"Aker Solutions" News

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…

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…

Petrobras picks Aker manifolds

Apr 09, 2014

Aker Solutions has won a contract worth more than US$300 million from Petrobras to supply eight manifolds that alternately inject water and gas to increase oil recovery from Brazil's deepwater offshore fields. The subsea manifolds, designed for 2500m water depth…

Cargotec wins systems from Aker Solutions

Jan 31, 2014

Aker Solutions recently completed the sale of its mooring and loading systems to Finland-based Cargotec’s subsidiary, MacGregor. The unit, known for the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment, loading and offloading systems, as…

Saipem wins new E&C deals

Feb 24, 2014

Saipem has won new engineering & construction offshore contracts in Indonesia and in the Republic of Congo, for a total amount of about US$520 million. In Indonesia, Eni has awarded a consortium led by Saipem the EPCI contract for a new…

Noble orders umbilicals

Feb 14, 2014

Houston-based Noble Energy has contracted Norway-headquartered Aker Solutions to provide umbilicals and subsea equipment for use in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Noble Energy sanctioned two subsea…

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 enhances existing tubular handling equipment

Jan 16, 2014

Aker Solutions developed the Casing Stabilizer Arm (CSA), which eliminates the need for a person to be elevated on a derrick for tubular makeup. The stabilizing mechanism is stowed approximately 33 ft. above the drilling floor and includes…

Aker wins Johan Sverdrup FEED

Dec 20, 2013

Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a 10-year framework contract worth approximately US$105.8 million (NOK 650 million) for the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The first call-off is the front-end engineering design (FEED) work of the field center…

Finnish Govt. buy Aker Arctic stake

Dec 20, 2013

Finnish government-owned investment company, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, has acquired a 66.4% stake in Aker Arctic Technology Oy (Aker Arctic) from STX Finland Oy. Aker Arctic is a leading company in Arctic marine logistics and offshore solutions…

FES designing Moho Nord swivels

Dec 19, 2013

FES International has been awarded a £598,000 contract to supply four high-pressure fluid swivels for Total's subsea Moho Nord project in Congo, West Africa.  The Moho Nord project is to develop major discoveries, Marine 2 and 3, in the upper north of the Moho Bilondo license…

Aker Solutions wins Statoil extension

Nov 22, 2013

Aker Solutions ASA secured a two-year option agreement extension valued at NOK 3 billion from Statoil ASA to provide maintenance and modifications work offshore Norway. The option is part of a 2010 framework agreement to provide maintenance…

EQT acquires Aker well intervention business

Nov 22, 2013

EQT VI has entered into an agreement to acquire Oslo-listed Aker Solutions ASA’s Well Intervention Services Business for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion. “The acquisition has come to fruition through close cooperation with Aker Solutions…

Italian drillships for Russian arctic

Nov 29, 2013

Fincantieri has signed an agreement with a Russian research centre to define plans for a new drillship able to navigate in ice up to 1.5m thick. The Italian ship building firm has also won a contract with Russia's RosRAO, to build a semisubmersible…

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…

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