According to McDermott, the consortium will deliver a new surface pressure boosting facility, including construction and installation of an offshore jacket and topside, plus associated brownfield modifications. Engineering and project management will be led from McDermott’s UAE offices, while fabrication will take place at QMW’s yard in Qingdao, China.
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Analysis: The award creates a significant project opportunity for offshore structural steel and fabrication services. Qingdao’s role as the fabrication base points to Chinese production demand, but the steel requirement cannot be quantified because no tonnage or structural weights were disclosed.
MetalMate analysis- Awarding company: ADNOC.
- Contractors: McDermott and its Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan consortium.
- Scope: Complete EPCI work for a new surface pressure boosting facility, jacket, topside and associated brownfield modifications.
- Fabrication location: QMW’s joint-venture yard in Qingdao, China.
- Contract value: Above $1 billion under McDermott’s classification; exact value undisclosed.
Watch for procurement milestones, fabrication timing, steel tonnage, topside and jacket weights, and a completion schedule, none of which were provided in the cited claims.
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- Published · Version 1
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- MetalMate publication
- 2 October 2026
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ADNOC Awards McDermott Mega Offshore EPCI Contract to Advance Umm Shaif Field Development — McDermott
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