18 June 2010 - Aker Solutions has been awarded another subsea equipment contract
by leading US independent oil and gas company Noble Energy Inc. This time Aker
Solutions will deliver subsea control equipment worth approximately NOK 150
million.

Scope of work is engineering, manufacturing and delivery of a subsea controls
distribution system, umbilical termination assemblies (UTA) and related
equipment. The equipment will be used at Noble Energy's Tamar project in the
Mediterranean Sea.

This contract complements the recently announced award for delivery of 240 km of
subsea umbilicals for the same project. Aker Solutions has also recently signed
a deal to supply a complete mono ethylene glycol (MEG) reclamation unit to Noble
Energy.

Engineering and project management will be provided from Aker Solutions'
Houston, Texas, office. Manufacturing will take place at Aker Solutions'
facilities in Houston and Mobile, Alabama, for the UTAs and subsea controls
distribution systems. Estimated delivery date is Q1 2011.

Aker Solutions' contract party is Aker Subsea Inc.

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.

Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this
project, please contact the relevantBA Global Sourcing Champion
.

Career opportunities:
Visithttp://www.akersolutions.com/careers

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 22 000 people in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com <http://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.

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is
subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com
<http://www.akersolutions.com/>.



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