London-based Ophir Energy and its partners in the delayed Fortuna floating liquefied natural gas scheme off Equatorial Guinea are weeks away from awarding a contract covering the project’s subsea hardware amid market talk that the front-running position of a McDermott-GE joint venture is under threat.
Speaking to Upstream late last week, Ophir’s chief executive Nick Cooper said: “The (contract) is close to the point of award.
