Wellstream Holdings plc was a British company which designed and manufactured flexible pipeline systems for the oil and gas industry. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index before being acquired by General Electric in February 2011, then later sold off as part of Baker Hughes Company.
History
The company was founded in Panama City, Florida in 1983 as a supplier of equipment to offshore developers. Wellstream was acquired by Dresser Industries in 1995 and subsequently became part of Halliburton when it merged with Dresser in 1998. Halliburton sold off Wellstream to a Candover-led consortium for $136 million in 2003,[3] which in turn listed the firm on the London Stock Exchange