Production restarted on 9 April after shutting down on 5 October 2011.
According to a statement by joint venture partner Bridge Energy, maintenance work carried out during the planned shutdown would increase the near-term up-time of the facility.
“The anticipated increase in host uptime and a period of flush production following the long shut down, will partially offset the delayed Duart production volumes, but overall 2012 revenues from Duart are expected to be higher because of the increased oil price,” Bridge said.
Specifically,