Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a four-year frame agreement to supply, refurbish and store compensation equipment used to stabilize and control the production risers on the Heidrun platform in the North Sea. The contract value is undisclosed.
The contract includes delivery of new equipment as well as maintenance and storage of existing materials. Aker Solutions will provide new tapered stress joints and a complete tension system for the Heidrun tension leg platform. Aker will also refurbish and help preserve numerous stress joints, tensioning cylinders, tensioner frames and associated components.
The work will be carried out by Aker Solutions' drilling technologies business in Horten, Norway, and the storage will be in Kristiansund on the Norwegian west coast. The contract can be extended for another four years.