McDermott Hosts Celebratory Event for Abkatun-A2 Sail Away -- Largest Oil Platform Constructed in Mexico in 10 Years
Nov. 15, 2018 McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) announced today an event that was hosted at their world-class fabrication yard in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico celebrating the sail away and another project milestone of the PEMEX Exploración y Producción PB-Abkatun-A2 oil and gas production platform. Representatives from PEMEX, government officials, including Governor of Tamulipas, Fran isco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, McDermott and regional news outlets participated in the event. The PB-Abkatun-A2 platform is McDermott's largest project in size and total value to date for PEMEX. The USD $454 million engineering, procurement, construction and installation and commissioning (EPCIC) project was awarded to the Company in June 2016. McDermott's scope of the work spanned from the basic engineering design to tie-in and commissioning of the jacket, deck, four tripod jackets, and four bridges about 100 meters each. Two tripods were designed to be used as part of the flare system whi...