McDermott installs platform at Vietnamese gas field

US engineering company McDermott said September 2 that it installed a platform at a Vietnamese gas basin in record fashion, overcoming challenges from the pandemic.

McDermott completed work at the gas and condensate Nam Con Son basin off the coast of Vietnam.

“The scope of work included transportation and installation services for the central processing platform jacket, wellhead service deck and topside floatover,” McDermott explained.

The basin, situated in the East Vietnam Sea, is the largest oil and gas reservoir in Vietnam.

McDermott was contracted for the work by PetroVietnam. The company said it took more than 300,000 man-hours to complete the installation, which was done with zero time lost due to accidents or other incidents.

McDermott added that, at 12,600 metric tons, the installation is the largest and heaviest ever launched in the shallow waters off Vietnam.