16 September 2009 - Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Eni
Norge AS to deliver a subsea production system to the operator's
Goliat field development in the Barents Sea. Contract value is
approximately NOK 2.3 billion.

Scope of work comprises engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC) of a complete subsea production system. Subsea hardware
deliveries include eight overtrawlable four-slot subsea templates
with manifolds, 24 subsea trees, subsea control systems, 20
kilometres of steel tube umbilicals, work-over equipment and a tie-in
and connection system.

"We have a strategy of being the preferred partner for oil companies'
field developments in deep waters and harsh climates. The Goliat
subsea contract confirms a confidence in our technology, solutions
and capability to deliver," says Simen Lieungh, President and CEO of
Aker Solutions.

Aker Solutions will utilise large parts of its Norwegian
manufacturing network to deliver the subsea equipment to Goliat.
Subsea trees will be manufactured at Aker Solutions' facility at
Tranby, steel tube umbilicals in Moss, while templates and manifolds
will come from the company's Egersund yard. Subsea control systems
will be manufactured in Aberdeen. The project will be managed from
Aker Solutions' head office at Fornebu, Norway.

"This is one of the major subsea projects that will be awarded in
2009, and it has been a key target for us. It will give us a higher
degree of predictability for our manufacturing and support facilities
in Norway, and also involve a significant contribution to boosting
the offshore support related activity locally in the Hammerfest
region," says Mads Andersen, executive vice president of Aker
Solutions' subsea business area.

"Although Goliat in many ways will be a reference project for field
developments in the Barents Sea, it is important to stress that the
technologies we will be using have already been field proven
elsewhere and are specifically selected for this environmentally
sensitive area. We will execute this project fully in line with
demanding environmental standards," adds Andersen.

Deliveries of the subsea equipment will start in 2011 and run through
2013.

The Goliat field is an oil and gas field located in the Barents Sea,
approximately 85 kilometres north-west of Hammerfest.

Aker Solutions' contract party is Aker Subsea AS.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Media:
Endre Johansen, VP Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 58
91, Mob: +47 416 10 605, e-mail: endre.johansen@akersolutions.com

Investor relations:
Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67
51 30 39, Mob: +47 911 37 194

Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for
this project, please contact BA Global Sourcing Champion, telephone
number found
here: http://www.akersolutions.com/Internet/SuppliersCentre/Contacts/SupplyManagementContacts.htm.

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Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates
("Aker Solutions"), is a leading global provider of engineering and
construction services, technology products and integrated solutions.
Aker Solutions' business serves several industries, including
oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals and
power generation. 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 58 billion and
employs approximately 23 000 people in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com), a group of premier
companies with a focus on energy, maritime and marine resource
industries. The Aker companies share a common set of values and a
long tradition of industrial innovation. As an industrial owner
controlling 40.27 percent of the shares in Aker Solutions through
Aker Holding AS, Aker ASA takes an active role in the development of
Aker Solutions.

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