"Aker Solutions" News

Carry on carbon

May 01, 2015

Carbon fiber rods are the way forward for providing umbilicals in deepwater applications, according to one leading subsea contractor. John Bradbury explains. Umbilical load out Moss. Photo from Aker Solutions…

Drop in spending means shrinking backlogs

Apr 29, 2015

Oilfield services companies are putting a brave face on the continuing market downturn, despite some reporting shrinking order books.  Subsea 7 and Fugro reported shrinking order books in their 1Q results this morning.  Subsea 7’s…

Companies adapt to new price realities

Mar 24, 2015

Adapting to current cost conscious market conditions was the recurring theme of the Aker companies'* open day for investors last week (17 March). Edvard Grieg at Stord yard. Photo from Kvaerner.    It…

Taking the load

May 01, 2015

Calibrating the 64 load cells on the Snorre A tension leg platform was a lengthy arduous task, until a new solution, installed late 2014, was found. Elaine Maslin reports. The Snorre A tension leg platform…

Aker, Fjord form WellSep alliance

Apr 13, 2015

Aker Solutions and Fjords Processing have formed WellSep, an alliance to develop technology and capabilities for advanced wellstream separation and treatment solutions for the subsea and topside oil and gas industry. The alliance…

OTC15: MONOPOLY collector’s edition celebrates the offshore industry

May 01, 2015

Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, Offshore Engineer (OE) and Hasbro Inc, an American multinational toy and game company, teamed up to create a custom MONOPOLY Game for the offshore industry.  The OE 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition MONOPOLY…

Edvard Grieg topside complete

Apr 14, 2015

The 22,000-tonne topside for the new offshore platform for the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery, in line with the contract awarded three years ago. Image of the Edvard Grieg project…

DNV GL’s new subsea RP

Apr 15, 2015

Steel forgings are important building blocks for subsea components and are often tailored to meet end-users’ specific requirements. This results in long delivery times and repeated follow-ups throughout the supply chain. With DNV GL’s new…

Edvard Grieg module loadout

Apr 14, 2015

In this video, Lundin Petroleum shows the loading of the 16,000-tonne of steel and equipment comprised of both the main deck module and the process module for the Edvard Grieg platform onto barges, that occurred in the last days of March 2015…

Aker Solutions delivered MWCC SCA

Feb 19, 2015

Aker Solutions has delivered the key subsea component for the system being developed by Marine Well Containment Company to limit environmental risks from oil and gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Subsea Containment Assembly…

Leap of faith

Mar 01, 2015

Will subsea tech join fracking slowdown? There may be too much momentum. Bruce Nichols reports. Testing for Train 2 of the Asgard subsea compression system was completed in December at Aker Solutions’ dockside yard in Egersund…

Danos launches project management group

Mar 12, 2015

Danos launched a project management group (PMG) to provide a single point-of-contact for customers with large-scale projects involving multiple services lines. The PMG will streamline critical project communication as well as ensure complete…

McDermott-Petrofac ink SURF alliance

Feb 25, 2015

Oil and gas services provider Petrofac has agreed to form a strategic marketing alliance with McDermott International in the deepwater, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) sector. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two will form a five-year alliance…

Aker lands latest Johan Sverdrup contract

Jan 21, 2015

Statoil has continued a contract award spree on its giant Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup project, awarding Aker Solutions a US$590 million detailed engineering contract.  Johan Sverdrup, which sits in on the Utsira High, 140km west of Stavanger…

Aker Geo becomes First Geo

Jan 26, 2015

Following the split of Aker Solutions, sub-surface consultancy Aker Geo will now operate under the First Geo brand.  In 2015, Aker Solutions ASA split into two separate companies: Aker Solutions ASA and new oil services investment company Akastor ASA…

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