Yme firewall check 'fateful' for facility

Blighted: the Yme platform

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By Steve Marshall and news reports

 18 April 2012 14:42 GMT

Talisman Energy is reported to be facing a critical week for its troubled Yme project as checks on the blighted platform’s firewalls could determine whether the facility is fit for use on the field.  

The tests being carried out by Norwegian research institute Sintef are another nail-biter for the Canadian operator, adding to a litany of technical problems, delays and massive cost overruns, as well as possible litigation from partners, that threaten to torpedo the field’s mobile production unit.

“Sintef is carrying out a test of the firewalls between the process deck and the platform’s hull at its Trondheim laboratory as part of our examination of the platform. This is one of many examinations we are carrying out,” Talisman’s Norway spokesman Andreas Middlethon told Teknisk Ukeblad.

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