McDermott breaks ground on Saudi fabrication facility

Feb. 25, 2020
McDermott has broken ground on its new fabrication facility within the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.

Offshore staff

RAS AL-KHAIR, Saudi Arabia McDermott has broken ground on its new fabrication facility within the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.

The overall site which is being developed by Saudi Aramco is expected to be the largest maritime industries complex in the Kingdom and the Middle East region in terms of production, capacity, and scale.

Within the development, McDermott is building a facility spanning 1.2 million sq m (13 million sq ft) that will include offices, pre-fabrication shops, blasting and painting shops and large assembly shops capable of fabricating platforms and modules for both offshore and onshore projects for Saudi Aramco and other customers in the region.

The facility will incorporate up to 80,000 sq m (86,113 sq ft) of covered shops to house the latest automation technology and will also include a 580-m (1,903-ft) reinforced bulkhead providing marine access.

02/25/2020