20 April 2010 - Aker Solutions has signed a frame agreement with Petrobras to
supply 40 subsea trees for the Iara and Guará fields, located in the challenging
pre-salt area of the Santos basin offshore Brazil. Contract value is
approximately USD 300 million.

Scope  of  works  includes  engineering  and manufacturing of 40 vertical subsea
trees  for 2 500 metres water depth, subsea control systems and 17 complete tool
sets. Delivery will take place over the next four years.

With this latest contract for Iara and Guará, Aker Solutions will provide subsea
production  equipment  for  all  the  three  initial  field  developments of the
Brazilian  pre-salt area. The first pre-salt  subsea job was awarded in December
2008, when  Aker Solutions won  a contract to  supply nine subsea  trees for the
Tupi pilot project.

"Our  experience developing the  Tupi pilot project,  the expanded manufacturing
capacity  at our facility in Curitiba  and a consistent commercial and technical
proposal were crucial to secure this contract. This evidence is aligned with our
objective  of being Petrobras' preferred  partner for subsea developments," says
Marcelo Taulois, president of Aker Solutions' subsea business in Brazil.

Mads Andersen, executive vice president of Aker Solutions, also highlighted Aker
Solutions'  market leading  deepwater technology  as another  decisive factor in
winning this contract.

"In  recent years, Aker  Solutions has made  significant investments in Brazil -
both  in  developing  suitable  deepwater  technologies  and  our  manufacturing
capacity.  Our current dominance in  the pre-salt area is  also down to a highly
qualified  workforce  which  is  dedicated  to  meeting the future demand of the
Brazilian  oil industry. Our company is  well prepared to help Petrobras explore
the pre-salt layer," says Mads Andersen.

The  Guara field (BM-S-9)  will receive 14 trees  of this contract,  and will be
explored  by a  consortium where  Petrobras has  45% participation, BG Group has
30% and  Repsol YPF  25%. The Iara  field (BM-S-11)  which belongs  to Petrobras
(65%), BG Group (25%) and Petrogal (10%), will receive 26 trees.

The  complete scope  of work  will be  managed, engineered  and executed by Aker
Solutions'  manufacturing  facility  in  Curitiba,  Brazil,  with  support  from
Aberdeen,  UK, for the subsea control systems. Delivery of the first subsea tree
is scheduled for the end of 2011.

Aker  Solutions has built up a significant presence in Brazil since establishing
the  company in the  country in 1978. Today  Aker Solutions has 850 employees in
Brazil,  of which 99 percent  are Brazilian nationals.  In addition to being the
market  leader  in  the  pre-salt  area  for subsea equipment and services, Aker
Solutions   delivers  downstream  and  topsides  process  technology,  deepwater
drilling  systems and offshore installation services. As examples of the latter,
Aker Solutions recently deployed the buoys for the Statoil Peregrino development
offshore  Brazil,  and  the  deepwater  installation  vessel  Skandi  Santos  is
currently  operating for  Petrobras on  a five-year  contract to  install subsea
equipment.

Contract party for the Iara and Guara contract is Aker Solutions do Brasil Ltda.

ENDS

Media:
For further information, please contact:

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/SupplyManag
ementContacts.htm.

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