Christmas trees for Brazil

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a two year frame agreement worth approximately $84 million to supply subsea christmas trees to Brazil's national oil company Petrobras.

The scope of work comprises 30 subsea christmas trees with associated tools. The first delivery will comprise 9 dual-bore christmas trees designed to 2000 metre water depth plus associated sets of tools.

Construction will take place at Aker Kvaerner's facility in Curitiba, Brazil, for delivery in the next 12 months. The duration of the frame agreement is two years, with an option to extend by one year.

Aker Kvaerner has previously delivered more than 130 subsea christmas trees to Petrobras since the start of operations in Brazil.