J. Ray McDermott “Firsts”
Subsea Tieback Forum 2004
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What Contractor was the
“First to Incorporate
“SCRAMS” Technology into
a Subsea System Design?”

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Allegheny Field Development
Production Facility
Client: British-Borneo Exploration, Inc.
SeaStar®
TLP
Supplier: Atlantia Corporation
Location: Green Canyon Blocks 254, 297 & 298
Water Depth: 3,310 feet
Scope:
 EPCI Contract: Installation of the SeaStar®
tension leg platform (TLP), including piled
foundations, tendons, hull and deck, 5
subsea trees, 2 REM’s 5 x 4” and 2 x 12” SCR
with titanium stress joints.
Description:
 Five wells, planned among two well centers.
Production flows to the SeaStar®
mini TLP via
individual 4 inch diameter insulated steel catenary
risers (SCRs). One well center is situated north-
northwest of the platform and the other is to the
south-southwest. The well centers are 3,000 feet from
the TLP. The TLP contains process equipment and
serves as the control center. Two 12 inch SCRs exit
the TLP to the north-northwest to export the
processed oil and gas.
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Innovation:
 Titanium Tapered Stress Joint used for suspending
the SCRs at the TLP
 High Collapse Resistance (HCR) hoses in a direct
hydraulic /electric control umbilical
 Two years from design concept to first oil
 Insulated high pressure 4” flowline SCRs

What Contractor “Developed the
Sand-Jack System for Deck-to-
Jacket Mating Offshore?”

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The Sand-Jack System design was used
to install Ras Laffan and QGas in 1998.
Development was started in 1996 in a
FEED Study for Ras Laffan and began
serious development in 1997. In the
eighties, JRM used a Crude Sand-Jack
System to install three decks for Exxon in
Mobile Bay.

What Contractor “Entered into
an Exclusive Yard Contract for
the Sole Fabrication of 70,000
Tons of Topsides?”

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Atlantis Field Development
Production Facility
Scope/Description:
 The Atlantis topsides consist of three
modules, the Production and
Compression Modules, each weighing
about 5,000 tons, and a Generation
Module weighing 4,000 tons.
Equipment consists of electrical
generating equipment and oil and gas
processing equipment. The three
modules will be installed on a moored
semi-submersible hull.
Client: BP
Location: Along the Sigsbee
Escarpment in Green
Canyon Blocks 699, 700,
742, and 744
Water Depth: 4,400 to 7,100 feet
Innovation:
 Atlantis is one of four major BP deepwater
projects for the Gulf of Mexico under
construction at the company’s Morgan City
facility which is under exclusive use for BP.

Holstein Field Development
Client: BP
Location: Green Canyon Blocks 645
Water Depth: 4,300 feet
Production Facility
Scope/Description:
 Holstein will be a 149.25’ diameter SPAR moored by 16
chain, wire and suction pile anchors, supporting a
topsides with a total operating weight of approximately
26,445 ST. The topsides will consist of 4 levels with all
the production vessels, compressors, generators, and
quarters needed for self-sufficient operations. It will
have wells for production and water injection and a
drilling rig capable of drilling to 25,000 feet. Holstein will
also have two steel catenary risers for oil and gas export.
 Topside facilities are being fabricated in three major
components. The North Module will house the drilling
and processing facilities; the South Module will house
the quarters and utilities; and the Module Support Frame
will house the support structure that will mate the
topsides to the spar hull.
Innovation:
 Holstein is one of four major BP deepwater
projects for the Gulf of Mexico under
construction at the company’s Morgan City
facility which is under exclusive use for BP.
Topsides under construction

Mad Dog Field Development
Production Facility
Client: BP
Location: Green Canyon 782
Water Depth: 4,500 feet
Scope/Description:
 Mad Dog will be 16-slot truss spar providing a dry-tree
environment for production of oil and gas, as well as
provide a host facility for future subsea developments.
Production equipment, a drilling rig, and permanent
quarters for both drilling and production personnel will
be located on the spar.
 The Spar will be a single piece structure with a total
payload of approximately 18,000 short tons excluding
hull storage.
 The topsides are designed around a single-lift integrated
deck concept with a lift weight of approximately 8,400
short tons.
Innovation:
 Mad Dog is one of four major BP deepwater
projects for the Gulf of Mexico under
construction at the company’s Morgan City
facility which is under exclusive use for BP.
Topsides under construction

