LNG

July 12 (LNGJ) - Aker Solutions, the Norwegian energy and LNG project engineering company, secured a contract from Japan’s Idemitsu Oil and Gas Co. to provide engineering services for the development of oil and natural gas resources in the Nam Con Son basin offshore Vietnam. “We are pleased with the opportunity to for the first time work with Idemitsu Oil and Gas in such an important emerging market as Vietnam,” said Luis Araujo, Chief Executive of Aker Solutions. “This will further strengthen our reach in Asia after building an important regional base in Malaysia.” Aker said the project would at its peak involve about 100 engineers, designers and drafters out of the company's regional hub in Kuala Lumpur.