Ithaca
Energy
has
seen
its
shares
rise
in
both
London
and
Toronto
after
kicking
off
exports
from
its
operated
North
Sea
Athena
oil
field.
Shares
in
the
North
Sea-focused
junior
were
up
5.5%
to
£1.15
in
London
and
up
7.5%
at
$1.85
in
Toronto
at
around
1430
GMT
on
Thursday.
Earlier
on
Thursday,
the
explorer
said
the
first
export
cargo
had
been
offloaded
from
the
BW
Athena
floating
production,
storage
and
offloading
(FPSO)
vessel,
where
storage
tanks
were
being
filled
at
a
metered
initial
peak
gross
production
rate
of
22,000
barrels
per
day.
Tanker
cargoes
are
being
transferred…
