B&W to Provide Environmental Control Equipment for Wyoming Power Plant
23 June 2009 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
McDermott International, Inc. (�McDermott�) (NYSE:MDR),
announced today that a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox
Company (�B&W�), has been awarded a contract to engineer,
procure and construct wet flue gas desulfurization (�WFGD�) systems
and related equipment for two boilers at PacifiCorp�s Naughton
power plant near Kemmerer, Wyoming.
B&W�s scope includes the design, supply and erection of two
sodium carbonate-based flue gas scrubbing systems, interconnecting
ductwork, booster fans, a water softening system, waste water
treatment and facilities for sodium reagent delivery.
�Our experience and expertise, combined with an excellent track
record on previous projects and a knowledgeable team, helped us win
this important job,� said Richard L. Killion, President and Chief
Operating Officer of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group.
�We appreciate the trust that PacifiCorp has put in us for the work
at Naughton.�
Engineering for the project is already underway. Material
delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. Naughton Unit
2�s WFGD system is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter
of 2011, with Unit 1�s new system to follow in the second quarter
of 2012.
McDermott is an engineering and construction company, with
specialty manufacturing and service capabilities, focused on energy
infrastructure. McDermott�s customers are predominantly utilities
and other power generators, major and national oil companies, and
the United States Government. With its global operations, McDermott
operates in over 20 countries with more than 25,000 employees, and
can be found on the internet at www.mcdermott.com.
In accordance with the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, McDermott International,
Inc., cautions that statements in this press release which are
forward-looking and provide other than historical information
involve risks and uncertainties that may impact McDermott�s actual
results of operations. The forward-looking statements in this press
release include, among other things, the expected scope and timing
associated with the Naughton power plant project. Although
McDermott�s management believes that the expectations reflected in
those forward-looking statements are reasonable, McDermott can give
no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been
correct. Those statements are made based on various underlying
assumptions and are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks,
including, without limitation, changes in project design or
schedules, contract cancellations, change orders and other
modifications, and difficulties executing on the project. If one or
more of these risks materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected.
For a more complete discussion of these and other risk factors,
please see McDermott�s annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008, and subsequent quarterly reports on Form
10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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