Malaysian national oil company Petronas is closing in on a decision about the front-end engineering and design work for its prestigious K5 sour gas project off Sarawak, Malaysia.

RNZ-Petrofac, Ranhill Worley, Technip and Aker Engineering are understood to be among the contractors competing for the FEED contract.

Conceptual studies were carried out by Technip subsidiary Genesis Oil & Gas.

It is understood that bids are being evaluated by Petronas and an award is pending.

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