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“McDermott brings the engineering and compression as well as mono ethylene glycol and the delivery of actionable insights in
execution expertise to deliver integrated regeneration and produced-water handling. real time, PDI Logistics Cloud will allow
deepwater subsea projects and offshore Designed for a production capacity of up Rockgas to leverage its existing resources and
FPUs to the highest standards,” said Samik to 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day, increase transparency to optimize operational
Mukherjee, Executive Vice President and the topside will be connected to the semi- efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance supply
Chief Operating Officer. “After a long submersible hull and pre-commissioned chain visibility.
engagement on the project, the collaborative prior to transportation and installation in “The first trucks are already in operation
execution model with Woodside—from pre- a water depth of 3,100 feet (950 meters), using the new system. Soon all our operators
FEED through to EPCIC—de-risks execution. approximately 248 miles (400 km) offshore will benefit from the comprehensive
Further, the facilities incorporate energy Western Australia. The FPU will be capable functionality of PDI Logistics Cloud, such as
efficiency in design to reduce Scarborough’s of being remotely operated and minimally a focus on preventing LPG runouts, reducing
offshore emissions.” staffed during normal production operations. mileage, boosting productivity, maximizing
The topside, which will be approximately MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, January 10, transparency, increasing payload utilization,
30,000 tons, will be fabricated by McDermott’s 2022 ensuring compliance, and digitalising
joint venture fabrication yard, Qingdao operations,” said Jo Crawford, General
McDermott Wuchuan, in China. The project Rockgas signs with PDI Manager, Rockgas.
scope includes a battery energy storage system As part of the deployment, Rockgas has
to reduce emissions on the topsides and Logistics Cloud to innovate transitioned to a paperless dispatch process,
support Woodside’s net emissions reduction with the PDI solution eliminating the need
targets. its LPG operations in New for printing invoices and other customer
“McDermott will apply our long history communications, which are now being sent
of successful integrated project delivery for Zealand digitally and automatically.
the Scarborough Project, along with our “Rockgas has been a PDI customer for
deepwater expertise and industry-leading PDI, a global provider of leading software over 10 years, and we are excited to renew our
health and safety standards to drive this solutions for the convenience retailer and relationship with them as they move from a
incredible project to completion,” said Mahesh petroleum wholesaler industries, announced legacy set of solutions to a future-proof, state-
Swaminathan, Senior Vice President, Asia today that Rockgas, a Firstgas Group company of-the-art solution suite,” said Sin Hin Wong,
Pacific. and New Zealand’s largest LPG retailer, has Managing Director and Vice President of Sales
Engineering expertise will be leveraged chosen PDI Logistics Cloud to transform, APAC, PDI. “PDI will continue to deliver
from McDermott’s Kuala Lumpur and innovate, and automate its LPG logistics on our commitment to help our customers
Gurgaon offices, with McDermott’s long- operations. in New Zealand and the Asia Pacific market
established subsea team in Perth supporting PDI Logistics Cloud solves the unique with cloud-based solutions that accelerate our
transport, installation, hook up and needs of fuel haulers to help them gain customers’ digital journey.”
commissioning activities. visibility and control from the terminal to PDI, January 12, 2021
The FPU processes natural gas, which the pump. With a modern and innovative
includes gas separation, dehydration and solution that streamlines logistics workflows

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