Thunder Horse Field Development
Production Facility
Client: BP
Location: Mississippi Canyon
Block 778/822
Water Depth: 6,050 feet
Scope/Description:
 Thunder Horse facilities for drilling, processing and
exporting hydrocarbons will be floating, large and
complex, including a PDQ (Production-Drilling-
Quarters) semi-submersible. The semi-submersible
is currently expected to be moored by 16 chain, wire
and suction pile anchors with a weight of
approximately 82,543 metric tons. The 185 man
quarters will be built into the hull of the semi-
submersible.
 The topsides consist of three modules – Production,
Generator and Compression. The Production and
Compression Modules, which are three main deck
levels high, each measure approximately 115’ wide x
170’ long x 90’ high and weigh 5,669 tons and 6,130
tons, respectively. The Generator Module, which has
two main continuous deck levels, measures
approximately 104’ wide x 292’ long x 35’ high and
will weigh 7,658 tons.
Topsides under construction
Innovation:
 Thunder Horse is one of four major BP deepwater
projects for the Gulf of Mexico under construction
at the company’s Morgan City facility which is
under exclusive use for BP.

What Contractor installed
the “First Pipeline Utilizing
the J-Lay Method?”

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Auger
Client: Shell Offshore, Inc.
Location: Garden Banks 426A
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,860 Feet
Scope:
Multi-services contract with J. Ray McDermott
being responsible for:
 Fabrication of deck
 Offshore mating of Auger hull and deck
 Installation of lateral mooring system
 Connection of Auger TLP to lateral mooring system
 Tendon assembly, installation and TLP tendon
tensioning
 Installation of 12” Oil & Gas Sales Pipelines
Innovation:
 Box girder and node fabrication techniques
 Float-over mating in open water
 Tendon assembly and installation
 Lateral mooring system installation
 Pipelay utilizing S-Lay and J-Lay techniques
Technology:
 World’s first application of J-Lay pipelay
technology
 Set Gulf of Mexico pipelay water depth records at
time of construction
 Largest single piece deck fabricated by J. Ray
McDermott
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Who became the “First Offshore
Platform Fabrication Company to
receive ISO 14001 Certification by
ABS Quality Evaluations?”

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J. Ray McDermott
Morgan City Fab. Yard
December 26, 2001

What Contractor designed and
installed the First “In-Line Diverless
Pipeline Tie-In Sled?”

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Client: British-Borneo Exploration, Inc.
SeaStar®
Supplier: Atlantia Corporation
Location: Ewing Banks 921, 964, 965
Water Depth: 1,690 feet
Scope:
 Lump Sum contract, plus reimbursable on
certain procured items, with McDermott
being responsible for designing, procuring
& installing export pipelines, 3 subsea
production and 1 water injection well with
associated controls, umbilicals and risers.
This also includes installation of the
SeaStar®
TLP in 1,690’ of water.
Innovation:
 First deepwater project for British-Borneo
 Two years from concept design to first oil
 First use of Atlantia SeaStar®
mini TLP technology
 First JRM designed and installed steel catenary risers
 First JRM designed, procured and installed subsea
system in the Gulf of Mexico
 First deepwater diverless pipeline sidetaps in the Gulf
of Mexico
 First insulated flexible flowlines in the Gulf of Mexico
 First coiled tubing access of subsea production
system from surface TLP
Morpeth Field Development

What Contractor designed, fabricated,
and installed the “Only Compliant
Tower Facilities in the World?”

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Baldpate Field Development
Description:
 The Baldpate site development includes a compliant
tower designed for drilling, production and workover
operations. Seven wells will be predrilled with a semi-
submersible drilling rig and tied-back to the
production facility. Eleven additional well slots are
provided for future drilling and provisions for future
subsea tie-ins were included in the design.
Scope:
 JRM Engineering was awarded the design of
the compliant tower including foundation
piling, drilling & production conductors and tie-
back strings
 JRM fabrication was awarded the fabrication of
the tower base section and foundation piling.
Client: Amerada Hess Corporation
Location: Garden Banks 260
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 1,650 Feet
Innovation:
 Deepest bottom founded structure designed
and erected offshore anywhere
 First compliant tower without guylines
 First articulated compliant tower
 First compliant tower installed in two sections
offshore
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Drilling and Production Compliant Tower

What Contractor’s Barge “Worked
a Total of 1,284 days without a
Lost Time Accident?”

