US independent ConocoPhillips has moved into the next development phase of its multi-billion- dollar Caldita-Barossa gas project off northern Australia, which will be exploited via a large floating production, storage and offloading vessel.
Invitations to tender for pre-front-end engineering and design contracts related to the gas FPSO and the subsea components have been issued to a select group of contractors.
Sources said the contractors are believed to be those that have existing master service agreements with ConocoPhillips.
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