4 August 2009 - PetroquímicaSuape's Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA)
plant being built in the Port of Suape, Pernambuco, North East
Brazil, will be the largest polyester plant in Latin America. Aker
Solutions is part of this important and challenging project,
delivering basic and detailed engineering design and providing
offshore procurement services for long delivery purchase orders. The
new plant will produce 640,000 tpa of PTA, and is expected to come on
line in Q4 2010.

A key milestone in the project sees the first equipment starting to
arrive at Suape harbour. A 1,255 tons load has recently arrived from
Japan, bringing some of the main components of the PTA plant. Amongst
this load is the oxidation reactor, the most important equipment of
the plant. The oxidation reactor is a 298 tons cylinder where the raw
material, paraxylene, reacts with oxygen and produces the PTA.
The main goal of PetroquímicaSuape is to produce modern and
competitive raw material for the textile industry in Brazil.
Aker Solutions has a wide experience in developing projects for PTA
plants, working on more than 21 PTA facilities, which represents
around 20 per cent of the world's PTA production capacity. PTA is the
preferred raw material for polyester, used for polyester fibres,
resins and films and in the manufacture of PET. Polyester is also
used for tyres, electrical equipment and plastic film for packaging.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:
Media:
Brazil: Fernanda Bacelar, Communications and Marketing Manager, Aker
Solutions. Tel: +55 41 3227-8466, Mob: +55 41 9948-5599

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 Rodger Liang, Global Sourcing, Process &
Construction - Tel: +86 10 640 966 36.

Career opportunities:
Visit http://www.akersolutions.com/Internet/CareerCentre

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.

Aker Solutions' Process and Construction business area is a world
leader in the project management, design and construction of major
projects spanning refining, petrochemical processing, liquefied
natural gas (LNG), metals and mining, power generation, nuclear
clean-up, and acid plants.  From initial concept through technology
development, process technology application, design, procurement,
construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, modification
and decommissioning, we provide our customers with the full life
cycle of services.  Process and Construction provides sound local
expertise, combined with the depth and strength of global project
operations.

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