Sources said the tender could be launched over the next few months, following government approval of CPC’s development plan last month.
French contractor Technip has completed modifications to the front-end engineering and design work it carried out a few years ago to help reduce the project’s $800 million budget.
The development plan involves building a steel jacket, a platform and 120-kilometre subsea pipeline that will be extended to an onshore terminal at Yung An, where CPC operates a 4.5