The major fast-track development is set to produce gas from seven fields to meet a sharp ­increase in gas demand in Malaysia.

Technip outbid at least two ­other contenders to a front-end engineering and design contract on a multi-platform development of six gas fields — Kamelia, ­Zetung, Gajah, Melati, Angerik and Kezumba — in Block PM 301, plus the giant 1979 Bergarding gas find in Block PM 325.

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