'We are monitoring the situation closely and will amend our flight schedule if required,' the spokesperson noted
“The leader for construction is clearly EDF and the leader of operations is clearly GDF Suez,” GDF Suez Chief Executive Gerard Mestrallet told French radio BFM.
GDF Suez made a bid for the Abu Dhabi contract nearly two years ago with oil major Total and nuclear reactor maker Areva.
The French trio was initially seen as a frontrunner for the deal but it has recently appeared to be losing ground to a bid by Korea Electric Power Corp. A group with General Electric and Japan’s Hitachi is also bidding.
EDF joined the consortium earlier this year after the United Arab Emirates asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to convince the world’s biggest single producer of nuclear power to join the bid, according to several sources close to the situation.
EDF’s newly appointed Chief Executive Henri Proglio said on Wednesday that EDF was set to take the lead of a revamped bid, in association with GDF Suez, adding on Thursday that a final bid had been submitted on Wednesday night.
Mestrallet confirmed the information on Friday, telling BFM: “I have read this. I do not deny this information.”
Two sources close to the situation have told Reuters that the French consortium — in which Areva brings its reactor technology and Total its knowledge of the oil-rich region — had significantly reduced its offer in November.
Mestrallet declined to say on Wednesday whether the French consortium had again revised its price to match the bid by Korea Electric Power Corp.
'We are monitoring the situation closely and will amend our flight schedule if required,' the spokesperson noted
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