McDermott International Inc. has been awarded a sizeable lump sum contract by听LLOG Exploration Offshore LLC听(LLOG) in support of LLOG鈥檚 Otis development located in the Gulf of听Mexico. The lump sum contract will be included in McDermott鈥檚 2Q15 backlog.
Otis field, Gulf of Mexico
The Otis field, located in听Block Mississippi Canyon听79, will be developed as a subsea tieback to the Delta House floating production system and lies in approximately 3800 ft of water. The contract scope includes project management, engineering, fabrication and installation of a 75 000 ft insulated rigid flowline and insulated steel catenary riser, with associated pipeline end termination and jumper, and pre-commissioning.
McDermott鈥檚听Houston听office will perform the overall project management and engineering. The flowline and steel catenary riser are scheduled to be assembled and fabricated at McDermott鈥檚 new spoolbase facility in听Gulfport, Mississippi.
Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed in early 2016 by McDermott deepwater rigid reel lay vessel 105 (LV 105).
Comment from McDermott
鈥淭his award represents an important step in McDermott鈥檚 growth plans for the Gulf of Mexico,鈥� said听Scott Munro, Vice President of听Americas,听Europe听and听Africa at McDermott. 鈥淭his is our first contract award for rigid reel lay in the area since the delivery of the LV 105 deepwater vessel and development of our new听Gulfport听marine facility and spoolbase. We look forward to working with LLOG over the coming months and delivering this project safely.鈥�
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