Commenting on a project that could carry a $10 billion price tag, Rodney Cooke, head of the Houston-based player’s international business, said a “major contractor” is carrying out these pre-FEED studies, but did not elaborate. Early engineering work centres on Noble’s 16 trillion cubic feet Leviathan gas discovery.
The plan will have to account for a potential 9 trillion cubic feet of gas held in Noble’s Aphrodite prospect, currently being drilled off Cyprus, with results due to emerge by the end of this year.
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