Aker Solutions to deliver drilling equipment packages to drillships in Brazil
Aug. 27, 2012
Aker Solutions (Oslo Børs:AKSO) has won a contract to supply drilling equipment packages for six deepwater drillships being built by Jurong Shipyard for the Brazilian market.
Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway– Aker Solutions (Oslo Børs:AKSO) has won a contract to supply drilling equipment packages for six deepwater drillships being built by Jurong Shipyard for the Brazilian market.
The contract includes complete topside and subsea equipment (drilling riser and BOP) packages for six drillships, and an option for one further unit. The equipment will be delivered from in Norway, Germany, and the company’s new site in Brazil. Aker Solutions is building a new $100-million service and manufacturing facility in Macaé, Brazil.
The first equipment will be delivered in the second half of 2013. The contract includes project management, engineering, topside equipment, subsea package including Aker Solutions’ Clip riser, and commissioning of the rigs at Jurong’s yard in Brazil. The drilling units will be delivered between 2015 and 2019.
