McDermott November 2019

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MCDERMOTT: LEADING THE WAY IN THE LNG MARKET WRITTEN BY

MARCUS LAWRENCE PRODUCED BY

RYAN HALL

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Mark Lowman, VP for Projects and Operations in Asia Pacific at McDermott, discusses the company’s key differentiators and innovations in the increasingly competitive LNG market

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Founded just short of 100 years ago, global engineering, procurement, construction and installation giant McDermott

is no stranger to evolving with the times. As global energy markets shift away from coal, McDermott 91

is truly capitalising on its longstanding liquified natural gas (LNG) expertise.

Mark Lowman, Vice President for Projects and Operations for the company’s Asia Pacific (APAC) operations, believes McDermott adds great value to the market. “McDermott is one of the most experienced engineering and construction firms in the industry,” Lowman says. “We’ve been serving the LNG market for quite a few years; we built the first LNG regasification import terminal in the United States. Over the years, we’ve developed our processes and technologies with the goal of benefitting our customers. These include: new methods of liquefaction, tank installation, BTU (British thermal unit) reduction, and other proprietary processes.”

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“OVER THE YEARS, WE’VE DEVELOPED OUR PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES WITH THE GOAL OF BENEFITTING OUR CUSTOMERS”

In APAC, where demand for LNG is spiking across its multifarious territories, innovative projects are front of mind.

“Global demand is on the rise, with countries like China switching from coal to natural gas, and India following suit along with other countries. For contractors such as McDermott, that’s obviously good for business, but we have to meet that demand and advance our technologies to be able to offer our customers

Mark Lowman, Vice President, Projects and Operations, Asia, McDermott

a cost-effective solution that brings gas to the market quickly,” he says. “With 60 years’ experience in the sector, we think our expertise gives us an edge

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sustainability. “The customer will have

what’s great about this is that LNG

constraints around what they can

offers natural and clean energy; it’s

develop and we, in turn, inherit those

an abundant bridge fuel to more

constraints,” he says. “In terms of

renewable energy sources. Most

increased sustainability, along with the

importantly, the key differentiator for

work we conduct with customers,

McDermott is that we can perform

we are also working on a number of

an entire LNG project from start to

initiatives.” One of those initiatives,

finish, from site selection concept

known as NET Power, is being realised

right through to the tank.”

through a partnership between

In addition, Lowman says that

McDermott, Exelon, 8 Rivers and

McDermott’s strategy is keenly defined

Occidental. “NET Power is focused

by the company’s close collaboration

on developing a new natural gas power

with customers, particularly in terms

technology that produces low-cost

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emissions. This is based on an

“We’re looking at modifications for

innovative approach to carbon capture

fuel specifications, particularly with

and, in our view, has the potential to

gasoline octane,” says Lowman.

revolutionise the power industry,”

Lummus Technology, owned by

comments Lowman. As the construction

McDermott through the merger with

contractor for the project, McDermott

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI) in May

has already built the pilot plants in

2018, offers a product known as

La Porte, Texas, where the tech will

AlkyClean, which increases the octane

be put through its paces.

content of gasoline. It recently won the

Another initiative the company is

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Environmental Protection Agency’s

enacting is called Clean Fuels—a

President’s Award. Lummus is also

response to combustion engines

integral to another sustainability-centric

becoming lighter and capable of

initiative: Chevron Lummus Global,

exerting higher compression ratios.

a joint venture between McDermott

NetPower

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E XE CU T I VE PRO FI LE

Mark Lowman Mark Lowman is an accomplished, highly resourceful Executive Management professional with a wealth of experience in managing multi-billion dollar construction projects in the Oil and Gas industry from inception to delivery. Prior to his career in the oil and gas industry, Mark had a successful naval career moving from the ranks to Lieutenant Commander. Mark has been with McDermott International Inc. for seven years in a variety of roles, including as the Director of Fabrication in Batam, Indonesia, Senior Director of Commercial Asia Pacific, and Vice President of Project Execution in both Asia Pacific and in Houston. Marks holds a Master of Business from Deakin University and has degrees in Nuclear Engineering, Naval Science and Operational Studies, from Britannia Royal Naval College and Royal Naval College Greenwich.

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“WITH 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN THE MARKET, WE THINK OUR EXPERTISE GIVES US AN EDGE AND MAKES US A LEADER IN LNG” Mark Lowman, Vice President, Projects and Operations, Asia, McDermott

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and Chevron focused on helping

this philosophy has yielded modern

refiners produce high-quality transpor-

load transfer systems, reusable pallets

tation fuels. “The portfolio under this

and onshore modularization – an

initiative helps our customers maximise

increasingly important factor in location

every barrel of crude oil into higher-val-

selection for new plants, refineries and

ue products,” says Lowman. “That

the like. “We also have a digital twin,

means minimising waste and maximis-

GeminiXD, which enables customers

ing a limited resource.”

to reduce waste by offering a single

These efforts to mitigate the

source of truth,” Lowman says. “It has

environmental impacts of its projects

a nickname, Design Twin, and it consists

are ingrained in a sustainable design

of a software suite that provides 3D

philosophy implemented at every level,

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cutting emissions without negatively

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Lowman enthuses that, as a contractor, Gemini adds significant value to McDermott’s operations through increased efficiency and minimisation of errors. With such a deep portfolio across so many territories, incremental upgrades to efficiency resonate

“IN ASIA, WE ALSO SUPPORT THE REST OF OUR GLOBAL OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF ENGINEERING. WE HAVE A TERM FOR IT, MOPEX, THE MULTIOPERATIONAL PROJECT EXECUTION MODEL”

throughout McDermott’s operations.

APAC, Lowman’s ward, represents one of McDermott’s most diverse profiles. “The region is unique in that

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every country is different,” he explains.

“And that brings various challenges and opportunities. For example, in India, we’re currently executing two subsea projects on the east coast—one for Reliance Industries, the other for ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation).

We’re designing the infrastructure and hardware for the seabed to enable us to pipe gas and hydrocarbons from the wellhead to the onshore terminal.”

In addition, McDermott is conducting a tank-building project in a remote area 105

of the Philippines, a significant offshore platform project in Vietnam, and a further LNG endeavour, known as Ichthys, with INPEX in Australia. “We have a wide range and variety of works that we’re currently executing,” Lowman says.

“In Asia, we also support the rest of our global operations in terms of engineering. We have a term for it, MOPEX, the multi-operational project execution model.” He offers a hypothetical example whereby a project for the North Sea would be executed in Asia, engineered out of the firm’s Kuala Lumpur office, supported by its Indian offices and manufactured at McDermott’s fabrication facility in Batam, Indonesia. “That’s

the power of the company, being able to unite the strengths of each region across the globe,” Lowman says.

Lowman adds that McDermott’s evolution and expansion are driven by an unerring commitment to the customer, a firm ear to the ground of the market and a global presence that informs and empowers itself. “Since we merged with CB&I in 2018, McDermott has become a very different company.

We’re a much larger, technology-led and integrated firm, with a formidable presence in offshore and onshore energy markets. We’ve effectively gone from 13,000 employees to 32,000, and we’re able to perform entire projects in-house.”

As McDermott continues to grow, that comprehensiveness is sure to be a key differentiator in the increasingly competitive LNG space.

Given McDermott’s demonstrable prowess, it certainly appears ready for the challenge.

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