, that, through its subsidiaries Axens, Beicip-Franlab and Prosernat, IFP was engaged in economic activities in, respectively, the market for refining and petrochemicals technologies, the market for oilfield operation consultancy services and the contract development of oilfield software, and the market for gas treatment and sulphur recovery technologies (hereinafter called ‘the relevant markets’).
8. Regarding the field of activity of IFP and Prosernat, the Commission takes note of France’s comments to the effect that collaboration in most projects carried on in the field of oilfield research and exploration is open without discrimination to numerous industrial partners.