Two contracting teams are understood to have moved to the fore in the race to supply a mobile offshore production unit for Malaysian state-controlled operator Petronas’ K5 shallow-water gas project off Sarawak.
Project watchers told Upstream that local contractor Sapura Energy and its Chinese partner Cosco are vying for the prestigious MOPU job in competition with VME, which has teamed up with China Merchants Heavy Industry for the contest.
