Aker Solutions gets contract for Mozambique’s first offshore field

Norway-based Aker Solutions announced that it was awarded a contract to deliver three umbilicals and associated equipment at ENI’s Coral South project, Mozambique’s first offshore field development.

Under the agreement, the company will provide three steel tube umbilicals, that will total more than 19 kilometers in length, and connect the Coral South floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility to the field’s subsea production system. The umbilicals will be manufactured at Aker Solutions’ plant in Moss, Norway, and are scheduled for delivery at the end of 2019.

Aker Solutions’ Chief Executive Officer, Luis Araujo, expressed his delight for the fact that the company is involved in the first offshore development in Mozambique and will play a part in developing the country’s energy industry.

Discovered in 2012, the Coral South development is the first energy project offshore Mozambique and is estimated to contain about 450 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

The two companies agreed to not disclose the financial value of the contract.