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Aibel has won a contract to hook-up and commission the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Eni’s Goliat field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.

Goliat, which is currently under construction at the Hyundai yard in South Korea, will be the first cylindrical, floating production platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

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The Goliat facility will be installed at the Goliat field, 85km north-west of Hammerfest.

Aibel president and CEO Jan Skogseth said: "The Goliat project is particularly important for us because we will gain useful experience with facilities operating in the Barents Sea."

Eni Norge operates the Goliat field with a 65% stake, while Statoil owns the remaining interest.

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"The Goliat field is located in production licence 229 in the Barents Sea, north of Russia and Norway."

The Goliat field is located in production licence 229 in the Barents Sea, north of Russia and Norway.

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The licence was originally awarded in the Barents Sea in 1997, which was initiated in order to increase interest in the area as an oil and gas region.

Goliat has two separate main reservoirs, the Kobbe and Realgrunnen, and features oil with an overlying gas cap.

The Realgrunnen reservoir is located 1,000m below sea level, while the Kobbe reservoir is 1,800m below sea level.

The field is expected to be in production for about 15 years, though its life may be extended with new discoveries.

The Goliat will be equipped with tied-in subsea templates with the ability to process, store and offload oil.

The field contains about 174 million barrels of oil and eight billion standard cubic metres of gas.

Image: Goliat will be the first cylindrical, floating production platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Photo: courtesy of Eni Norge.

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