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J. Ray McDermott
DB-16

What Contractor designed, fabricated,
and installed the “Deepest Tripod
Jacket in the World?”

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Cinnamon Tripod
Deepest Tripod Jacket in the World
Client: Shell Offshore, Inc.
Location: Green Canyon 89A,
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 671 Feet
Scope / Description:
 Risk sharing contract to purchase materials,
fabricate and loadout a tripod jacket with
appurtenances, piles and conductors.
 Transport & Install tripod jacket (approx. 6,000 s.
tons) in 670’ water depth.
 Dual Derrick Barge Lift - DB50 & Shearleg 5000
 Secure jacket to seafloor with 4 x 84”ø piles (2 @ C1,
1 @ A2 and 1 @ B2);
 T.O.J. “Dummy Leg” framing to accept a 4-leg deck
(approx. 1,600 s. tons)
 Designed for Full API Rig (H&P 107)
 Jacket footprint: 260’ x 260’ x 213’
 Skirt piles: 2 @ C1 = 320 s. tons /330’ & 1@ A2 & B2
- 420 s. tons/425’
Innovation:
 The Cinnamon jacket is the deepest tripod
jacket fabricated and installed to date.
 Due to the uncertainties associated with
fabrication of a tripod of this size and
considering engineering was still in progress,
it was decided to handle this project under a
risk sharing type of contract. The project was
completed on schedule and under budget.

What Contractor designed and
installed the “First ever 15,000 psi
Pipeline in the World?”

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Scope:
 Design, procure, fabricate and install four
subsea pipeline end manifolds
 Install two 8” rigid flowlines (5 miles ea.)
utilizing S-Lay method
 Install one - 6” pipeline (1 mile)
 Pigging and Hydrotesting of installed system
 First 15K subsea pipeline in the world
Description:
 DB16 installed two 8” dia. Flowlines
from J-tubes at the “Salsa” platform to
subsea pipeline end manifolds using
deepwater S-lay method
 6” flowline was laid from a wellhead to
the pipeline end manifold
 Manifold and pipeline end sleds were
also installed
Conger Subsea DevelopmentConger Subsea Development
Client: Shell
Location: Garden Banks 172 - 215
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 700 to 1,450 Feet

What Contractor designed and
installed the “Deepest and Largest
Diameter PIP project to date (also the
deepest JRM J-Lay to date)?”

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Crosby
Client: Shell International Exploration and
Production Inc. (SIEP)
Location: Mississippi Canyon 809 to 899
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 3,800 - 4,400 Feet
Scope:
 Installed dual 8”x12” steel pipe-in-pipe flowlines and
Steel Catenary Risers (SCR’s) Approximately 10 miles
each from subsea well cluster to Ursa TLP
 Installed subsea manifold (200 short tons) in 4,400’
water depth
 Installed topside package at Ursa TLP
 Hand-off SCR’s to Ursa TLP
World’s Deepest Steel Pipe-in-Pipe Flowlines
Technology & Innovation:
 World’s deepest steel pipe-in-pipe to
date
 JRM’s deepest pipeline to date
 JRM’s deepest subsea manifold
installation to date
Description:
 Dynamic positioned DB-50 and J-lay
system used for installation
 Flowlines were initiated at subsea well
cluster while drill rig was on station
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What Contractor installed the First
“Man-Made Reef” in Mobil Bay?

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J. Ray McDermott
Utilizing Surplus Army Tanks

What Contractor fabricated and
installed a platform that received the
Award for “Outstanding Civil
Engineering Achievement” and was
the “World’s Tallest Man-Made
Structure?”

