Aker Solutions gets subsea umbilical award from Noble Energy

30.09.2010  |  Globenewswire Europe

30 September 2010 - Aker Solutions has been selected to supply further subsea
umbilicals for leading US independent oil and gas company Noble Energy Inc. The
deal is worth approximately NOK 270 million.

This latest order is an exercise of options agreed under the initial NOK 650
million umbilical contract which was announced on 9 April this year.  The subsea
umbilicals will be used at Noble Energy's Tamar deepwater project in the
Mediterranean Sea.

The latest order is for approximately 105 kilometres of steel tube umbilicals,
bringing the total order from Noble Energy up to 330 kilometres of subsea
umbilicals.

Engineering and project management will be provided from Aker Solutions'
facility in Mobile, Alabama, where the umbilicals will be manufactured too.
Estimated delivery date is Q3 2011.

Aker Solutions' contract party is Aker Subsea Inc.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Media:
Endre Johansen, VP Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 58 91, Mob:
+47 416 10 605, E-mail:endre.johansen@akersolutions.com

Investor relations:
Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39,
Mob: +47 911 37 194

Suppliers:
For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this
project, please contact the relevantBA Global Sourcing Champion.

Career opportunities:
Visithttp://www.akersolutions.com/careers

Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Solutions"),
is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services,
technology products and integrated solutions. Aker Solutions' business serves
several industries, including oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals
and power generation. The Aker Solutions group is organised in a number of
separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand/trademark
for most of these entities.

Aker Solutions' parent company is Aker Solutions ASA.  Aker Solutions has
aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and employs
approximately 22 000 people in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com), a group of premier companies
with a focus on energy, maritime and marine resource industries. The Aker
companies share a common set of values and a long tradition of industrial
innovation. As an industrial owner controlling 40.27 percent of the shares in
Aker Solutions through Aker Holding AS, Aker ASA takes an active role in the
development of Aker Solutions.

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is
subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com.






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