Offshore field developer, J. Ray McDermott has loaded out the completed Medusa spar hull from its Jebel Ali fabrication yard on to a transportation vessel bound for the Gulf of Mexico. It is the first spar hull to be fabricated by a J. Ray McDermott company worldwide, and the first structure that the Jebel Ali facility has ever exported to the Gulf of Mexico offshore market.
Last week's loadout was the culmination of just over 18 months work fabricating the 11,300-ton, 179-meter, truss spar hull for Murphy Oil's Medusa project. Taller than the Dubai World Trade Center, the structure will be transported over 17,400 kilometers in just over a month to the Mississippi Canyon Block 582 and installed in 678 meters of water.
Project staff at the Jebel Ali facility are already busy constructing a second, similar truss spar hull for Murphy Oil‘s Front Runner deepwater development - again in the Gulf of Mexico.
J. Ray McDermott is a subsidiary of McDermott International, a worldwide company specializing in offshore field developments, its turnkey and project management services include design, fabrication and installation of spar platforms; design and installation of subsea facilities; design, fabrication, transportation and installation of new and refurbished bottom-founded offshore platforms; and, installation of offshore pipelines for the oil and gas industry.
The company's subsidiaries manufacture steam-generating equipment, environmental equipment, and products for the U.S. government. They also provide engineering and construction services for industrial, utility and hydrocarbon processing facilities, and to the offshore oil and natural gas industries. — (menareport.com)
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