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Auger
Client: Shell Offshore, Inc.
Location: Garden Banks 426A
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,860 Feet
Scope:
Multi-services contract with J. Ray McDermott
being responsible for:
 Fabrication of deck
 Offshore mating of Auger hull and deck
 Installation of lateral mooring system
 Connection of Auger TLP to lateral mooring system
 Tendon assembly, installation and TLP tendon
tensioning
 Installation of 12” Oil & Gas Sales Pipelines
Innovation:
 Box girder and node fabrication techniques
 Float-over mating in open water
 Tendon assembly and installation
 Lateral mooring system installation
 Pipelay utilizing S-Lay and J-Lay techniques
Technology:
 World’s first application of J-Lay pipelay
technology
 Set Gulf of Mexico pipelay water depth records at
time of construction
 Largest single piece deck fabricated by J. Ray
McDermott
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What Contractor designed, fabricated,
installed and commissioned the
“Deepest SPAR?”

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Location Mississippi Canyon 773,
Gulf of Mexico
Water depth 5,610 feet
Gas rate 110 MMscfd of feed gas
Oil rate 60 Mbpd
Water rate 40 Mbpd
Fabricated weight ~6,400 tons
Project drivers Total McDermott supply of
EPCI contract services
Fast-track project schedule &
delivery
Engineering Scope:
 Engineering & procurement management
 Topsides & mooring system FEED design & detailed
engineering design & hull detailed engineering design
 Procurement of all topsides & hull marine systems
equipment & mooring system equipment &
components
 Hull & topsides fabrication support engineering &
installation engineering
Dominion Devils Tower Spar

What Contractor designed, fabricated,
and installed the “Largest Sulfur
Mining Facility Platforms and Bridges
in the GOM?”

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Freeport McMoRan
Client: Freeport-McMoRan Resource
Location: Main Pass 299,
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 212 Feet
Sulphur Mine Project
Description:
 Fifteen platforms make up the Freeport-McMoRan
Resource Partner’s Main Pass Mine, the largest
offshore complex in the Gulf of Mexico. Five of the 6
major platforms are connected via 13 bridges (which
span is approximately 1 mile) supported by 9 bridge
support platforms.
 Six (6) Major Platforms:
 - 2 Production and Drilling
 - Pressure Control
 - Power Plant
 - Sulphur Storage
 - Living Quarters/Warehouse
Innovations:
 Longest and heaviest offshore bridge: 600 ft. and
2000 s.t.
 Thickest and highest strength pile: 60” dia. X 5.0”
thick, 100 ksi yield steel
 Platforms designed for maximum of 60 ft. vertical
subsidence and 30 ft. lateral movement

What Contractor installed the “First
Drilling and Production SPAR?”

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Genesis Spar
Client: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Location: Green Canyon 205A, Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,590 Feet
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Scope / Description:
 Cost reimbursable contract for topsides design,
fabrication, topsides equipment, procurement, conceptual
riser design services and detailed review, and installation
of the spar mooring system, hull, topsides facility and
hookup & commissioning services. Production is
through buoyancy tensioned risers connected to subsea
wellheads with surface intervention and control.
 JRM Engineering provided topsides design and
equipment procurement.
 Mentor provided conceptual riser design services and
detailed riser review.
 JRM Fabrication provided topsides fabrication.
 JRM Marine provided installation of the spar mooring
system, hull, topsides facility and hookup &
commissioning services
Innovation:
 Box girder and node fabrication techniques
 Float-over mating in open water
 Tendon assembly and installation
 Lateral mooring system installation
 Pipelay utilizing S-Lay and J-Lay techniques
First Drilling and Production Spar in the Gulf of Mexico

What Contractor installed the “First
Mid-Line Electrical Connector” for
Electric Heated PIP Project?

