Aker Floating Production Asa News

Aker Floating Production ASA said it had won a 10-year contract from Reliance Industries Limited worth $1.1b. Aker said Reliance Industries Limited had exercised an option to call a 10-year bare boat contract with Aker's subsidiary Aker Contracting for the FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel) Aker SMART 1.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has given approval to C.S. Global Sentinel, L.P., of Baltimore, MD, to transfer the industrial vessel Global Sentinel, Official No. 973792 to Marshall Island registry and flag, without change in the ownership of said vessel. The Global Sentinel now used as a cable vessel is 434 ft. in length and has a gross tonnage of 13,201. The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has given approval to Polar Tankers, Inc., of Bartlesville, OK, to sell two tank vessels the Polar Alaska, Official No. 614544 and the Polar California, Official No. D623291to Aker Floating Production ASA, a Norwegian corporation, and the transfer of said vessel to Marshall Island registry and flag. Both 900-ft. tank vessels have a gross tonnage of 83675 each.

Aker Kvaerner and the Norwegian ship owner Aktieselskabet Borgestad ASA established a new company named Aker Borgestad Operations AS, combining expertise within oil field processing and marine operations. The new company will operate oil and gas production vessels on behalf of Aker Floating Production, a company which owns several Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units. This business model allows Aker Floating Production to remain focused on developing business, leveraging Aker Kvaerner and Borgestad, which both have operations of assets as part of their core business. The Aker Kvaerner company Aker Kvaerner Operations AS and Aktieselskabet Borgestad ASA will each own 45 per cent of the shares in Aker Borgestad Operations…

Aker Kvaerner and the Norwegian ship owner Aktieselskabet Borgestad ASA established a new company named Aker Borgestad Operations AS. The new company will operate oil and gas production vessels on behalf of Aker Floating Production, a company which owns several Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units. This business model allows Aker Floating Production to remain focused on developing business, leveraging Aker Kvaerner and Borgestad, which both have operations of assets as part of their core business. The company, Aker Kvaerner Operations AS and Aktieselskabet Borgestad ASA will each own 45 percent of the shares in Aker Borgestad Operations, while Aker Floating Production ASA and Aker Yards ASA will own five percent each.