As per the contract, McDermott’s Australian subsidiary will provide structural transportation and installation of subsea infrastructure for the Macedon Gas project, situated in the Pilbara region.

The company said the new contract for work offshore Western Australia is included in McDermott’s second quarter 2011 backlog.

McDermott will carry out detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of a 77km, 20-inch diameter pipeline and will install subsea umbilicals and flexible flowlines using vessels from the company’s globally diverse fleet in water depths about 180m.

McDermott is an engineering, procurement, construction and installation company focused on executing complex offshore oil and gas projects globally.