PARIS/MILAN, Nov 14 (Reuters) - French oil major

TotalEnergies has awarded engineering contracts worth

at least $3 billion as part of its fast-track development of

Suriname's first offshore project.

Italian energy contractor Saipem said on Thursday

it had signed a $1.9 billion deal with a subsidiary of

TotalEnergies in Suriname for the subsea development of the

GranMorgu field.

French firm TechnipEnergies was also awarded a

contract worth more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build

a floating production storage and offloading vessel on the

project, it said in a separate statement.

Last month, TotalEnergies and U.S. exploration firm APA

took a final investment decision on the $10.5 billion

development, the tiny South American country's first.

GranMorgu is estimated to hold more than 700 million barrels

of recoverable resources, with first oil expected in 2028.

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