Shell awards McDermott EPCI contract for Manatee natural gas field offshore Trinidad and Tobago

(WO) – McDermott has received a limited notice to proceed for an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract from Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited for the Manatee natural gas field development project, located offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

The Manatee natural gas project scope is for the design, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation, and commissioning of a wellhead platform, offshore and onshore gas pipelines.

The Manatee field is a conventional natural gas development. Once commissioned, gas will supply both domestic and export markets from Trinidad and Tobago.

"This award follows our successful delivery of the front-end engineering design for the Manatee gas field," said Mahesh Swaminathan, McDermott's Senior Vice President, Subsea and Floating Facilities. "It is testament to McDermott's integrated EPCI capabilities built over the last 100 years around the world including many successful projects in Trinidad and Tobago.”