Subsea Equipment Orders Run Strong
14 February 2013
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Marathon Oil Norge to deliver subsea trees to the Alvheim field on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. The contract includes the delivery of four subsea trees and associated equipment. The Alvheim field is in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, 224 km (139 mi) from Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast, at a water depth of 122 m (400 ft).
The Alvheim subsea trees will be manufactured at Aker Solutions' facility at Tranby, Norway. Control modules will be manufactured in Aberdeen, UK. The project is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2014.
