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Aker Solutions wins contract to build Shell's Jackdaw platform 12:42 (02-08) - Bron: Reuters
OSLO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Norwegian engineering firm Aker
Solutions said on Tuesday it has won a contract from
Shell to build an offshore platform for Britain's
Jackdaw gas field.
The offshore field about 250 kilometres east of Aberdeen is
expected to account for over 6% of British North Sea gas output
at its peak production in by the middle of this decade, Shell
has said.
To lower the costs, the field will be produced by using a
wellhead platform that is not permanently manned, tied-back to
the nearby Shearwater platform. Aker Solutions said it would book an order intake of between
2 billion and 3 billion Norwegian crowns ($206 million-$309
million) for the contract in the third quarter.
"We are pleased that Shell selects us to develop a
cost-effective platform for this major North Sea gas field,"
Aker Solutions said in a statement. ($1 = 9.7063 Norwegian crowns)
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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