Floater designs (Semis, TLPs, SPARs, FPSOs)

Floating oil and gas exploration and production facilities developed and delivered by Aker Solutions are a central part of some of the largest offshore field developments projects taking place around the world today. This is no coincidence.

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Aker Solutions has more than 40 years’ experience from the design and construction of floating facilities, including some of the world’s most advanced semi-submersible drilling and production platforms, floating production storage and offloading vessels and tension leg platforms.

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Ichthys: world-leading technological expertise

Aker Solutions is a key subcontractor for the Offshore Facilities front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ichthys Project off northwestern Australia.
Aker H-7000: competitive new drilling floaters

In managing Aker Solutions' product portfolio, a new class of semisubmersible drilling rig design branded Aker H-7000 has been developed for deepwater applications. The service...
Skarv FPSO: biggest ever built for deployment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

The Skarv floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is the biggest ever built for deployment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). It will serve the Skarv and...
Gjøa: one of the most modern semisubmersible production platforms ever built

Aker Solutions, a leading provider of semisubmersible production platforms, delivered the Gjøa platform in the North Sea in 2010.
Drilling rigs for ultra deep waters

The Aker H-6e semisubmersible drilling rig design is Aker Solutions’ response to the offshore industry’s demand for a new generation offshore drilling rig.
Heidrun TLP: world’s first concrete tension leg platform

The Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea, at 350m water depth, has been producing oil and gas since October 1995. It was discovered in 1985 by ConocoPhillips, which served as...
Snorre A TLP: integrated production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) unit

Spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, the Snorre field, operated by Statoil has been producing oil and gas since August 1992. The Snorre...
White Rose FPSO: meeting the harsh environment of the Grand Banks

The White Rose oilfield is located 350 kilometres east of Newfoundland. Recoverable reserves for the South Avalon pool of the oilfield are estimated at 200-250 million barrels....
Åsgard A: Delivered by Aker Solutions as complete EPC contract

The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, at a water depth of 320m, about 200 kilometres off mid-Norway. According to operator Statoil, it ranks among the...
Dry-tree semi: Production platform concept for ultra-deepwater fields

Aker Solutions is developing a Dry Tree Semi (DTS) hull-mooring-riser integrated system and performing model tests to investigate coupled system response. The objective is to...
Kristin: highest pressure and highest temperature field ever tapped on the Norwegian continental shelf

Kristin is a gas and condensate field located in the south-western part of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. Discovered in 1996, and located almost 5 000 metres below ground...
Blind Faith: one of the deepest producing platforms in the world

Operating at a water depth of 1980m, in Mississippi Canyon block 650, approximately 162 miles southeast of New Orleans, in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Blind Faith is one...
P-51/P-52, P-56: Semisubmersible production platforms for deepwater field developments in Brazil

Aker Solutions has provided designs for a total of 3 semisubmersible production platforms for deepwater field developments in Brazil by Petrobras.