Aker Solutions has secured a significant contract for the dismantling and recycling of a platform topside and jacket in the North Sea.
While expressing its excitement and earning the contract with Saipem, Aker noted that the decommissioning market is a growing market and one that is rapidly growing its backlog of orders.
“This award adds to an order backlog that already stretches to 2030, and provides further predictability so that we can continue to develop our facility and execution model, with a strong focus on safe operations and capability to deliver a high degree of recycling,” remarked SVP Decom Thomas Nygård.
Indeed, according to the company, it is knowing how to conduct such operations which won this contract. As per the order, Aker will support the receiving, dismantling, sorting and recycling 19,000 tonnes of topside and a steel jacket weighing 10,000 tonnes. These structures will be delivered mainly as modules by Saipem’s semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel, Saipem 7000 between 2025 and 2027.
Of this, 98% is expected to be recycled, representing a key component of the circular economy.
