Aker Solutions and Statoil awarded ONS Innovation Award
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
29 August 2012 - Aker Solutions and Statoil have been awarded the ONS Innovation
Award for the Åsgard subsea gas compression system.
"This technology has the potential to change offshore gas field developments
worldwide. With the forecast growth of subsea developments, subsea compression
will become widespread, having even more impact as projects move into deeper
waters further from shore. We are very pleased to be awarded this prestigious
award," says Åsmund Bøe, chief technology officer at Aker Solutions.
The ONS Innovation Award, which was first presented in 1982, recognises the
crucial importance of cutting-edge products and solutions. Today, the 2012 award
was given to Aker Solutions and Statoil acknowledging subsea compression
technology.
In 2015 the world's first subsea gas compression station will go on stream in
the Åsgard field offshore Norway. This will boost falling gas pressures from the
Midgard and Mikkel satellite reservoirs, allowing stable production to continue
and enabling an additional 280 million barrels of oil equivalent to be
recovered. The project is operated by Statoil and delivered by Aker Solutions.
Subsea compression improves gas recovery and provides many benefits compared to
the alternative of installing a new platform. Further benefits include reduced
investments and operating costs, a smaller environmental footprint and safer
operations.
Reservoir pressure in producing gas fields falls over time, causing gas output
to decline. For production to continue and maximise recovery from the fields,
gas pressure must be raised or production will cease.
Until now the solution has been to install gas compressors on an existing
platform, or to build a new manned compression platform. A more cost-effective
alternative would be to install the compressors on the seabed, near to the
wellheads to improve recovery, while reducing overall capital and operating
costs.
For the past 30 years this has been a major goal for the industry, as it has
sought to transform the concept into reality. The Åsgard subsea gas compression
project will be the first in the world to attain this goal. Two state-of-the-art
11.5MW subsea compressors will be installed on the field in 2015, avoiding the
need to install a new large semi-submersible platform.
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Media:
Severin Roald, Vice President Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel:
+47 22 94 55 23, Mob: +47 92 03 00 33, E-mail: severin.roald(at)akersolutions.com
Investor relations:
Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39,
Mob: +47 91 13 71 94, E-mail: lasse.torkildsen(at)akersolutions.com
Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this
project, please visit www.akersolutions.com/suppliers
Career opportunities:
Visit http://www.akersolutions.com/careers
Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in
the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company's knowledge and technologies
span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field.
Aker Solutions brings together engineering and technologies for oil and gas
drilling, field development and production. The company employs approximately
25 000 people in more than 30 countries. They apply the knowledge and create and
use technologies that deliver their customers' solutions.
Aker Solutions ASA is the parent company in the group, which consists of a
number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand
and trademark for most of these entities. In 2011 Aker Solutions had aggregated
annual revenues of approximately NOK 36.5 billion. The company is listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange.
This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is
subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com.
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Source: Aker Solutions ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE
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