Aker Kvaerner signs Gjoa umbilicals contract

Aker Kvaerner has signed a contract with Statoil for the manufacturing and supply of steel tube umbilical control cables for the Gjoa field in the North Sea. The contract is worth approximately NOK 260 million.

Aker Kvaerner will deliver about 16 kilometres of dynamic and static umbilicals to Statoil. The umbilicals will be manufactured and delivered out of Aker Kvaerner Subsea’s facility in Moss, Norway.

The umbilicals will connect the Gjoa semisubmersible platform - currently being built by Aker Kvaerner - to the Gjoa field’s subsea production system. Additionally, one umbilical will connect the Gjoa field to the nearby Vega field. Aker Kvaerner Subsea is also supplying all steel tube umbilicals for Vega.

Work on the umbilicals will start immediately. Delivery is scheduled for May 2009.

The Gjoa field was discovered in 1989. It is a combined oil and gas field located off the Norwegian west coast. Statoil is the operator in the field development phase. Production of oil and gas is expected to start in 2010.