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Petrobras contracts Aker for subsea support

Apr 15, 2016

Aker Solutions is to provide maintenance and other services on Petrobras-operated subsea oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The contract is for three years and worth NOK 1 billion and may be extended by another three years. The contract covers maintenance…

MMO Njord job for Aker Solutions

Apr 04, 2016

Aker Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway will be the subcontractor of Kværner to provide engineering services for upgrading the semisubmersible platform at the Statoil-operated Njord A oilfield. The…

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 and Baker form alliance

Apr 22, 2014

Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes Incorporated have agreed to form an alliance to develop technology for production solutions that will boost output, increase recovery rates, and reduce costs for subsea fields. The non-incorporated alliance…

Total selects Aker for Kaombo

Apr 15, 2014

Total has selected Aker Solutions to provide a subsea production system for the Kaombo Block 32 development in Angola. The NOK14 billion contract will see Aker Solutions deliver 20 subsea manifolds and 65 vertical subsea wellsets. The…

Aker completes sale to EQT

Jan 09, 2014

Aker Solutions completed the sale of its well-intervention services business area to EQT, a Swedish private equity fund.The unit was sold for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion and the agreement includes an earn-out provision where Aker…

Aker Solutions on Murchison decommissioning

Oct 07, 2013

Aker Solutions has secured a three year contract for the first phase of decommissioning the Murchison platform in the North Sea, operated by CNR International (UK).  Aker Solutions will manage the engineering design, procurement and offshore…

Aker to open new Brazilian plant

May 23, 2013

Aker Solutions laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil.The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state will be operational in 2015. It will replace…

Aker wins $850M Moho Nord contract

Mar 25, 2013

Aker Solutions, the international oil services provider, has received a Letter of Award from Total for the delivery of a subsea production system for the Moho Nord project in the Republic of the Congo. The contract value is approximately NOK 4…

Aker Solutions on Quad 204 controls

Mar 13, 2013

Aker Solutions, the international oil services provider, has secured a NOK 650 million (GBP 70 million) contract with BP to help redevelop one of the largest oil fields in the UK sector.The Aberdeen operation of Aker Solutions will manufacture…

Aker Solutions buys AKCS

Feb 01, 2013

Aker Solutions acquired Canadian firm AKCS Offshore Partner. The company said the buyout supports planned future growth in North America as well as expansion into the St John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Atlantic Canada market. AKCS was formed by Aker Solutions…

Aker enters UK frame

Jan 14, 2013

Contract covers Talisman Sinopec brownfieldsTroll C LPP module leaving Egersund (Photo: Aker Solutions)Aker Solutions has secured an important five-year frame agreement for the execution of contracts across Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd's brownfield projects on the UK continental shelf…

Aker buys Canada's AKCS

Jan 07, 2013

AKCS coup furthers Aker's Canadian expansionAker Solutions strengthens its commitment to the Canadian oil and gas market through taking full ownership of Newfoundland and Labrador-based AKCS Offshore Partner.'The buy-out will support…

Aker to acquire Thurm Energy

Nov 27, 2012

Aker Solutions plans to purchase Canadian asset integrity management (AIM) company Thurm Energy, the company announced on 22 November 2012.The financial details were undisclosed; however, Aker said the acquisition will grow its AIM portfolio and boost its presence in the Atlantic Canada market…

Aker cancels NPS acquisition

Nov 27, 2012

Aker Solutions has ended the process to acquire the Dubai-headquartered oil services company NPS Energy. Aker Solutions announced an agreement to buy the shares in NPS Energy on 21 May 2012. The agreement was conditional upon a series of parameters…

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