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FMC Technologies, $40.91, symbol FTI on New York (Shares outstanding: 233.8 million; Market cap: $9.6 billion; www.fmctechnologies.com), is an oil-field services company that makes high-pressure fluid-control and measurement systems and equipment for undersea and surface production and processing. The company’s Subsea Technologies division accounts for about 66% of its revenue. Surface Technologies provides 25%, and Energy Infrastructure contributes 9%. FMC’s systems are used in offshore oil and natural gas production. Subsea systems are placed on the seafloor and control the flow from the reservoir to a processing facility, which may be onshore or aboard a ship or fixed platform. The Surface Technologies segment supplies products and services for land-based and offshore exploration and production. The company also designs, makes and supplies high-pressure valves, pumps and fittings used in activities like hydraulic fracturing. FMC made $0.77 a share in the latest quarter, which was above the consensus estimate of $0.70. Growth remained strong in the Subsea segment, and high levels of hydraulic fracturing activity in…