McDermott: Trends in Offshore Oil & Gas - GineersNow GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 021, McD | Page 34

An Engineering Pioneer
McDermott is one of the pioneers of the energy industry
with a rich history of engineering firsts. Among some of the
unique achievements have been:

• First offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico (1947)

• Installed the first large diameter, concrete coated
pipeline off shore in the Gulf of Mexico (1951)

• Built the world’s tallest single-piece jacket (1981)

• Installed the first pipeline using the J-lay method (1994)

• Built the world’s first production spar platform (1996)

• Built the largest-ever subsea structure as part of the
Ichthys LNG Project (2014). The image you see here is
the construction of this project in Australia.