"Aker Solutions" News

Aker wins US$465M Petrobras contract

Sep 15, 2014

Petrobras awarded Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) a US$465 million contract to provide subsea intervention services offshore Brazil. The five-year contract slated to begin in 4Q 2016 is for the Aker Wayfarer subsea construction vessel…

Aker signs new Aberdeen offices

Aug 12, 2014

Aker Solutions has agreed to lease a new office complex in Aberdeen on a 20-year contract as part of an expansion in the UK. The facility is under development and will consist of three interconnected buildings in the new Aberdeen International Business Park near Aberdeen airport…

Aker Solutions splits in two

Apr 30, 2014

Aker Solutions is to split into two separate companies to speed up a bid to reduce costs via streamlining and 'better position' the business in an increasingly competitive global energy industry. The subsea, umbilicals, engineering and maintenance…

Aker reacts to MMO slump

Jul 07, 2014

A slowdown in the Norwegian maintenance and modifications (MMO) market has led Aker Solutions to seek alternative work for more than 200 staff at the business.  About 100 engineers are to be transfered to a new subsea engineering hub in Stavanger…

Aker/DNV GL ink frame agreement

Aug 12, 2014

Aker Solutions has awarded DNV GL a global frame agreement to pave the way for better technology collaboration, more efficient project execution and considerable cost savings. The frame agreement covers the following business segments:  Subsea…

From fjords to FPSOs

Sep 01, 2014

Stein Rasmussen, SBM Offshore’s new managing director of the Houston execution center, says he had a natural affinity with water since he was a child growing up in Norway. It’s fitting since he has spent his entire career working with floaters at companies such as Technip…

Murchison decom consortium signed

Aug 15, 2014

CNR International selected a consortium of AF Gruppen subsidiary AF Decom Offshore UK and Heerema Marine Contractors to remove and dispose of one of the largest platforms in the UK North Sea (pictured).  Under a letter of intent, Heerema-AF Consortium's contract will cover engineering…

Petronas, Qinterra sign multi-million dollar deal

Aug 21, 2014

Petronas Carigali Snd Bhd awarded Qinterra Technologies a contract worth approximately US$20miliion to support operations in Malaysia. The three-year agreement entails that Qinterra Technologies provide tractor services for all of Petronas…

2H secures Kaombo contract

Aug 13, 2014

Heerema Marine Contractors chose 2H Offshore to engineer hybrid risers for Total’s Kaombo Block 32 project offshore Luanda, Angola in 1400-1900m water depth. 2H Offshore's scope of work includes performing part of the detailed engineering…

KCA snaps up Johan Sverdrup contract

Jul 07, 2014

KCA Deutag group company RDS has been awarded a US$10 million contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. The FEED work will be undertaken by the RDS team in London…

Compact compression

Jun 11, 2014

An artist's illustration of the Asgard subsea compression facilities. Image from Aker Solutions. Subsea gas compression is being built on a large scale offshore Norway. But is the future in smaller projects Aker Solutions thinks so…

Total drops Skandi Aker

Jun 25, 2014

Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services was notified by Total in Angola of the termination of a US$250 million, two-year contract for the Skandi Aker vessel. Skandi Aker started operations as a well-intervention vessel for the first time in September last year…

Aibel inks Statoil frame agreement

Jul 16, 2014

Norway's Aibel has topped a recent string of contacts with a framework agreement with Statoil covering the supply of personnel to Statoil's projects in Norway and abroad. The agreement is in addition to Aibel's existing framework agreements with Statoil and is valid for one year…

UK suppliers nab Mariner contracts

Jun 28, 2014

Statoil (UK) has awarded two five-year contracts to two UK firms for the Mariner ultra-heavy oil field, in the East Shetland Platform in part-block 9/11a in the UK North Sea. Aker Solutions' Aberdeen operations will perform maintenance and modification services for the US$7 billion project…

August Solan installation plan

Jul 10, 2014

Premier Oil is ramping up towards offshore installation work on its Solan field development in Block 205/26a, in 135m water depth, west of Shetland, in the UK North Sea.  Construction and onshore commissioning of the four-legged Solan…

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