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Aker, MAN Diesel & Turbo form alliance

Nov 17, 2015

Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…

Statoil inks US$2.7 billion of contracts

Dec 15, 2015

Statoil has awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK24 billion (US$2.7 billion) for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and for the onshore plants at Sture, Kollsnes, Kårstø and Melkøya. The…

First oil at Edvard Grieg

Nov 30, 2015

First oil started from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea 28 November 2015. The Edvard Grieg field is part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, about 180 km west of Stavanger. The development comprises a steel jacket platform and 22…

Aker, Man eye next generation subsea compression

Oct 16, 2015

Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions…

Aker awards Murphy Rotan contract

Oct 01, 2015

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. to deliver the subsea production system for the Rotan deepwater natural gas development offshore Malaysia. The delivery includes hardware for four subsea wells…

Aker shares Asgard vision

Oct 16, 2015

In this video, Aker Solutions talks about the vision of the world’s first subsea gas compression system to the Statoil-operated Asgard field offshore Norway. The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project…

José Formigli joins Aker Solutions

Sep 11, 2015

José Formigli has been appointed by Aker Solutions to serve as an adviser for overall strategic decisions and to join its innovation board. Formigli, a Rio de Janeiro native and engineer by training, has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas business…

Aker appoints regional president UK, Africa

Sep 09, 2015

Aker Solutions appointed David Clark as regional president of the UK and Africa to oversee an expansion and support operations in these markets. He will assume the position on 21 September 2015 and report to CEO, Luis Araujo. Clark, a UK national…

Aker to lay axe on 500 subsea jobs

Sep 01, 2015

Aker Solutions is set to cut 500 permanent positions in its Norwegian subsea business that the company is attributing to the continued slowdown of the market, adding to the nearly 200 job reductions the company announced earlier this year…

Doing it for the kids

Oct 01, 2015

The theme of this year’s SPE Offshore Europe is inspiring the next generation, and the event’s opening plenary showed how a few notable figures set foot on their STEM career paths. Audrey Leon reports. Opening…

World's first subsea compression online

Sep 17, 2015

At 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea, the world’s first subsea gas compression facility has come on stream, Statoil announced this morning.  The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project, known as project Nemo to some internally…

SPP extends business in Norway

Sep 17, 2015

Centrifugal pumps and systems manufacturer SPP Pumps has confirmed the expansion of its business in Norway, with the announcement of a partnership with Hillevag Elektro-Diesel - specifically for the oil and gas market.  Ian Burrows (Head…

Crondall inks Fortuna FLNG contract

Sep 04, 2015

UK-based consultancy Crondall Energy has been awarded a contract with a consortium of Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 for the Ophir Energy Fortuna Project in West Africa.     The award is to provide technical support to the competitive upstream…

Innovation – in all its forms

Aug 01, 2015

Standardization has been high on the agenda at the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen for the past two years. This year, the focus was “innovating for the next wave.” Elaine Maslin reports on innovations discussed and on show…

Challenges and opportunities: Deepwater Intervention

Aug 01, 2015

In advance of 2015 Deepwater Intervention Forum held in Galveston, Texas, OE’s Managing Editor Audrey Leon discusses the intervention market in the wake of the downturn, and speaks with several forum board members ahead of the show on 11-13 August…

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