Industry
sources
said
SBM
Offshore,
Modec
and
Saipem
are
preparing
technical
and
contractual
bids
for
submission
to
Total
next
month
for
two
converted
vessels,
each
able
to
store
2
million
barrels
of
oil
and
handle
about
100,000
barrels
per
day
of
crude
plus
105
million
cubic
feet
per
day
of
natural
gas.
Monaco-based
SBM
is
already
tipped
as
the
front
runner
to
secure
the
prestigious
double-vessel
order.
This
is
due
to
its
strong
historical
relationship
with
Angolan
state
oil
company
Sonangol,
and
its
part-ownership
of
the
Paenal
yard
at
Porto
Amboim
that
should…
