1 July 2009 - Aker Solutions is today officially opening its
significantly modernised and expanded manufacturing facility for
surface trees and wellheads in Batam, Indonesia. The expansion is
part of Aker Solutions' long-term strategy to increase its presence
in the rapidly growing oil and gas markets in the Asia Pacific
region.

Aker Solutions has invested USD 17 million into the expansion and
upgrade of the Batam manufacturing centre. As a result, manufacturing
capacity for production and assembly of surface wellheads and trees
has increased by more than 50 percent.

Building space at the site has been expanded from 4 200 to 11 200
square metres to cover a new administrative building with full
management support, machine workshop with 11 new machines, test and
assembly workshop as well as a new warehouse. In total, the Batam
site area has expanded to 21 800 square metres.

Surface trees and wellheads is production equipment that is being
used either onshore or at surface production platforms in shallow
waters offshore.

"Our business for surface products, which are manufactured at Batam,
has achieved a 25 percent revenue growth annually over the past
years. It is a cost efficient operation," says Egil Martinussen,
president - Asia Pacific, Aker Solutions. "With the expansion and
modernisation of our facility completed, it is now able to meet the
expected market growth"'

The expansion of Batam's manufacturing facility was completed in 500
000 man-hours with zero loss time incidents (LTI).  This was achieved
on the back of the plant's existing two million man-hours of zero
LTI. Aker Solutions has been present in Batam, Indonesia since 1995.

Speaking at the official opening of the Batam facility, Egil
Martinussen said Aker Solutions has had ambitious expansion plans
since 2007 to establish and ramp up its facilities in Indonesia,
Malaysia, Australia and Vietnam.

In addition to these four locations, Aker Solutions already has a
solid presence with additional service bases for surface products
located in Singapore, Thailand, India, China, Nigeria and Middle
East.

Martinussen says: "We have a solid network of facilities for subsea
and surface products in this region. This puts us in a very
favourable position when it comes to supporting our customers.  Even
though we are a company with a global footprint, a key focus is
always local presence and support. The expansion of our Batam
facility is a testament to the latter".

The Asia Pacific region is expected to be one of the fastest growing
markets in the oil and gas industry in the coming years. In
anticipation of this, Aker Solutions has over the past three years
invested approximately USD 130 million in new facilities and upgrades
of existing ones.

The first was the establishment of a state-of-the-art manufacturing
centre in Malaysia in 2007. This is the only facility in the world
where a complete subsea production system can be manufactured in one
location. This was followed by the establishment of a new service and
test facility in Perth, Australia, and a new service base in Vietnam,
last year.

"The long-term outlook for the subsea industry, as well as surface
products, is very good. The investments over the last couple of years
mean that we are very well prepared for an upturn in these markets,"
concludes Martinussen.

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
Philip Ng, Communications Executive, Aker Solutions (Asia Pacific).
Tel: +60 3 2381 8309, Mob: +6012 340 6478, E-mail:
philip.ng@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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