A
total
of
17
companies
were
present
on
6
February
in
a
packed
room
in
front
of
the
Petrobras
bidding
committee
to
submit
their
respective
technical
and
commercial
offers
for
the
P-75
and
P-77
FPSOs.
As
Upstream
went
to
press,
Petrobras
was
still
tangled
in
the
bidding
process,
with
several
sources
suggesting
it
would
take
several
hours
or
even
a
day
for
the
state-controlled
company
to
receive
all
proposals
and
collect
all
signatures.
However,
Upstream
has
learned
that
more
than
10
contractors
had
their
respective
bidding
packages
ready
and
tagged
for
the
two…
