AKER KVAERNER SIGNS SUBSEA UMBILICAL FRAME AGREEMENT WITH WOODSIDE PETROLEUM
2007.11.22 -
Subsea Headlines
Aker Kvaerner has signed a frame agreement with Woodside Petroleum Ltd to become the Australian oil and gas giant`s preferred supplier of steel tube umbilicals. The contract could be worth between NOK 150 - 200
million annually.
The frame agreement is awarded for a three year period with optional periods of one + one year and has the potential to support Woodside Petroleum Ltd with its proposed LNG developments.
The agreement will make Aker Kvaerner`s subsea division the main supplier of steel tube umbilicals to Woodside`s field developments off the western coast of Australia.
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