Eni had to shut down production and partially evacuate personnel from the Goliat floating production, storage and offloading facility late on Friday because of a power loss, the latest in a string of irregularities since the field commenced production in March.

"The Goliat FPSO lost all power from shore and the production was stopped. In accordance with standard procedure, the decision was made to send non-essential personnel to shore," Eni said in a statement.

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