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Our experience spans from shallow water to the ultra-deep and from tropical conditions to the harsh conditions of the Arctic. Discover more in some of our ongoing and finished projects.

In one of the largest remaining field development opportunities on the Norwegian continental shelf, Aker Solutions is leveraging digitalization to reduce project costs and enable low-manned operations. Photo: Aker BP

In 2020, Equinor and Aker BP reached an agreement on the coordinated development of the NOAKA area in the Norwegian North Sea. The region is comprised of several reservoirs and is estimated to hold total recoverable resources in excess of 500 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

As part of the agreement, Aker BP will operate NOAKA’s North of Alvehim (NOA) and Fulla licenses, while Equinor will operate the Krafla license. LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS is partner in the NOA and Fulla licenses.

Current field development plans include construction of a main processing platform operated by Aker BP in the South and an unmanned processing platform operated by Equinor in the North, and several satellite platforms and tiebacks. The two developments will be mutually dependent on a number of shared utilities, including oil and gas export infrastructure and electrical power from shore.

Aker Solutions was awarded the full field development pre-FEED contract for NOA and Fulla by Aker BP. NOA Fulla is an alliance project, and Aker Solutions contributes as part of the Fixed Facilities Alliance and Subsea Alliance. The scope of work includes design, engineering, and construction studies of both the topsides facilities and the subsea production system (SPS). The contract builds on the strong relationship between the two companies and aims to define a new standard for field development and operations through the extensive use of digitalization.

The transformation is being driven by the ’NOA Digital’ project, which is a joint initiative between Aker Solutions, Aker BP, Aize, and Cognite.

To streamline project development, Aker Solutions will together with the subcontractors Cognite and Aize develop a digital twin that will be populated with the physical assets from the processing platforms and SPS.

Development of the digital twin will open up opportunities for significant cost and schedule savings in the engineering, procurement, and construction phase of the project by enabling advanced capabilities, such as exchange of data and 3D drawings instead of documents, automation of engineering and construction drawings and construction optimization. It also aims at facilitating implementation of a low-manning concept when the facility reaches the operational phase.

Facility start-up is scheduled for 2027.

Equinor’s Hywind Tampen is an 88 MW floating wind power project intended to provide electricity for the Snorre and Gullfaks offshore field operations in the Norwegian North Sea. It will be the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms.

It will also be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm and an essential step in industrializing solutions and reducing costs for future offshore wind power projects.

Hywind Tampen will be a test bed for further development of floating wind, exploring the use of new and larger turbines, installations methods, simplified moorings, concrete substructures and integration between gas and wind power generation systems.

The project scope comprises engineering, procurement, and construction of the 11 floating concrete hulls which will carry the wind turbines, and execution of marine operation services which includes the full project management, engineering, assembly site management, mooring system installation, units tow-to-field and installation of the floating wind turbine units at the Tampen area.

The project will reduce Norwegian CO2 emissions with more than 200,000 tonnes per year, which is equivalent to the emissions from 100,000 cars. In addition, analysis confirm that the hulls made of concrete have a favorable CO2 footprint compared to several other solutions.

Aker Solutions’ integrated system design, dedication to challenging convention, close collaboration and early involvement helped our customer Equinor achieve a reduction in Johan Castberg development costs by 50%, from approximately NOK 100 billion to NOK 50 billion.

Johan Castberg is one of the largest oil discoveries in the Barents Sea, with an estimated 450-650 million barrels of oil equivalents. It is located in 405 meter water depth and far from existing infrastructure. First oil is scheduled for 2022.

Aker Solutions will deliver the subsea production system and the topside engineering on the FPSO.

Working closely with our customer, from the early feasibility stage through FEED and tender we were able to reduce the total development costs by 50%. This saw the optimization of the topside, from keel to flare tip. Costs were reduced without compromising safety or quality, with approximately 400 cost-cutting proposals made across the topside facility alone.

The total cost reduction for the topside and subsea was approximately 30%.

Due to our integrated field design approach we were able to optimize subsea solutions to not require rig or advanced vessels for installation. We developed a lightweight vertical subsea tree that could be easily installed from a small vessel, important in the challenging weather conditions of the Barents Sea. This is now the standard tree design across the Norwegian Shelf, commissioned by other operators on multiple developments.

Aker Solutions in 2015 delivered the world's first subsea compression system for the Åsgard field in Norway.

The system is expected to boost recovery from the Equinor-operated Norwegian Sea field by some 306 million barrels of oil equivalents.

