TechnipFMC began operations as a combined company following the completed merger of FMC Technologies and Technip, according to a Jan. 17 press release.

Doug Pferdehirt is CEO of TechnipFMC, and there are 44,000 employees, according to the press release.

The merger creates a global leader in oil and natural gas projects, technologies, systems and services, particularly subsea, onshore/offshore and surface.

The company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange under the ticker “FTI.”