Aker Solutions has announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver its longest-ever umbilicals system at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea.
The contract was awarded by Petrobel, a joint venture between The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Eni, is worth more than NOK1bn ($122m). 180km of steel tube umbilicals will be delivered by April 2017 that will connect the Zohr subsea development to an offshore control platform.
“Aker Solutions is building on its previous experience offshore Egypt to now deliver its largest-ever umbilicals project, we are very pleased to support Petrobel and Egypt on this important development,” said Luis Araujo, chief executive officer of Aker Solutions.
The work will be led by Aker Solutions’ subsea division in Oslo and manufacturing will start immediately at the umbilicals plant in Moss, Norway.
