Industry sources said the supermajor is due to issue bid documents "within weeks" to short-listed contractors, although few market-watchers believe anyone but SBM will snare the work given its close working relationship with ExxonMobil.
All told off West Africa, the Dallas-based giant has awarded five FPSO contracts to the Monagasque player, including Xikomba, Mondo and Saxi-Batuque off Angola, Yoho off Nigeria and Zafiro off Equatorial Guinea.
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