BP
is
making
initial
preparations
for
the
start
of
deep-water
drilling
off
Libya
as
the
company
prepares
to
revive
its
search
for
gas
that
could
potentially
feed
an
LNG
project.
The
UK
supermajor
is
working
under
a
$2
billion
exploration
contract
dating
from
before
last
year’s
overthrow
of
the
Gaddafi
regime.
BP
is
short-listing
contractors
for
a
pre-qualification
round
“in
the
next
few
months”
for
the
provision
of
offshore
geotechnical
and
metocean
investigation
surveys.
This
follows
an
invitation
in
the
summer
for
expressions
of
interest
by
mid-August.