US subsea and deepwater engineering and construction player McDermott has received a limited notice to proceed with an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Shell for the Manatee gas field development project, located off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
Subject to Shell taking a final investment decision, the Manatee project scope is for the design, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation, and commissioning of a wellhead platform, and offshore and onshore gas pipelines.
“This award follows our successful delivery of the front-end engineering design for the Manatee gas field,” said Mahesh Swaminathan, McDermott’s SVP for subsea and floating facilities.
The Manatee field is a conventional gas development and once commissioned, gas will supply both domestic and export markets from Trinidad and Tobago.
The field is part of the cross-border Loran-Manatee discovery, shared by Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. The field holds some 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, with 7.3 on Venezuela’s side and the remaining 2.7 on Trinidad’s side.
