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| Aker Solutions wins contract in Brazil Norway-based Aker Solutions has signed a contract to design, build and supply heavy oil separation equipment to an FPSO vessel operated by OSX, an EBX group company, in Brazil. The contract value is approximately NOK 40 million. The purpose of the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract is to offer new equipment to the existing process facilities, in order to convert the current light oil process system to heavy oil production on board the OSX-1 FPSO, which will operate for OGX, the oil company operating on the Waimea field offshore Brazil. The work will be performed by Aker Solutions' process systems divisions in Norway, Canada and Scotland. Fabrication of vessels and skid will be done in Singapore. The delivery is expected in April 2011. The conversion of the FPSO and the client project administration is performed by BWO in Singapore on behalf of OSX with delivery from the shipyard scheduled for May 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |