Aker lands trailblazing Petronas support deal

摘要

NORWEGIAN oilfield services company Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract to provide specialist engineering support to the 'Design One, Build Many' (D1BM) initiative of Malaysian national ompany Petronas. The contract is for front-end engineering and design services, and well-placed sources said Aker Solutions' Malaysian subsidiary had won the multi-million-dollar job in a competitive bid against rival engineering houses. Petronas - led by chief executive Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin - referred to the D1BM project in its activity outlook for 2020 to 2022. In the period beyond 2022, Petronas said it has a "steady outlook" for light to medium-weight wellhead platforms and floating structures "in line with the emerging number of marginal field develop- ments in Malaysia". The Kuala Lumpur-based company said it was exploring the DlBM concept to make a contribution "towards higher efficiency in schedule and cost management". Khairol Anuar Shukri, the company's head of technical solutions, said Petronas was "exploring the Design One, Build Many concept - an integrated approach on design standardisation and volume consolidation". "The design replication approach, to be applied for selected projects, enables users to have economies of scale, improve schedule efficiency, and subsequently lowering total installed cost," he said.