Aker subsidiary wins contract from Shell UK

26-03-02 Aker Kvaerner subsidiary Aker Verdal has secured a contract from Shell UK Exploration and Production to build a jacket and piles for the UK Continental Shelf platform Goldeneye. The contract, worth more than £ 10 mm ($ 14 mm), includes engineering, procurement and construction and calls for delivery in June 2003.
Aker Kvaerner CEO Sverre Skogen said that the project suggested "that our yards can be competitive in the international market". The Verdal yard will begin construction in October on the structure, which will be 35 sq m at its base, 140 mm high and weigh in at 3,000 tons.

Aker Verdal is one of the few yards in Europe maintaining a specialised jacket construction capability for the upstream oil and gas industry, and the project represents the 28th straight jacket construction project to be undertaken by the yard.
Aker Verdal has three jackets under construction, in the shape of Kvitebjoern for Statoil, Valhall for BP, and Grane for Norsk Hydro.

The Aker Yards Group has chosen Swedish software house IFS as its preferred applications supplier. The agreement is potentially worth NOK 30 mm-NOK 50 mm ($ 3.4 mm-$ 5.7 mm). Following the deal, Aker signed the first contracts for deliveries to Aker Aukra and Aker Yards.
Kvaerner Shipbuilding is also party to the agreement. Aker will use IFS Applications to manage shipbuilding, including material management and project control. It will also use IFS&' portal and web technology to exchange information with suppliers.