BHP lets contract for Shenzi project

BHP has let a contract to McDermott International Ltd. to provide a marine installation campaign for the Shenzi Subsea Multiphase Pumping Project (SSMPP). The project lies 138 miles (222 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 4,400 ft.

The scope of the contract includes project management; detailed design and fabrication for a pump station suction pile; umbilical installation and flexible jumpers and flying leads installation; transport of all materials and equipment; and pre-commissioning services and other necessary testing and surveys.

Engineering, procurement, and project management services will be led by McDermott's Houston engineering group. McDermott's North Ocean 102 vessel will be used for the transport and installation of the material and equipment.

The project will begin immediately and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2022.