Malikai options on table

By Russell Searancke and Tan Hwee Hwee

 28 June 2012 22:59 GMT

SHELL has a complicated task ahead at its deep-water Malikai development off Sabah, Malaysia, where it has to choose between two contractor groups vying for a contract to build the main offshore facility, write Russell Searancke and Tan Hwee Hwee.

The centerpiece of the Malikai development is a tension-leg platform that will feature an 11,000-tonne topsides to be installed on a 12,000-tonne hull.

Three global contractors — Floatec, Modec and Technip — began contesting more than a year ago for the job of building the TLP, with the two latter submitting initial bids.

The winner was expected to team up with Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering, which the Malaysian authorities had decided would fabricate the TLP.

However, that bid round was aborted because the commercial offers were far more expensive than Shell’s expectation.

The contract…

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