MDR McDermott International Inc

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) (“McDermott”) announced today the award of a significant subsea contract to its Australian subsidiary for a deepwater offshore engineering and construction project, including structural transportation and installation of subsea infrastructure. The new contract for work offshore Western Australia is included in the company’s second quarter 2011 backlog.

“We are extremely pleased to win this significant subsea award in the Asia Pacific segment as it reinforces McDermott’s strengthening position in subsea construction projects,” said Stephen M. Johnson, McDermott’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are also gratified by our customer’s confidence in providing McDermott with the opportunity to demonstrate our growing expertise in reliably delivering complex deepwater projects within a challenging time frame.”

The award is for the Macedon Gas Project, situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which will be McDermott’s first SURF (Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines) project in Australia. McDermott will carry out detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of a 77 kilometer, 20-inch diameter pipeline and will install subsea umbilicals and flexible flowlines using vessels from the company’s globally diverse fleet in water depths up to 180 meters.

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 15,000 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 scope and execution associated with this project, as well as McDermott’s strengthening position in subsea construction projects and growing expertise in deepwater projects. 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, 2010 and subsequent quarterly report on Form 10-Q. This news release reflects management’s view as of the date hereof. Except to the extent required by applicable law, McDermott undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.

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