Eni has been given approval from the Norwegian Environment Agency to start oil production from the Goliat field in the Barents Sea.
Earlier this month the company was given conditional consent to start using its Goliat FPSO (floating, production, storage and offloading) vessel by the Norwegian PSA (Petroleum Safety Authority).
The vessel will be the first in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea to start production.
According to the environmental agency’s requirements, the company must detect an oil spill within three hours of it occurring irrelevant to time of day.
Three barriers must be set up to limit the spreading in the case of a spill.
The agency said the operator would also need to adapt the schedules of vessels and barges when it is cold and there is any potential danger of icing which could weaken the emergency duty.