Chinese operator CNOOC Ltd has asked contractors to submit fresh prices in a subsea facilities tender for its deep-water Lingshui 17-2 gas field development in the South China Sea's Qiongdongnan basin.

Sources said CNOOC Ltd initially set a workscope that included subsea trees for 11 production wells plus five spare units and four manifolds, a subsea distribution unit, connections, an umbilical termination head, umbilical termination assembly, subsea umbilical termination units as well as umbilicals.