Petrobras is preparing to hold talks with Saipem, the low bidder for its potential floating liquefaction unit.



A formal order for an FLNG unit is several years away at least as the Brazilian company plans to tender for a third pipeline to export natural gas from its Atlantic Ocean pre-salt province from 2013.



Saipem submitted a price of $3.29 billion for a liquefaction floater alongside Hyundai Heavy Industries.



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