Industry sources said the supermajor is evaluating recently-­submitted technical and commercial bids from three separate groups, but the South Korea-French duo is understood to be the one to beat.

One source estimated the contract value at about $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion.

Working in favour of Hyundai-Doris is that Total is said to want both Moho Nord’s FPU and its tension leg wellhead platform to be built in the same yard.

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