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Habanero
Client: Shell Exploration & Production
Company
Location: Garden Banks Blocks 341, 384, 427
& 426 - Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,000 to 2,860 Feet
Flowline & Steel Catenary Riser Installation
Scope:
 Installation contract for the construction of two (2) electrically-
heated pipe-in-pipe (PIP) flowlines comprised of 6.625” x 0.719” API
5L X70 SMLS carrier pipe and 10.750” x 0.438” API 5L X70 ERW
casing pipe. The 6.625” carrier pipe was insulated with 1.3-inch
thick jacketed polyurethane foam.
 Flowline construction activities included the installation of two (2)
PIP flowline initiation sleds located in 2,000 feet of water using pre-
installed suction piles located adjacent to the two (2) subsea wells,
and the installation of two (2) 6.625” x 0.844” API 5L X70 SMLS
steel catenary risers (SCR’s) located in 2,860 feet of water and
insulated with 3.0” of multi-layered Thermotite insulation.
 Installation engineering work was performed by JRM Engineering
in Houston, TX. All flowline installation activities were performed
by the Derrick Barge No. 50 (DB50) utilizing J-Lay installation
methods. All welding work was performed by the JRM Vermatt
Bug-N-Band Automatic Welding System (JBBS).
Innovation:
 Subsea Mid-Line Electrical Connector
Assembly For Hydrate Mitigation
 Purpose-Built SCR Installation Mast
Eliminating Need For Drill Rig Assistance
During SCR Pull-In Operations
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What Contractor designed,
fabricated, and installed the “First
Offshore Platform in the GOM?”

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Kerr-McGee
Client: Kerr-McGee
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 20 Feet
First Installed Steel Structure in the GOM
Innovations:
In 1947 – our first – McDermott
installed in the Gulf of Mexico the
first steel structure employing the
jacket concept for drilling over
water.

What Contractor fabricated the
largest “Single-Piece TLP
Deck” in the GOM History?

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Auger
Client: Shell Offshore, Inc.
Location: Garden Banks 426A
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,860 Feet
Scope:
Multi-services contract with J. Ray McDermott
being responsible for:
 Fabrication of deck
 Offshore mating of Auger hull and deck
 Installation of lateral mooring system
 Connection of Auger TLP to lateral mooring system
 Tendon assembly, installation and TLP tendon
tensioning
 Installation of 12” Oil & Gas Sales Pipelines
Innovation:
 Box girder and node fabrication techniques
 Float-over mating in open water
 Tendon assembly and installation
 Lateral mooring system installation
 Pipelay utilizing S-Lay and J-Lay techniques
Technology:
 World’s first application of J-Lay pipelay
technology
 Set Gulf of Mexico pipelay water depth records at
time of construction
 Largest single piece deck fabricated by J. Ray
McDermott of 26,000 Short Tons in 1994
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What Contractor designed the
First Buoyed “Lazy-Wave” SCR?

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King Kong / Yosemite Field Development
Client: Mariner Energy, Inc.
Host Facility: AGIP Petroleum, Inc.
Location: Green Canyon Blocks 254, 472, 473 &
572
Water Depth: 3,400 feet
Scope:
 Engineering & PMT: Performed the detailed design of
2 x 5” flowlines 2-miles each, 2 x 7” flowlines 15-
miles each and 2 x 6” buoyed steel catenary risers.
Prepared all specifications and request for proposal
documents for procurement and installation of the
flowline & riser system.
Technology:
 API RP 1111 Limit State Design of flowlines and pipelines
 First Buoyed Steel Catenary Risers
 First use of CRP, Inc. Uraduct®
on an Umbilical Crossing in the
Gulf of Mexico
 Insulated VIV Strakes on SCRs
 Titanium Stress Joints on the SCRs
 Titanium SCR Stress Joints
Figure A-8: SCR With Buoyancy Modules Departing Lay Vessel
Mariner KKY SCR (with 900' Buoyancy modules 1500' from Strakes) Total Static Stress Distribution (with 7500 psi
Internal Pressure)
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15000.00
20000.00
25000.00
30000.00
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Arc Distance From The Top of The SCR (ft)
StaticStress(psi)
Stress Joint Strake Bare pipe Buoyant Sagbend
Buoyed Region
Straked Region

What Contractor designed and
installed the First “Pipe-in-Pipe
Pipeline Utilizing the J-Lay Method?”

