12APR2019 - NEWS - Norwegian operator Equinor again delays start up of Britain’s Mariner Offshore Oilfield

The operator of the Mariner heavy oil field, one of Britain’s largest offshore developments in years, postponed its start-up to summer 2019 on Wednesday for safety checks on the platform’s electrical couplings. Originally due to come on stream in 2017 and with an estimated 300 million barrels of recoverable reserves, the $5.9 billion project has been plagued by delays. The latest, pushing the expected launch back from the first to the second half of this year, follows a decision taken in November by Norwegian operator Equinor to inspect all of Mariner’s 40,000 couplings.

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