The project will be managed and engineered from the McDermott Doha office with significant fabrication taking place at QFAB, the McDermott-Nakilat joint venture fabrication yard in Qatar, building end-to-end execution capability in Qatar and significantly enhancing the localization Program. "We are very pleased to be awarded this strategic project by QatarEnergy—it's a perfect example of McDermott's Offshore shallow water strategy using our FEED (front-end design) expertise to develop an optimized design one, build many concept for offshore structures followed through with strong in-house engineering, supply chain management and utilization of our proven fabrication facilities and marine pipelay assets, all using our industry leading GeminiXD digital project delivery tools," said Samik Mukherjee, McDermott's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "As part of the NFE LNG complex, the offshore facilities are an essential contributor toward the energy transition goals of COP-26.