Aker Solutions has entered into a five-year agreement with Cenovus Energy to provide engineering and maintenance services for assets at the White Rose oilfield in Canada.
White Rose is situated roughly 350km east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The contract is valued between Nkr500m ($50.6m) and Nkr1.5bn. It covers the new West White Rose platform and the SeaRose floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The scope of work includes comprehensive engineering, maintenance and operations support. The West White Rose platform is scheduled to commence production this year.
The agreement extends Aker Solutions’ long-standing involvement at the field, where it has been providing offshore engineering services since 2005.
These services have included support for the installation and commissioning of the new platform, in addition to engineering, procurement and work preparation for the SeaRose, most recently in connection with its life extension drydock campaign in 2024.
Aker Solutions executive vice-president and life cycle business head Paal Eikeseth said: “We will apply our multidiscipline project execution model to deliver safe, predictable and cost-efficient operations for our customers.
“Aker Solutions has delivered multi-disciplinary services in the east coast region for more than 30 years. We value our long-standing collaboration with Cenovus Energy and are proud to continue supporting the White Rose development as Canada remains a key market for us.”
The engineering and maintenance work will be managed from Aker Solutions’ office in St. John’s, with around 120 staff working both onshore and offshore.
White Rose is operated by Cenovus Energy, which took over operatorship following its acquisition of Husky Energy in January 2021.
Cenovus Energy subsequently reduced its stake in the field to 60% later that year, with Suncor holding the remaining 40%. The field began production in November 2005.
Last month, Aker Solutions secured a front-end engineering and design contract from Equinor for the preparation of the Kvitebjørn platform to facilitate production from the Atlantis subsea tie-in project in the North Sea.
