McDermott has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract worth more than $1 billion by ADNOC for Package 4 of the Umm Shaif Integrated Gas Cap and Surface Pressure Boosting (SPB) Project.

The package forms part of the Umm Shaif Long Term Development Plan, which is designed to increase gas recovery and production from the field.

Under the contract, McDermott and its Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan (QMW) consortium will deliver the full EPCI scope for a new surface pressure boosting facility. The work includes construction and installation of a jacket and topside, together with associated brownfield modifications.

McDermott said the topside will rank among the heaviest offshore modules installed in the Middle East upon completion.

Engineering and project management activities will be led from McDermott offices in the United Arab Emirates. Fabrication will be carried out at QMW, the company’s joint venture fabrication yard in Qingdao, China.

Mike Sutherland, Senior Vice President, Offshore Middle East at McDermott, said the company will support ADNOC’s production objectives through the project. Angela De Vincentis, Vice President of Operations, Offshore Middle East, said the award expands McDermott’s role in the development of the Umm Shaif field.

McDermott defines a mega contract as one valued at more than $1 billion.