ExxonMobil is evaluating responses from six groups vying to supply line pipe for part of its Neptun Deep project off Romania.

Pre-qualification documents were submitted in mid-July with invitations to tender due to be issued in mid-September.

Contenders for the $15 million package include NOV, Oil States, DrilQuip and GE Oil & Gas with Lufkin Industries.

Another candidate comprises Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars with Germany’s Eisenbau Kramer, Corinth Pipeworks, Oil States, Erndtebrucker Eisenwerk and JFE Steel.