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Aker to buy Reinertsen

Mar 30, 2017

Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire oil-services provider Reinertsen for nearly US$25million in a move to build on its position as a leading maintenance and modifications supplier offshore Norway. Image from Aker Solutions…

Aker BP completes merger integration

Dec 02, 2016

Aker BP has completed the integration after the merger between Det norske oljeselskap and BP Norway. Aker BP now operates as one organization with considerable ambitions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “Aker BP has been through extensive integration work since we announced the merger…

Aker axes 600 more subsea jobs

Mar 14, 2016

Aker Solutions is reducing its Norwegian workforce by as many as 600 positions as the company takes necessary measures to strengthen the organization and boost competitiveness amid a continued market slowdown. Image from Aker…

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…

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…

Kleven converting Aker Wayfarer to SESV

Oct 28, 2014

Kleven’s Myklebust Verft signed a contract with Ocean Yield ASA for modifications of the Aker Wayfarer vessel to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The Aker Wayfarer. From Aker Solutions…

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, Baker Hughes approved for subsea production alliance

Sep 04, 2014

Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes Inc. received necessary regulatory approvals for the Subsea Production Alliance announced in April 2014. The two companies agreed to form the alliance a few months ago develop technology for production solutions designed to boost output…

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…

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…

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 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 wins Gullfaks EPCIC

Dec 28, 2012

Aker Solutions wins topside modifications jobGullfaks A (Photo: Øyvind Hagen / Statoil)Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions a topside modification contract worth US $32.2 million (NOK 180 million) for its Gullfaks South field off Norway, Aker announced on 28 December 2012…

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…

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