McDermott International Ltd. has won a construction contract for a Malaysian gas pipeline project from Shell PLC on the island of Borneo.
The offshore pipeline will serve the F22, F27 and Selasih fields in the state of Sarawak.
“As part of the contract, McDermott will perform transportation and installation services for two pipeline segments and one section of flexible pipe,” the Texas-based company said in a recent press release. “McDermott will also provide pre-commissioning work on all internal piping and perform the structural installation of three jackets and tops.”
Mahesh Swaminathan, senior vice president of subsea and floating facilities, noted that this is the fourth project it is executing for Shell PLC in McDermott’s subsea and floating facilities segment.
“To ensure efficient project delivery, we will leverage the expertise of our Kuala Lumpur center, which supports the global execution of subsea and offshore projects,” he said in the announcement.
In addition to the three fields, Shell already has eight gas-producing fields off the coast of Sarawak with an operating stake of 50 percent, the British major says on its website. Shell operates a gas-to-liquids plant in Malaysia with a 72 percent interest.
Meanwhile, on Monday McDermott announced another contract for decommissioning work in Australia. Woodside Energy Group Ltd. has awarded him the disposal works of the Stybarrow field.
“As part of the contract, McDermott will provide engineering and project management services for the recovery, transportation and unloading of the DTM. [disconnectable turret mooring] buoy to a suitable onshore yard facility for dismantling and disposal,” McDermott said in another announcement.
The contract will also be executed by its team in Kuala Lumpur with assistance from McDermott’s team in Indonesia.
In another recent development of the company, it said that on July 5 it had launched the construction work of a 980 megawatt power project of the Dutch company TenneT Holding in Dubai.
“We have successfully delivered the engineering of our HVDC [high-voltage direct current] center of excellence in The Hague, and are well on their way to starting construction on this major offshore grid connection project,” said Vaseem Khan, senior vice president of onshore, in a media release from the company. “During this next phase we will leverage our manufacturing yards strategically to drive execution excellence while maintaining our industry-leading safety record.”
McDermott has another contract from state-owned TenneT in Germany.
Also in Germany, McDermott is providing integrated services for a power plant through a consortium with C-EPRI Electric Power Engineering Co. Ltd. and Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Co. Ltd., he added in the announcement.
“Manufacturing will run from McDermott’s fabrication yards in Dubai and Batam, Indonesia, which are unmatched in their ability to deliver complex offshore structures,” McDermott said.
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