McDermott Pre-FEED Contract for LNG Plant in Argentina

McDermott International announced today the company has been awarded a contract by Argentina -based YPF, S.A. to provide pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) services for a five million tonnes per annum LNG liquefaction facility at the Vaca Muerta Shale field in Argentina.

McDermott noted in a statement the scope of work is a continuation of a previous conceptual study developed for the YPF LNG Export Facility in Argentina under a contract in 2018. McDermott's London office will provide engineering services while the Houston office will perform project management and estimation services.

Work on the project will begin immediately, and the contract award will be reflected in McDermott's second quarter 2019 backlog.