On September 8, 2025, McDermott and Monkey Island LNG officially signed a master service agreement to provide front-end engineering design and planning services for the latter's $25 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

The first phase of the project plans to construct three liquefaction production lines, each with an annual production capacity of 5.2 million tons and a total production capacity of 15.6 million tons per year; After expansion, two new production lines will be added, increasing the total production capacity to 26 million tons per year, making it one of the largest private energy infrastructure projects in North America.

This project adopts ConocoPhillips' optimized cascade process ®， And adopt the McDermott modular production line design. It is said that this design can increase the production of liquefied natural gas per unit area by up to 60% compared to similar projects.

According to the agreement, McDermott will be responsible for engineering design, construction planning, and cost evaluation. After the project financing is completed, the agreement is expected to be transformed into a complete Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) general contract. The project execution will be led by the Houston office of the company, with support from the Gurgaon engineering and technical team.

The project design and licensing approval are expected to commence in 2026, with the first gas production scheduled for early 2030. Greg Michaels, CEO of Monkey Island LNG, emphasized that the project significantly reduces land use, costs, and risks through ultra large modular construction, achieving greater production capacity with less land and reshaping the LNG infrastructure construction model. Editor/Yang Beihua