India's Reliance Industries has emerged as the company behind a big new FPSO contract at Samsung Heavy Industries.

Seoul-listed Samsung said last week it would deliver the unit from its Geoje facility to an Asian client during the first quarter of 2022.

Clarksons identified Reliance as behind the deal.

The KRW 1.1 trillion ($963m) contract adds to the seven LNG carriers banked by the shipbuilder this year.