$23-Million Subcontract To Oceanic Contractors, Inc. For North Sea Modules

Oceanic Contractors, Inc., a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., announced that its McDermott Scotland Division has been subcontracted by Taywood-Santa Fe Ltd.

for a sum in excess of 10 million pounds sterling (approximately $23 million) to build three topside facilities modules for installation in the North Sea.

McDermott Scotland will fabricate the utility, power generation, and water treatment modules for the Shell/Esso North Cormorant development platform in Block 211 21 of the North Cormorant Field in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The work will also involve pre-commissioning, pre-hookup, loadout and sea fastening of the modules.

The utility module will weigh 1,150 metric tons; the power generation module, 1,200 metric tons; and the water treatment module, 1,400 metric tons. Work on them is now underway at McDermott Scotland's Ardersier fabrication yard, and they are scheduled to be fastened for sea towing by late April of 1981.

McDermott is a leading international energy services company.

The company and its subsidiaries provide engineering and construction services to the offshore oil and gas industry, and manufacture steam generating equipment, tubular products, refractories, and automated machine tools.

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