U.S.-based McDermott International Inc.'s Chinese joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan has been awarded a module fabrication contract for Yamal LNG, a liquefied natural gas plant being built northeast of the Yamal Peninsula in Russia.
The large contract is being performed in the QMW fabrication facility in Qingdao, and commenced in the second quarter of 2015.
The full scope of work includes fabrication, engineering, procurement, construction including mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, weighing, and load-out.
The scope of work also includes the sea-fastening of six units of onshore LNG fractionation pre-assembled unit modules of approximately 13,200 tons. Two of the modules weigh in at approximately 4,630 tons each.