J Ray McDermott signs platform deal with AOC JRay McDermott Middle East, Inc., a unit of McDermott International, Inc., has contracted with Aramco Overseas Company (AOC) to fabricate and install additional platforms, production decks and pipelines for Saudi Aramco's Safaniya and Zuluf fields.
Construction work on four production decks and two steel jackets was scheduled to begin this month at J Ray McDermott's Jebel Ali fabrication facility. McDermott Arabia Company Ltd., a unit of J Ray McDermott, will install the fabricated facilities and subsea pipelines associated with the projects next year. The project also requires J Ray McDermott to provide support services. Terms of the transactions are not being disclosed.
''We are pleased that Saudi Aramco has selected our company to participate in these important projects,'' said Kurt Nelson, vice president and general manager of J Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc. ''Our involvement in these projects reaffirms our commitment and dedication to the Saudi offshore construction market.''
Last year J Ray McDermott fabricated and transported five jackets and three production deck modules, along with spools, risers and shrouds for eight individual pipelines to Saudi Aramco's developments in the Abu Safa, Marjan, Safaniya and Zuluf fields. These lump sum contract amendments are extensions to work that was completed last year.
J Ray McDermott is a leading worldwide marine construction company.
Its services include design, fabrication, transportation, and installation of new and refurbished offshore platforms, installation of offshore pipelines, and design and installation of subsea production facilities for the offshore oil and gas industry.
J Ray McDermott has been working with Saudi Aramco since the early 1960s when the company first arrived in the Middle East.
Soon afterwards, McDermott secured its first contract with Aramco on what was to become the famous Safaniya field, with McDermott laying 78 miles of pipelines at Safaniya and Ras Tanura.
Since 1964 J Ray has installed more than 37,000 tonnes of fabricated structures and 700-plus miles of subsea pipelines for AOC.
The Middle Eastern operation has fabricated and installed more than 620 structures and 2,600 miles of pipelines in the Arabian Gulf and India since 1960.
Today, the Middle East area headquarters, fabrication yard and marine base occupy 60 hectares in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai.
