The consortium of Angolan and Norwegian capital, Aker Solutions Enterprises (AKSEL), opened today(10) a high-tech center for testing and maintenance of underwater equipment for oil production platforms, valued at more than 25 million dollars .
Located in the municipality of Viana, the center is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, allowing underwater oil production equipment to no longer be repaired abroad, where our country cuts costs in terms of costs, repair and return times. , as well as increasing the capacity of the Angolan oil industry in terms of human and technological capital.
According to the words of the executive president of AKSEL, Pedro Godinho, the inauguration of this technology center demonstrates the investment and capacity of national companies in providing specialized technical services to Angolan society.
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The technology center's workforce includes six Angolan engineers, who, according to the company, were trained in Norway in order to be able to operate with the hyperbaric chamber that the center is equipped with, as well as the evolutions that demonstrate “the will and intention to continue to transfer high quality knowledge and technology” for the country, according to the company's ideas.
The document recalls that, in 2016, the company invested 10 million dollars in the construction of its first project, on the basis of Sonils, and began an investment of five million dollars in social responsibility initiatives focused on education.
The inauguration of the respective technology center was attended by the Minister of State for Economic Coordination and the Secretary of State for Petroleum, Manuel Nunes Júnior and José Barroso, respectively, as well as the director-general of TotalEnergies Angola, Olivier Jouny.
According to the official statement from the consortium, which MenosFios had access to, AKSEL is a joint venture under Angolan law that results from the merger of interests between the Norwegian company Aker Solutions, with 49 percent, and the Angolan company Prodiaman Oil Services, with 51 percent.
