Shell chooses McDermott for engineering and procurement services

Houston-based offshore contractor McDermott has been selected by UK supermajor Shell for an enterprise framework agreement for engineering and procurement services and integrated project management team services.

McDermott said that the agreement has a duration of three years with two one-year optional extensions.

The scope of the agreement encompasses the full suite of McDermott’s offerings across its low carbon solutions, subsea, floating facilities, and Middle Eastern offshore business lines.

The US firm will use its global engineering centers and expertise to back Shell by developing and executing feasibility and front-end engineering solutions.

McDermott has a longstanding relationship with Shell and is executing a large portfolio of deepwater projects for them in the US Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Western Australia, and Malaysia.