"Aker Solutions" News

Aker wins Aasta Hansteen job

Jan 28, 2013

Company to manufacture umbilicals, riser baseSPAR platform on the Aasta Hansteen fieldAker Solutions has signed a contract with Statoil for the supply of deepwater umbilicals to the Aasta Hansteen field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

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 Solutions buys MPO

Feb 27, 2013

Norway-based oilfield services firm Aker Solutions has bought Managed Pressure Operations International (MPO).MPO, registered in Cyprus with operations in Singapore, Dubai, Jakarta and Houston, has developed a next generation of continuous circulation…

Aker Solutions buys AKCS

Feb 01, 2013

Aker Solutions acquired Canadian firm AKCS Offshore Partner. The company said the buyout supports planned future growth in North America as well as expansion into the St John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Atlantic Canada market. AKCS was formed by Aker Solutions…

DSME, Aker net Dagny topsides

Feb 18, 2013

Topsides deal worth approximately NOK 6.1 billionDagny field illustration, with the Sleipner field in the background. (Image: Statoil)Statoil and its Dagny partners Total and Det norske chose Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to design and build topsides for North Sea platform…

Statoil, Man sign supply pact

Feb 26, 2013

Norwegian energy company Statoil signed Framework Agreements with MAN Diesel & Turbo Switzerland for the supply of new turbomachinery equipment and maintenance services. The duration was set for five years with options to prolong the contracts…

Aker cancels NPS acquisition

Nov 27, 2012

Aker Solutions has ended the process to acquire the Dubai-headquartered oil services company NPS Energy. Aker Solutions announced an agreement to buy the shares in NPS Energy on 21 May 2012. The agreement was conditional upon a series of parameters…

Aker Solutions

Jan 10, 2013

Aker Solutions has landed more Ichthys LNG work. McDermott handed the firm a US$90 million (NKr500 million) contract to deliver a subsea tie-in connector for the Western Australia project. Delivery is expected 2013/14.

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…

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 Solutions

Dec 07, 2012

Aker Solutions acquired a fabrication facility in Sandnessjøen, Norway, from Ruukki Construction Norge, to bolster its fabrication capacity for subsea and surface developments.

Subsea Service

Nov 10, 2012

Aker Solutions has established a subsea lifecycle service base in Labuan, Malaysia, to support installed and future Asia Pacific shallow and deepwater projects, starting with Murphy Sabah Oil's current Kikeh and upcoming Kikeh phase two…

Control modules through the ages

Nov 01, 2012

'In two to three years' time we could be looking at data speeds of 1Gbps.' Derek RobertsonThe development of subsea controls over the past 30 years, and trends for the future, were reviewed as part of a subsea technology day held in Aberdeen last month by Aker Solutions…

Dunlin’s flare for fast-tracking

Nov 01, 2012

'There was a great buzz throughout the project, a real sense of achievement all the way through.' Jim Thompson, Aker SolutionsA novel approach to installation of a new flare line, flare access stairway and flare tips was adopted on Fairfield Energy's Dunlin Alpha platform last summer…

Seadrill to acquire Songa Eclipse

Nov 19, 2012

A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million.The rig was delivered from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore in 2011…

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