"Aker Solutions" News

Aker wins two Asgard A gigs

Jan 25, 2016

Aker Solutions won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract from Statoil for the Trestakk field tie-in to the Åsgard A production vessel in the Norwegian Sea. The company also secured a separate concept study order for a low well-pressure project at Åsgard A…

Aker dips 16.5%, to make MMO pay cuts

Feb 12, 2016

Aker Solutions saw a 16.5% drop in its revenue in Q4 2015 as the market activity declined, especially in the North Sea, that will result in the company to slow down activity, reduce costs, and streamline its maintenance, modifications, and operations (MMO)…

Aker picked for Johan Castberg FPSO study

Jan 26, 2016

Statoil has picked Aker Solutions to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The announcement comes just days after Statoil said it was now moving ahead with the delayed project…

Aker inks BP frame agreement

Nov 26, 2015

Aker Solutions won a framework agreement to provide maintenance and modifications services at BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a fixed period of five years valued at as much as NOK 3.2 billion. It also…

Aker, Saipem join subsea forces

Dec 18, 2015

Aker Solutions and Saipem are to cooperate on targeted subsea oil and gas development projects worldwide. The companies will, through a joint work, group identify opportunities where they can create value for customers by combining Aker…

Aker, Lloyds ink framework agreement

Jan 06, 2016

Lloyd’s Register and Aker Solutions have agreed to collaborate under a new global framework agreement to drive efficiency in engineering and subsea oil and gas developments. The contract gives Aker Solutions access to all relevant services from the Lloyd’s Register Group…

Aker suffers major MMO loss

Dec 15, 2015

Aker Solutions suffered a disappointing loss to competitors in Statoil awards that will see the oil services company lose up to US$69 million in revenue, undergo workforce reductions, and an organizational restructure of its maintenance, modifications…

Subsea UK Awards finalists unveiled

Jan 05, 2016

Aker Solutions, N-Sea and Saab are in contention for the Subsea Company of the Year award at this year’s Subsea UK Awards, held during Subsea Expo – Europe’s largest subsea focused exhibition and conference, and supported by principal media partner OE…

Aker, OneSubsea win Statoil EPC frame agreements

Jan 08, 2016

Statoil Petroleum has signed master service agreements with Aker Solutions and OneSubsea Processing. The agreements form the basis for potential new engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for subsea equipment in the medium term future…

Aker, MAN Diesel & Turbo form alliance

Nov 17, 2015

Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…

Statoil inks US$2.7 billion of contracts

Dec 15, 2015

Statoil has awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK24 billion (US$2.7 billion) for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and for the onshore plants at Sture, Kollsnes, Kårstø and Melkøya. The…

First oil at Edvard Grieg

Nov 30, 2015

First oil started from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea 28 November 2015. The Edvard Grieg field is part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, about 180 km west of Stavanger. The development comprises a steel jacket platform and 22…

Aker, Man eye next generation subsea compression

Oct 16, 2015

Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions…

José Formigli joins Aker Solutions

Sep 11, 2015

José Formigli has been appointed by Aker Solutions to serve as an adviser for overall strategic decisions and to join its innovation board. Formigli, a Rio de Janeiro native and engineer by training, has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas business…

Aker awards Murphy Rotan contract

Oct 01, 2015

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. to deliver the subsea production system for the Rotan deepwater natural gas development offshore Malaysia. The delivery includes hardware for four subsea wells…

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