Aramco awards contracts for Saudi Arabian offshore oil fields

Aug. 19, 2005
Saudi Aramco has awarded J. Ray McDermott SA subsidiaries contracts for fabrication and installation services associated with field development in Marjan, Zuluf, and Safaniya oil fields off Saudi Arabia.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 19 -- Saudi Aramco has awarded J. Ray McDermott SA subsidiaries contracts for fabrication and installation services associated with field development in Marjan, Zuluf, and Safaniya oil fields off Saudi Arabia.

J. Ray will commence work at its Jebel Ali fabrication facility in Dubai on construction engineering, partial procurement, and fabrication of five wellhead jackets, five drill decks, and three scrappers.

The work scope also includes installation of 13 miles of subsea pipelines, including one 24-in. and four 16-in. flowlines in 49-170 ft of water, with tie-in pools, anode sled assemblies, and associated cables; and risers and two subsea power cables totaling more than 4 miles in length.

All installation work will be executed using J. Ray's DB27 derrick barge.