28 January 2010 - Aker Solutions is the lowest bidder for a four-year frame
agreement to supply 61 subsea trees to Brazilian national oil company Petrobras.
This has been announced at a public bid opening in Brazil.

Standard procedure is that the company with the lowest bid enters technical
clarifications and commercial negotiations with Petrobras. It is expected that
this process will take a couple of months, and that a contract could be signed
during Q2 2010.

Aker Solutions' bid stands at 195 million Euros.


ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Media: Jannik Lindbæk, SVP Corporate Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47
67 51 30 36, Mob: +47 977 55 622

Investor relations: Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions.
Tel: +47 67 51 30 39, Mob: +47 911 37 194

Career opportunities: visit http://www.akersolutions.com/CareerCentre

Aker Solutions ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Aker Solutions"),
is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services,
technology products and integrated solutions. Aker Solutions' business serves
several industries, including oil & gas, refining & chemicals, mining & metals
and power generation. The Aker Solutions group is organised in a number of
separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand/trademark
for most of these entities.

Aker Solutions' parent company is Aker Solutions ASA. Aker Solutions has
aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 58 billion and has approximately
22 500 employees and 9 500 contract staff in about 30 countries.

Aker Solutions is part of Aker (www.akerasa.com <http://www.akerasa.com/>), a
group of premier companies with a focus on energy, maritime and marine resource
industries. The Aker companies share a common set of values and a long tradition
of industrial innovation. Through its majority-owned holding company Aker
Holding AS, Aker controls 40.27 percent of the shares in Aker Solutions, and
takes an active role in the development of the company.

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is
subject to our disclaimer, see our web-pages www.akersolutions.com
<http://www.akersolutions.com/>.




This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)


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