Shipyards and engineering contractors are linking up to bid on Petronas’ third floating LNG unit, for which tender documents were recently issued.

Those following the effort said TechnipFMC, Saipem JGC and KBR are among the pre-qualified engineering companies in talks with South Korea’s big-three shipbuilders — Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries — and China's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group).