“From what I hear the Goliat project will be delayed up to another year,” said Staale Kyllingstad, chairman of the Federation of Norwegian Industries.

He added that the project faces “a formidable amount” of extra work, totalling several hundred thousand manhours.

According to Eni’s current schedule, the circular Sevan Marine-designed floating production, storage and offloading unit should sail away from Hyundai Heavy Industries’ yard in South Korea next month.

However,