Offshore staff

LYSAKER, Norway -- Frigstad Discoverer Invest Ltd. awarded Aker Kvaerner a $44-million contract for clip connector marine drilling risers.

The contract covers a 3,000 m riser wtih an option for additional length and includes purchase and installation of buoyancy elements.

To start immediately at Aker's Port Klang, Malaysia, plant, completion is scheduled for January 2009.

7/24/06