McDermott subsidiary CB&I has received a contract for the engineering, procurement, and construction of two welded diesel tanks with ten million litres working capacity each at Viva Energy's facility in Newport, Melbourne, Australia.

This project includes the replacement of existing riveted diesel storage tanks and associated civil, structural, mechanical, and piping works.

The new diesel tanks will be built above ground which will lessen environmental impact while improving active monitoring and maintenance.

The existing tanks are approaching the end of their operational life, which was identified as part of Viva Energy's maintenance and supply chain optimisation programmes.

The contract will be managed from CB&I's Brisbane office, with additional support from the company's Thailand office for engineering and fabrication tasks.

The construction activities are scheduled to begin in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, aiming for project completion by the end of 2025. According to CB&I, a contract is considered sizeable if its value falls between $10m and $50m.

CB&I senior vice-president Mark Butts said: “CB&I continues to show its strength in the region with this latest project award."

"It is just one of several projects we have been selected to deliver for Viva Energy over the years. CB&I's proven history of delivering projects in Australia with a focus on the highest quality and safety standards were differentiators between us and our competitors."

CB&I has extensive experience in designing and building storage facilities, tanks, and terminals, having completed over 60,000 structures in its 130-year history.

Earlier to this project, in 2022, CB&I was also selected to design and construct two 500,000-gallon double-wall liquid hydrogen spheres for Plug Power’s green hydrogen production facility in Genesee County, New York, US.