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Macaroni Flowlines/Steel Catenary Risers
Client: Shell Deepwater Development
Location: Garden Banks 602 to 426
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 2,970 to 3,670 Feet
Scope:
 Installation of two pipe-in-pipe (PIP)
flowlines (6 x .719” X-65 Carrier pipe w/10 x .
469” X-52 Jacket pipe) from GB602 (subsea
Sled) to GB426 (SCR).
Description:
 Each line (approx. 11.8 miles ea.) was initiated
with a Sled pull-in assisted by a drill rig mounted
winch. Both lines terminated at Shell’s Auger
TLP with a SCR. The SCRs were pulled into their
final position utilizing the TLP’s Drill Derrick.
Technology:
 JRM’s DB50 and (enhanced) J-Lay was
utilized. The JRM J-Lay system and pipeline
abandonment and recovery (A&R) system
were upgraded to perform the work.
Innovations:
 JRM developed an internal weld cooling
device, which significantly reduced the weld
cycle times (~20%) - (JRM applied Floatec
between the Carrier and Jacket.) The
application worked very well and there was
controllable shrinkage.
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What Contractor installed the “First
Water Injection Riser” in the GOM?

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Client: AGIP Petroleum
Host: Morpeth TLP
Location: Ewing Banks 921, 964, 965
Water Depth: 1,690 feet
Scope:
 To manage project on behalf of AGIP,
carrying out detail design and overseeing
equipment refurbishment.
 To provide offshore installation support
Innovation:
 Fast track well conversion from water injector (WI) to
producer
 Reuse of original WI, stab and hinge over (SHO)
connector
 Reuse of modified existing pigging loop
 Reuse of WI tree, modified for production
Morpeth Producing Well
Conversion of Water Injection Well to a Producing Well

What Contractor installed the “Dual
Infield Flowlines in a Single Lay
Pass?”

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Tahoe
Client: Shell Oil Company
Location: Viosca Knoll 783, Main Pass 252
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: 275 feet to 1500 feet
Scope/Description:
 Pipe Length was 12 miles each
 Project consisted of dual 4” flowlines from
an existing well to an existing platform
 Recover previously laid flexible pipe tails
 Rigid pipe welded to the two flexible pipe
sections
 Two lines laid from separate reels
simultaneously
Innovations:
 Use of project stinger designed and built by
JRM

What Contractor installed the First
“Atlantia SeaStar®
Mini-TLP?”

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Client: British-Borneo Exploration, Inc.
SeaStar®
Supplier: Atlantia Corporation
Location: Ewing Banks 921, 964, 965
Water Depth: 1,690 feet
Scope:
 Lump Sum contract, plus reimbursable on
certain procured items, with McDermott
being responsible for designing, procuring
& installing export pipelines, 3 subsea
production and 1 water injection well with
associated controls, umbilicals and risers.
This also includes installation of the
SeaStar®
TLP in 1,690’ of water.
Innovation:
 First deepwater project for British-Borneo
 Two years from concept design to first oil
 First use of Atlantia SeaStar®
mini TLP technology
 First JRM designed and installed steel catenary risers
 First JRM designed, procured and installed subsea
system in the Gulf of Mexico
 First deepwater diverless pipeline sidetaps in the Gulf
of Mexico
 First insulated flexible flowlines in the Gulf of Mexico
 First coiled tubing access of subsea production
system from surface TLP
Morpeth Field Development

What Contractor installed the “First
Truss - SPAR?”

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Client: Kerr-McGee (op.), Ocean Energy &
Enterprise Oil
Location: Nansen - E. Breaks 602
Boomvang - E. Breaks 643
Gulf of Mexico
Water Depth: Nansen - 3,678 feet
Boomvang - 3,453 feet
Scope/Description:
 Contract type: Lump sum
 Mentor is providing engineering, procurement and
project management
 Each facility utilizes production from wells completed
beneath the spar and tied back through Top
Tensioned Risers (TTR) and “dry” wellheads and
trees. Additionally, tie-ins will be incorporated from
subsea satellite wells
 Mentor’s scope includes nine (9) top tensioned
production risers and associated equipment for
Nansen and five (5) top tensioned production risers
and associated equipment for Boomvang.
 Design work for SCR’s was performed to assess the
impact on hull/truss design with regard to loads.
Innovation/Technology:
 9 5/8” single casing riser design
 Single pieces, multi-chamber buoyancy cans
 Space saving surface wellhead
 Ten (10) foot space-out adjustment in addition to
riser pups
 Internal tieback adapter to subsea wellhead & stress
joint designed for 350 ft. nominal drilling offset
 Tensioning monitoring for each top tensioned riser
 Provision for “through the keel” tie-in of future
import or export flowlines or pipelines up to 12”
Nansen and Boomvang
Double Spar Development

What Contractor designed and
installed the First “HIPPS (High
Integrity Pipeline Protection System?”

