By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 15 -- Saudi Aramco awarded a contract to subsidiaries of J. Ray McDermott SA to build and install 16 production deck modules (PDMs) for oil and gas fields off Saudi Arabia. Financial terms were not disclosed.
In December 2005, Aramco awarded McDermott a contract for related jackets for the Maintain Potential project, which includes work in the Berri, Marjan, Maharah, Safaniya, and Zuluf fields (OGJ Online, Aug. 19, 2005).
In the most recent contract, McDermott agreed to carry out construction, engineering, partial procurement, and fabrication of the PDMs at its Jebel Ali fabrication yard in Dubai. Each PDM weighs 450 tonnes.
The first two decks are scheduled for installation by mid-2007, followed by 10 decks by Oct. 31, 2007, with the remaining four decks scheduled for installation by mid-2008.
