The Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Eni consent to use Scarabeo 8 at the Goliat field in the Barents Sea.
The facility will be used to drill two wells – one for oil production and one for water injection.
A pilot hole will be drilled first, with the production well drilled as a side track from this.
Horizontal drilling will be used, and the oil production well has been designated 7122/7-C-1 AH.
The water injection well has been designated 7122/7-H-2 H and will entail directional drilling.
Drilling is expected to begin on 24 June this year.
Scarabeo 8 is a mobile drilling facility operated by Saipem Norge and is registered in the Bahamas.
It was built in Russia and Italy and was commissioned in 2012.
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