Aker Solutions has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from StatoilHydro for upgrading the drilling facilities on the Oseberg B platform in the North Sea.
According to the company, the project is expected to extend the productive lifetime of Oseberg B. Contract value is estimated to be approximately NOK1.3 billion.
The company said that the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract covers upgrades of all drilling systems for wells of up to 9,000m delivering increased drilling regularity. Scope of work includes prefabrication and offshore installation of equipment and prefabricated items, and offshore completion and commissioning.
In Norway, the project will utilize Aker Solutions’s drilling equipment business unit in Kristiansand together with the company’s center of maintenance and modification expertise based in Bergen.
Furthermore, prefabrication will take place in Egersund and work under the contract will be completed in April 2013, said the company. The contract party is Aker Solutions’s subsidiary Aker Offshore Partner.
Jarle Tautra, executive vice president of Aker Solutions, said: “This is the first drilling upgrade project in the North Sea and we are pleased to demonstrate that we are well positioned for this market. This project will benefit from our in-house technologies in drilling, engineering, equipment and offshore integration.”
Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated services. Its business serves industries including oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals and power generation.
