"Aker Solutions" News

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…

BP inks Aker frame agreement

May 28, 2014

Aker Solutions has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering, modifications and maintenance services for BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The two-year contract is valued at a maximum NOK1.8 billion, with options to extend the work by up to four years…

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…

ONS Award nominees announced

Jun 20, 2014

The nominees for the 2014 ONS Innovation Awards have been announced. According to ONS, whose 2014 theme is 'Changes,' the jury has evaluated all of the applications for the ONS Innovation Awards. The award will be presented in two different…

Global Deepwater Review: Strength in numbers

Jun 02, 2014

The Centennial J tanker will be converted by MODEC for Tullow's TEN field. Photo by: Tullow Oil Plc/Joseph Lynch. E&P companies will continue to invest in deepwater exploration and development…

The new frontier

May 01, 2014

Stephen Whitfield takes a look at some of the major development projects now utilizing subsea separation and processing technology to increase field life. Several companies are looking at subsea processing and separation as they try to maximize production out of difficult projects…

Bilfinger picked for Murchison decom job

May 20, 2014

Aberdeen-based industrial services contractor Bilfinger Salamis UK is to provide fabric maintenance services support and access solutions to Aker Solutions for the first stage of decommissioning CNR International’s Murchison platform. First commissioned in 1980…

Multi-dimensional

Mar 10, 2014

Aker Solutions' Kjetil Notodden discusses benefits of the latest drilling simulator technology, developed in response to new SEMS requirements.   Drillers receiving training in an Aker Solutions 240° dome simulator in Katy…

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