Eni on Dec. 17 resumed production from Norway’s Arctic Goliat oil field following an outage of more than two months and now plans to explore for more resources in the area, the company said in a statement Dec. 18.
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) on Dec. 8 said Eni could bring back onstream the 100,000 barrels-per-day field, which had been shut at the agency’s order since Oct. 6. The oil field had experienced a series of safety incidents and production shutdowns since its startup in 2016, prompting the PSA to initiate closer scrutiny of operations.
Eni on Dec. 18 said it had carried out extensive planned maintenance and modifications at Goliat as well as work related to the platform’s electrical system following the PSA’s intervention.
Eni now plans to drill two more production wells at Goliat in 2018 and will drill an appraisal well for a discovery known as Goliat West, and has identified further potential for exploration nearby, it said.
“This will contribute to increased recovery rate, additional resources and further improve profitability of the Goliat Field,” Eni said.
Goliat has seen no major incidents or accidents during 2017, and Eni has recorded a strong improvement in the platform’s health, safety and environment performance, the company said.
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