Extension once again for Cluster 7 FPSO tender

Contender: Mercator is currently converting the jack-up Sagar Samrat into a mobile offshore production unit, and wants to make an entry into the FPSO market

ONGC

By Nishant Ugal

 02 March 2012 01:53 GMT

India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has extended for a third time the bid submission deadline for its Cluster 7 floating production, storage and offloading vessel tender

At least four contractors are now gearing up to submit final bids by the new deadline of 9 March.

“ONGC wants to accommodate more bidders for Cluster 7. So this extra time is being granted for bid preparation,” said an industry source.

The deadline for bid submissions was originally set for December last year, but this was initially pushed back to 31 January and again to 15 February.

Malaysia’s Bumi Armada is tipped as a potential front runner for the Cluster 7 FPSO job, while another Malaysian player, ­M3nergy, is also expected to bid.…

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