Aker Solutions wins drilling equipment contract

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to supply two drilling equipment packages to the new 'Cat D' drilling rigs the yard is building for the rig operator Songa Offshore.

The development of the two Cat D semi-submersible drilling rigs has been initiated by Statoil, which awarded two long-term contracts for the units to Songa in July 2011.

The first two units will be delivered in 2014, and the main deliveries from Aker Solutions will take place in 2012 and 2013. The contract includes topside drilling equipment, procurement and commissioning of the rigs at the DSME yard.

"We are very pleased to win these contracts, which demonstrate the good cooperation between Statoil and the drilling operators and drilling system providers. Together, we have developed a new generation drilling and well intervention design, purpose made for the needs for North Sea operations, through a joint FEED (front end engineering and design) phase.," says Thor Arne Håverstad, head of Aker Solutions' drilling technologies business.

Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/drilling-and-production/26082011/aker_solutions_wins_drilling_equipment_contract/