It will also soon find out whether its designs have found favour with Statoil for its Skrugard and Havis discoveries farther north in the Barents Sea.
“Goliat is our first real harsh-environment unit in the widest sense of the word,” says company founder and deputy chairman Arne Smedal.
“There are not only harsh sea conditions, waves, wind and current, but also icing issues and darkness, which makes this a natural stepping stone for us farther into the Arctic.”
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