McDermott International, and Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem have announced plans to bid for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas. “Our joint bid with Saipem will feature optimised execution strategies that result in increased certainty on schedule and cost as compared to other LNG projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast,” said David Dickson, President and Chief Executive Officer of McDermott. “Pursuant to NextDecade’s competitive process, we plan to submit our joint EPC proposal in the second quarter of 2019.”

NextDecade has previously disclosed it expects to achieve a final investment decision on the project in the third quarter of 2019.

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29th October 2018

29th October 2018