Aker Solutions says pulls bid for Goliat EPC work
OSLO, June 29 (Reuters) - Norwegian oilfield services group Aker Solutions (AKSO.OL) said on Monday it had withdrawn its bid for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on the Goliat field in the Barents Sea.
Aker Solutions said it had proposed to work together with Norway's Aibel and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (010140.KS) on construction of a production vessel, but that the consortium was rejected by operator Italy's Eni (ENI.MI).
"Eni doesn't want us to work through this consortium, but that we bid individually," Aker Solutions spokesman Jannik Lindbaek said, adding Aker Solutions did not wish to make a stand-alone bid.
In February, Italian oil and gas group Eni picked a floating production design developed by offshore services group Sevan Marine (SEVAN.OL) for Goliat, which it expects to come on stream in 2013.
Eni holds 65 percent and Norway's StatoilHydro (STL.OL) holds 35 percent in the field that will be the first offshore oil development in the Barents Sea. Norway said in May the field development was seen costing above 28 billion Norwegian crowns ($4.32 billion). ($1=6.483 Norwegian crowns) (Reporting by Joergen Frich, writing by Richard Solem; Editing by Mike Nesbit)
