J. Ray McDermott awarded additional work, offshore Saudi
Posted: 1 August 2004
J. Ray McDermott Middle East Inc., and McDermott Arabia Company Ltd., subsidiaries of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. have been awarded work by Saudi Aramco to fabricate, transport and install additional offshore production facilities at Saudi Aramco offshore fields in Berri, Marjan and Safaniya. The work is expected to take up to 18 months to complete.
“The project is part of the Maintain Potential program that Saudi Aramco has developed over the last 20 years,” said Edward Gedeon, general manager projects for J. Ray McDermott.
“J. Ray has a long history with Saudi Aramco and we are pleased to be working together again in a region where we have previously carried out numerous offshore projects.”
The company has a strong track record in the Saudi sector of the Arabian Gulf, successfully completing a number of challenging projects for Saudi Aramco most recently in the Zuluf and Safaniya fields in October 2001.
The 2004 Maintain Potential project comprises two new jackets, four production decks, four rigid and three flexible pipelines, along with three submarine cables and anode sleds.
J. Ray’s Jebel Ali construction yard will fabricate the two steel jackets and four decks and work will begin on the structures later this year.
The decks weigh approximately 400 tonnes each and with the weight of the jackets, the total tonnage is estimated at around 4,800 tonnes.
Saudi Aramco’s fields are located off the east coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in waters 18-51 meters deep, and J. Ray’s Gulf based derrick barge, the DB27, will install the facilities in 2005.
J. Ray’s offshore division will be responsible for the transportation and installation of the jackets and decks along with seven pipelines over 25km in length. In addition the scope includes the transportation and installation of three submarine power cables (5KV and 15KV) totaling 15km in length.
“These fields are well developed and the area is full of existing platforms, pipelines and subsea cables – so special care, attention, and skill is required to manoeuvre the installation vessel in these waters,” said Gedeon. “The experience of our offshore superintendents, crews and field engineers, and the versatility of the DB27 combining heavy lift and pipelay capabilities, is complemented by the support services necessary to deliver offshore facilities safely and on schedule.”
For more information see www.jraymcdermott.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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