Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Technip to deliver umbilicals for Total’s deepwater Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) Phase 2 development offshore Angola, according to a press release.
No contract value has been disclosed. Aker will deliver two dynamic power and control steel tube umbilicals, one dynamic power cable, and ancillary equipment, according to the press release. The GirRI project is located in Block 17, 210 km (130 miles) west of Luanda and in a water depth of 1,300 m (4,265 ft).
The umbilicals will be manufactured at Aker’s facility in Moss, Norway, with project management, design, and engineering support from its office at Fornebu, Norway, according to the press release. The contract has been booked as order intake in 1Q 2013.
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