Friday 19 October 2018

McDermott International, Inc. held a first steel-cutting ceremony at its fabrication yard in Batam, Indonesia, to mark the commencement of fabrication for the Tyra Redevelopment project.

McDermott will fabricate and assemble two separate work packages for Total, comprising of seven topside structures, six connecting bridges and six jacket extensions weighing a total of 36,300 tons (33,000 metric tons). This is one of the largest combined projects for McDermott in the North Sea.

McDermott was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning contract in December 2017 by Maersk Oil before that company's acquisition by Total in March 2018. Engineering was performed by McDermott's engineering hubs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Chennai, India. Project and supply chain management services are performed in Kuala Lumpur.

The new facilities will be located approximately 139 miles (225 kilometers) west of Esbjerg, Denmark in the North Sea. The Tyra gas field is the center of Denmark's national energy infrastructure, processing 90 percent of the nation's gas production. The Tyra Redevelopment project is critical in ensuring the country's energy supply.