Aker Solutions Umbilical Contract in Australia
Norway’s Aker Solutions signed a contract with Woodside Energy for the manufacture and supply of two 17 km electro-hydraulic steel tube umbilicals for the Greater Western Flank Phase 1 project on the northwest coast of Australia. The company also announced that it will open a new production facility in Malaysia in 2013.
The scope of work includes project management, design, engineering, manufacturing and verification testing of two steel tube umbilicals at a total length of 17 km. The contract also covers all associated ancillary equipment required for transportation to Australia and interface with the existing development. The umbilicals will be manufactured and delivered out of Aker Solutions’ facility in Moss, Norway, supported by project management, design and engineering in Fornebu, Norway.
“This contract highlights our strong presence for delivering world class products in the Australasian region and strengthens our position as the world’s leading producer of steel tube umbilicals,” says Tove Røskaft, Executive Vice President of Aker Solutions‘ umbilicals business area.
During the last quarter of 2013, Aker Solutions will open a new umbilicals manufacturing plant in Pekan, Malaysia, to meet the anticipated growth and the needs of their Asia Pacific customers. Aker Solutions has also opened an Asia Pacific umbilicals office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the company already has a strong presence. This office will serve clients in the APAC region and is headed by Mr Crawford Tennant who is the former head of Aker Solutions’ subsea manufacturing centre in Port Klang, Malaysia.
The broader Greater Western Flank (GWF) area consists of sixteen fields located to the south west of the Goodwyn A platform on the northwest coast of Australia. The GWF Phase 1 Project will develop the Goodwyn GH and Tidepole fields, via a subsea tie-back to the existing Goodwyn A platform and represents the next major development for North West Shelf Project partners.