McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) (“McDermott”) announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a contract from Vetco Gray Australia Pty Limited for the fabrication of subsea structures and spools for Chevron’s Gorgon Upstream Project. The value is expected to be in excess of US$50 million and will be included in McDermott's fourth-quarter 2010 bookings.

The project involves the construction of 12,000 tonnes of subsea structures and spools, which will be carried out at McDermott’s fabrication facility in Batam Island, Indonesia.

“This project is a significant win for our company and further strengthens McDermott’s strategic positioning as a service provider in the fast developing subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (“SURF”) market in Asia Pacific,” said Stephen M. Johnson, McDermott’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

The scope of work encompasses the fabrication of various eight-slot, six-slot and four-slot manifolds, including pipeline termination structures, pipeline end terminations, spools, well jumpers, and subsea pig launchers/receivers. Work is scheduled to commence later this year, with completion expected in the last quarter of 2012.

This is the second contract McDermott has won for the Gorgon project. Earlier this year, the company was contracted to supply more than 60 pre-assembled racks and units with an estimated combined weight of approximately 25,000 tonnes.

The Gorgon Upstream Project supports Chevron’s development of the Gorgon and Janz fields located offshore Northwest Australia. Gorgon is the world’s largest subsea to beach Liquefied Natural Gas development, and is Australia’s largest known gas resource.

ABOUT McDERMOTT

McDermott is a leading engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) company focused on executing complex offshore oil and gas projects worldwide. Providing fully integrated EPCI services for upstream field developments, the Company delivers fixed and floating production facilities, pipelines and subsea systems from concept to commissioning. McDermott’s customers include national and major energy companies. Operating in more than 20 countries across the Atlantic, Middle East and Asia Pacific, the Company’s integrated resources include more than 16,000 employees and a diversified fleet of marine vessels, fabrication facilities and engineering offices. McDermott has served the energy industry since 1923.

To learn more, please visit McDermott’s website on the internet at www.mcdermott.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

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 value, scope, execution, and timing associated with this 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, 2009.

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