McDermott has already mobilized a team from the company based in Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian Locar should use its pipeline launch barge

The company McDermott won the tender for the construction of the ultra-shallow section of the Route 3 gas pipeline for Petrobras. The stretch will connect the Santos Basin pre-salt to the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro (Comperj), the value of the contract has not been informed and the scope of work includes project engineering and detailing, acquisition, construction and installation of 10 kilometers of a 24-inch rigid concrete lined pipe.

According to McDermott Senior Vice President North, Central and South America Richaed Heo, Route 3 is a vital pre-salt development important to the future of oil and gas production for Brazil.

He also clarified that the coordination and general engineering of the project will be carried out by the company's team in Rio de Janeiro with the support of the team in Houston.
The Rio office will execute this short-term project using expertise previously demonstrated in a series of recent successfully completed EPCI projects in the country for Petrobras and other operators. The line will have a total length of approximately 355 km, with 307 km referring to the maritime section and 48 km relating to the land section, with a flow of approximately 18 million m³ of natural gas per day.

Brazilian company Locar will provide services to MecDermott

Locar is about to take over the contract for the launch of route 3 pipelines for McDermott, which will connect Comperj to the pre-salt Santos Basin. It turns out that Locar invested around 140 million reais in a barge that launches pipelines. She got a contract with Sapura Energy Brasil for the Sergipe Termoelectric works under the management of CELSE, probably he will also have this contract. Learn more about these and other Locar transactions here.

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