Aker Energy has clearly spelled out to industry that its Deepwater Tano-Cape Three Points contracting strategy will focus on legacy alliances developed by associate operator Aker-BP in Norway, writes Iain Esau.

On Aker-BP’s shallow-water projects off Norway, Subsea 7 is working successfully with OneSubsea and Schlumberger under the trio’s Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA).

In contrast, off Ghana, Subsea 7 is set to work independently of the SIA because Aker Solutions will pick up the 30-well subsea production system package.