At least nine companies have been asked to express interest in the Badamyar job.
According to sources, it is not yet clear whether the fabrication and installation work will be awarded through separate tenders, although Total describes them as two distinct contracts.
China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Company has teamed up with Technip of France to bid.
Others considering entering the fray are understood to include Saipem, McDermott, Petrofac, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering, Sapura-Kencana and SMOE.
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