Italian contractor Saipem plans to bid for the job of building a floating liquefaction unit for Inpex and Shell’s planned Abadi LNG project.
Speaking in a results briefing this week, Saipem chief executive Pietro Franco Tali (right) said the company would be making its play alongside new partner Kyura.
A front-end engineering and design tender for the 2.5 million tonnes per annum Abadi floater is due to emerge shortly.
Franco Tali described the company’s bid for Petrobras’ pre-salt FLNG unit as “still alive”, although he said he did not know if the project is “still live”.
Negotiations about the bid continue with the Brazilian operator.
Saipem is part of one of three contracting groups competing for the stalled LNG prize.
