McDermott International is to provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning services of the Ayatsil-C replacement jacket and associated deck installation as past of a contract awarded by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
Claimed to be Pemex’s largest discovery to date, the Ayatsil field is located in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico.
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The company plans to develop the field with four platforms and adjacent Tekel heavy oil field with one platform.
All of them would be tied to a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
In addition, Pemex has plans to drill 43 wells in the project in water depths of 375ft-405ft.
McDermott International Americas, Europe and Africa vice-president Scott Munro said: "This is the fourth contract McDermott has received for the Ayatsil field and follows the successful delivery of the Ayatsil-B drilling platform in 2014 and installation of the Ayatsil-A offshore jacket, deck and piles earlier this year.
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By GlobalData"Our integrated EPCI approach allows McDermott to provide PEMEX with a faster delivery schedule and lower-cost solution that will be locally built and executed to our global industry-recognised quality and safety standards."
McDermott plans to complete the installation of all structures by using its in-house engineering and procurement experts, which include Mexico’s Altamira fabrication yard.
The company will also use Intermac 600 transportation and launch barge and heavy-lift Derrick Barge 50 vessel for this purpose.
The facilities will have a total weight of around 14,800t.
According to McDermott, the project is scheduled for completion during the fourth quarter of 2016.
Image: McDermott completed the Ayatsil-B eight-leg jacket and deck from its Altamira fabrication yard in 2014. Photo: courtesy of Business Wire.
