The project will draw on stranded deep-water gas fields in the area while garnering political support for its local expansion strategy.
According to industry sources, Shell Global Solutions International in the Hague recently invited bids for a comprehensive site survey close to a small town north of the port city of Kota Kinabalu in west Sabah.
The work scope includes bathometric, geotechnical and oceanographic work in a two square kilometre area that extends offshore.
