Aker Solutions to supply deepwater Anchor umbilicals

March 23, 2020
Chevron has awarded Aker Solutions a master agreement to provide umbilicals for its operated oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore staff

FORNEBU, NorwayChevron has awarded Aker Solutions a master agreement to provide umbilicals for its operated oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico.

The first job involves providing 24 km (15 mi) of 2,000-psi steel tube umbilicals for the Anchor development, 225 km (140 mi) offshore Louisiana in a water depth of 1,524 m (5,000 ft).

Aker Solutions’ scope includes engineering, design and manufacture of dynamic and static control umbilicals, dynamic and static power umbilicals and distribution equipment, and service/ installation support.

The company’s facility in Mobile, Alabama, will manage the program.

The master agreement is said to lay the foundation for a long-term collaborative relationship incentivizing both Chevron and Aker Solutions to jointly improve their long-term technical and commercial performance through delivering multi-project synergies, repeatability, and life-of-field thinking.

03/23/2020