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Shell Expro - Kingfisher Field Development
Clients: Shell Expro formerly Enterprise Oil
Location: Central North Sea, Blocks 16/8a & 16/8c
Water Depth: 360 feet
Description:
 The Kingfisher prospect, located to the
east of the Miller and Brae fields,
comprises two reservoirs, Heather and
Brae. The host platform for the tie-back
is Marathon’s Brae “B”, approximately 5
miles away. Well fluids co-mingle in a
subsea manifold before entering two ten
inch pipelines which operate in multi-
phase flow back to the platform.
Scope:
 J. Ray McDermott’s success in Shell’s design
competition led to the award of this EPCI
contract to develop the Kingfisher prospect as
a subsea tie-back. JRM was responsible for
design through to commissioning of all
components, from the downstream flange of
the subsea well guide bases to the top of the
test and production risers on the host
platform.
 The project was managed by an integrated
Project Management Team composed of Shell
and JRM personnel. It was executed under an
alliance agreement with risk and performance
targets for schedule, capital and operating
costs and system availability.

What Contractor designed the first
“Insulated Flexible Catenary Riser” in
the GOM?

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Client: British-Borneo Exploration, Inc.
SeaStar®
Supplier: Atlantia Corporation
Location: Ewing Banks 921, 964, 965
Water Depth: 1,690 feet
Scope:
 Lump Sum contract, plus reimbursable on
certain procured items, with McDermott
being responsible for designing, procuring
& installing export pipelines, 3 subsea
production and 1 water injection well with
associated controls, umbilicals and risers.
This also includes installation of the
SeaStar®
TLP in 1,690’ of water.
Innovation:
 First deepwater project for British-Borneo
 Two years from concept design to first oil
 First use of Atlantia SeaStar®
mini TLP technology
 First JRM designed and installed steel catenary risers
 First JRM designed, procured and installed subsea
system in the Gulf of Mexico
 First deepwater diverless pipeline sidetaps in the Gulf
of Mexico
 First insulated flexible flowlines in the Gulf of Mexico
 First coiled tubing access of subsea production
system from surface TLP
Morpeth Field Development

What Contractor Designed, Built,
and Patented the First “Laser
Tracking System” for Pulse Gas
Metal Arc Welding (GMAW-P)
Process?

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AWS Welding System (JAWS)
 Pulsed Arc (PGMAW) process
offers improved penetration and
reduces the potential for
incomplete sidewall fusion
 Less weld spatter reduces
porosity and increases
deposition efficiency
 Six welding torches at each
station provide exceptional
production
 Programmed welding
parameters eliminate operator
adjustments
 Easily maintained, reliable, with
very little equipment downtime
 For use with 20” - 48” pipe in S-
Lay mode Track record in excess of 2.500 KM
 Lay rates 30”∅ up to 4.0 KM/day (329
joints)
 Lay rates 24”∅ up to 5.2 KM/day (424
joints)

What Contractor developed the
“First Commercial Subsea
Development West of Shetland?”

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BP – Foinaven Development
Client: BP
Location: 190km West of Shetland
UK Sector
Water Depth: 400 to 600m
Scope / Description:
 Alliance contract, with McDermott responsible for
project management, design, engineering,
procurement and installation of total subsea
system (trees, flowlines, risers, etc.) as well as
design, procurement and supervision of hook-up &
commissioning of the 95,000 bopd topsides and
turret.
Innovation:
 1st
Commercial Development in the
hostile Atlantic Frontier
 Open management and mutual
business goals, e.g. subsea alliance
involving all major suppliers, shared
risks and rewards
 Fast track schedule, 3.5 years from
discovery to first oil
 Parallel engineering, field appraisal and
design work carried out simultaneously
Petrojarl IV FPSO & Subsea System

What Contractor has “Worldwide
In-House Capabilities for the
Design, Fabrication, Installation,
and Commissioning of Platforms,
Topsides, SPARS, and Subsea
Field Developments going back
over 58 years?”

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J. Ray McDermott
1946 - 2004