Compressors are used to maintain output as reservoir pressure at gas-producing fields drops over time. These are typically installed on platforms above sea level but the compressor at Åsgard was placed on the seabed since the field uses subsea systems.

Putting the compressor on the seabed near the wellheads improves recovery rates and reduces capital and operating costs. Subsea compression also leaves a smaller environmental footprint and is safer to operate than a platform.

The Åsgard system consists of modules for two identical sets of compressors, pumps, scrubbers and coolers fitted together in an 1,800-metric ton steel frame.

Since 2015, our innovative all-electric subsea gas compression technology, developed with our partners ABB and MAN Energy Solutions, has run at 99% uptime. It will enable the recovery of an additional 306 million barrels of oil equivalent from the field with a significantly lower carbon footprint than a comparable topside installation. More than NOK 5 billion additional revenue was generated in the first year of operation.

Aker Solutions in December 2010 was awarded the contract to deliver the system. It took five years from the project's start to first gas on September 17, 2015. A close collaboration with Equinor and Aker Solutions' suppliers was essential to ensure the successful delivery of this break-through technology.

The technology is a major milestone for the subsea industry, opening new opportunities in deeper waters, harsh environments and in areas far from shore. The Åsgard system is designed for large flow rates, built to be reliable, efficient and flexible.

Aker Solutions is continuing to improve future versions, to deliver slimmer and more cost-efficient solutions. The company and MAN Energy Solutions in October 2015 formed an exclusive alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems.

Aker Solutions helped Equinor put on stream one of the largest oil fields offshore Norway, which at its peak will provide an equivalent of 25 percent of all Norwegian petroleum production.

The Johan Sverdrup field is located in the Utsira High area in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger at water depths of 110-120 meters. The 200 square kilometer reservoir was discovered in 2011 and holds estimated reserves of about 2.7 billion barrels of oil equivalents. The field started producing oil on October 5, 2019 – two months ahead of schedule and some NOK 40 billion below the original budget. Daily production in the first phase is estimated at 440,000 barrels per day, and the field will produce for 50 years to come. At peak, production is estimated to reach 660,000 barrels daily. That’s equal to about 25 percent of Norway’s current petroleum production.

Aker Solutions provided feasibility and concept studies for the Johan Sverdrup discovery in 2012-2013, supporting the partnership in developing a robust development concept. The company in late 2013 won a portfolio framework agreement from Equinor to provide engineering services, procurement and management assistance (EPMA) for the first phase of the development. The front end engineering design (FEED) was executed in 2014, engaging one of the largest FEED teams ever assembled by the company to detail out the four-platform field center concept.

Continuity of personnel and systematic knowledge transfer from the FEED phase was essential to ensure a seamless transition into the engineering, procurement and management assistance contract that commenced in early 2015. The project involved as many as 1,500 of Aker Solutions’ engineering resources.

For the EPMA phase, Aker Solutions was responsible for engineering and procurement for the process and riser platforms, while the living quarter and drilling platforms were awarded as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts to other contractors. Aker Solutions also had the system responsibility for the overall field development.

The project took advantage of a global work share model across Aker Solutions' engineering hubs in Oslo, London and Mumbai. A unique integrated delivery model allows for drawing on complementary capability, capacity and experience from all areas of the global organization. The Johan Sverdrup Academy facilitated virtual teams to work aligned and efficiently together to secure a successful delivery.

A key project focus was to identify ways to reduce costs and improve overall efficiency of the Johan Sverdrup development. The project team worked closely with customer and suppliers to identify cost efficient solutions while safeguarding schedule, enabling the production startup in 2019.

Due to Johan Sverdrup’s size it will be developed in several phases. The first phase of the field center requires 35 production and injection wells and includes a process platform, drilling platform, riser platform and accommodation platform with 450 cabins. The installations, which have steel jackets, are linked by bridges and extend over about 700 meters. The field is developed with land-based power supply, which will reduce total climate gas emissions by 80-90 percent compared with a standard development procedure involving gas turbines offshore Norway. Oil and gas for export from Johan Sverdrup will be transported by pipeline to shore on the west coast of Norway. The oil will then be exported to the Mongstad terminal in Hordaland, while the gas will be transported via Statpipe to Kårstø in Rogaland.

Phase Two of the project includes the development of another processing platform, modifications of the riser platform and the field centre, five subsea templates, in addition to the power-from-shore supply to the Utsira High (including the Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen and Gina Krog fields) by 2022.

Phase Two will add 220,000 barrels of oil per day in production capacity, taking the total output from Sverdrup to 660,000. Production is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2022.