Boston, MA 10/03/2014 (wallstreetpr) – McDermott International (NYSE:MDR) engineers have finally achieved success in creating the largest specialty valve of the world. It is the first of a kind innovative valve in the industry. The team has worked in collaboration with a renowned valve manufacturer for two years for making the special valve which will be used in the Ichthys LNG Project.
The details
Ichthys LNG Project is an INPEX-operated project made to be placed at the Ichthys Field Offshore Western Australia. Its riser, umbilical and flowline structure will require connection of the subsea riser base. There is a need of connecting the 42-inch gas export pipeline to the LNG processing facility. Therefore, it was necessary to design the special six 42-inch valves to fulfill the 40-year design criteria. The valves created are single-piece forged and top entry ball valves.
The specifications
The newly designed largest specialty valves measure about 7 meters high and 9 meters in length. The weight of specialty valves is more than 100 tonnes. McDermott International (NYSE:MDR) has successfully built and tested the first specialty valve. McDermott has started with the acceptance testing process of the second valve which is expected to get ready in September. All the six valves have to clear the factory testing and after that two of them will be placed offshore in 270 meters of water and the other four specialty valves will be installed onshore. The three onshore valves will be installed at the processing facility at Bladin Point, and the fourth onshore valve will be installed at the landfall block valve.
The management view
It is a great success for McDermott International (NYSE:MDR) to create the largest specialty valve of the world. Tony Duncan, Executive VP of Subsea, said that creating a largest valve is a finest example of McDermott’s efforts in fulfilling client demand. The credit goes to the team work and robust supply chain management
