The main object of the project is to extend the technical
lifetime up to 2040 and improve HSE factors while keeping the
capacity and operational availability "as-is".
Scope of work will include engineering, procurement,
construction, installation and commissioning assistance.
"We are pleased that Statoil renews their trust in our
service, and very proud to be working with Statoil on a
drilling upgrade of this scale," says head of Aker
Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations
business, Tore Sjursen.
This project includes advanced technical solutions in
addition to extensive onshore testing in a considerably
larger scale than previously performed. The chosen solutions
have been developed over many years through extensive studies
with participation from Aker Solutions, Statoil and the
drilling operator.
Refurbishment of existing drilling facilities like Snorre A
is a growing market in the mature North Sea, and an area
which Aker Solutions is putting high emphasis on. The company
has comprehensive knowledge about products, systems and
services required to plan and execute such work, and
different parts of the company would typically be involved.
The Snorre A drilling contract scope will be performed by
Aker Solutions' drilling technologies engineering team in
Kristiansand and will be concluded by its integration
competence centre in Bergen. Prefabrication will be performed
at Aker Solutions' yard in Egersund.
Preparations have already started. A total of 100 engineering
and management personnel at Aker Solutions' office in
Bergen and Kristiansand plus up to 100 offshore installation
personnel will work on the Snorre A Drilling contract for the
next three years.
Contract parties are Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker
Solutions MMO AS and Statoil ASA.
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Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates
("Aker Solutions"), is a leading global oil
services company that provides engineering services,
technologies, product solutions and field-life solutions for
the oil and gas industry. The Aker Solutions group is
organised in a number of separate legal entities. Aker
Solutions is used as the common brand/trademark for most of
these entities.
Aker Solutions' parent company is Aker Solutions ASA.
Aker Solutions has aggregated annual revenues of
approximately NOK 35 billion and employs approximately 18 500
people in about 30 countries.
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pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading
Act.