BP is making initial preparations for the start of deep-water drilling off Libya as the company prepares to revive its search for gas that could potentially feed an LNG project.
The UK supermajor is working under a $2 billion exploration contract dating from before last year’s overthrow of the Gaddafi regime.
BP is short-listing contractors for a pre-qualification round “in the next few months” for the provision of offshore geotechnical and metocean investigation surveys.
