Carigali, the exploration and production arm of the Malaysian national oil company, has just issued tender documents to offshore fabricators for an 8000-tonne central processing platform.

Sources said it is likely the bidders will be locally-registered players including Malaysia Marine&Heavy Engineering (formerly Malaysia Shipyard&Engineering), Sime Darby Engineering (formerly Sime SembCorp), Ramunia Fabricators and HL Engineering.

Malaysian local content rules make it necessary for an overseas company to form strategic alliances with Malaysian companies.

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