McDermott wraps up Litoral award

Fabrication win: the Altamira yard in Mexico

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Steve Marshall

 14 January 2013 14:56 GMT

McDemott has confirmed the award of a $230 million turnkey contract for fabrication of a compression platform for Pemex’s Litoral development in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico, as earlier reported by Upstream.

The US engineering giant will build the 8300-tonne Litoral-A production facility for the Litoral Tabasco Tsimin-Xux fields at its Altamira yard in Mexico.

Upstream earlier reported that McDermott dished Spanish rival Dragados Offshore and Mexico’s Cisca to secure the coveted deal, having submitted a $224.7 million bid.

The scope of the contract covers front-end engineering design, detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, load-out, sea fastening, transport, installation, hook-up, commissioning and start-up of the eight-legged platform, including jacket and topsides as well as tripods, bridges and piles.

Engineering work is set to start early this year ahead of fabrication at the Mexican yard.

McDermott will install the…

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