The possibility of leasing the Petrojarl Varg floating production, storage and offloading vessel Petrojarl Varg was flagged up by managing director Atle Sonesen as a viable option for the field in an interview with Norwegian publication Offshore.no.

The Teekay-owned FPSO is presently docked at the Rosenberg WorleyParsons yard in Stavanger after being demobilised from the loss-making Varg field by operator Repsol earlier this summer.

However,