McDermott International

McDermott, J. Ray also briefly or JRM, is a U.S. company that specializes in the development, manufacture and installation of offshore structures and laying of pipelines. JRM is a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., and thus sister company of Babcock & Wilcox, which specializes in the manufacture of steam generators.

Company History

In 1950, the first platform that was made ​​entirely of concrete, was installed by JRM in the Gulf of Mexico. 1954, the first platform in a water depth of 100 feet (ft ) was constructed and only two years later the production facility was opened in Morgan City in the U.S. state of Louisiana. This work was the first plant in the world, which was built specifically for the production of offshore structures.

1985 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.. for the company HeereMac, a joint venture of McDermott and Heerema Marine Contractors, the McDermott Derrick Barge No.. 102 built. The work now known as Thialf ship is the most powerful floating crane in the world with a capacity of 14,000 metric tons (t) in tandem. Only three years later, in 1988, the DB50, the time t acquired strongest monohull floating crane in the world with a capacity of 3992 was. 1989 by J. Ray, another record for the laying of pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico was set up as a line in 1350 ft depth was laid between the Shell Bullwinkle and boxer platforms.

In 1993, pipelines were laid in the J- lay method in the framework of the Auger project for Shell by J. Ray for the first time. The installation took place at that time in the record depth of up to 720 m ( 2860 ft).

When Shell Brutus project ( about 16 miles) were installed 20-inch pipeline in 2000 around 26 kilometers. With a depth of approximately 920 m ( 3010 ft), this was the greatest depth in what was then a pipeline was laid in the S- lay method.

Offices

In addition to the headquarters in Houston, Texas, the company operates in the United States or an engineering office in New Orleans and a production plant for offshore structures in Morgan City.

Furthermore it has J. Ray production facilities in Altamira ( Mexico), Baku (Azerbaijan ) to Batam (Indonesia) and in Jebel Ali (Dubai ). Also, a project management office in Jakarta, Indonesia for the Southeast Asian market is owned by the company.

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