| J. Ray McDermott Awarded Fabrication Work on the Gorgon Project |
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| Sunday, 09 May 2010 10:33 | |||
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McDermott International, Inc. announced today that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray") has been awarded a contract by the Kellogg Joint Venture-Gorgon on behalf of Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd., operator of the Gorgon Project. Contracts of this nature are typically valued in excess of $150 million and this contract will be included in McDermott's second quarter 2010 backlog. Steve Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of J. Ray said, "This significant project underscores J. Ray's comprehensive fabrication capabilities at Batam Island, Indonesia and further strengthens our position in the Liquefied Natural Gas module fabrication market." J. Ray will provide services for project management, fabrication engineering, procurement and material management, construction, commissioning assistance, quarantine compliance, loadout and seafastening. The pre-assembled structures, when completed, will be installed as part of the Liquefied Natural Gas plant currently under construction on Barrow Island, on Australia's North West Shelf. Work is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2010, with project completion after two years. McDermott is an engineering and construction company, with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities, focused on energy infrastructure. McDermott's customers are predominantly utilities and other power generators, major and national oil companies, and the United States Government. With its global operations, McDermott operates in over 20 countries with more than 25,000 employees.
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