The Aker family of companies has been responsible for the entire MA-D6 field development. Aker Solutions has manufactured and delivered a complete subsea production system and managed the installation of the subsea equipment.
Aker Floating Production has converted and delivered the Dhirubai-1 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), while Aker Solutions has also delivered process equipment and a mooring and offloading system to the FPSO.
Both the subsea system and FPSO have been delivered in less than 16 months after being awarded the contracts by Reliance Industries. Furthermore, the entire field development, from its first discovery to production of first oil, has happened in the space of less than two-and-a-half years.
Raymond Carlsen, executive vice president of Aker Solutions, said: Never has such a complex deepwater project been delivered quicker from a supplier standpoint, and never has a field been developed that quickly. We are proud to have worked with Reliance Industries on this record breaking, fast-track project.
