Aker Solutions wins drilling riser contract
12 December 2012 - Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to the DSME shipyard in South Korea.
The delivery is related to the second of two options included in the drilling riser contract announced in July 2011.
"We are very pleased to see our customer DSME exercising their option for the Aker Solutions CLIP riser system," says Thor Arne Håverstad, head of Aker Solutions' drilling technologies business.
Aker Solutions has delivered 16 drilling riser systems in the past 16 months, with positive feedback from operations.
"I am proud to see that we are able to deliver another deepwater CLIP riser to our returning customers. These achievements are the results of the CLIP risers' operational advantages, our technology expertise and service offering in the deepwater drilling market," says Tom Munkejord, head of Aker Solutions' drilling riser business.
Aker Solutions offers complete drilling equipment packages, including project management, conceptual design, detailed engineering and procurement. Aker Solutions provides the full range of topside drilling equipment and systems, and worldwide customer support through a global drilling lifecycle services organisation.
The contract has been signed and booked as order intake in Q4 2012.
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For further information, please contact:
Media:
Endre Johansen, VP Corporate Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 58 91, Mob: +47 41 61 06 05, E-mail: endre.johansen@akersolutions.com
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Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 63 37, Mob: +47 48 17 00 35.
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Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company's knowledge and technologies span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field.
Aker Solutions brings together engineering and technologies for oil and gas drilling, field development and production. The company employs approximately 25 000 people in more than 30 countries. They apply the knowledge and create and use technologies that deliver their customers' solutions.
Aker Solutions ASA is the parent company in the group, which consists of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand and trademark for most of these entities. In 2011 Aker Solutions had aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 36.5 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
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