The operator said last week that its flagship, 500-million barrel discovery is not expected to flow first oil until the third quarter of 2009.
The installation of Tahiti's truss spar was delayed in June when testing showed a metallurgical problem with the mooring shackles attaching the platform to the lines that will secure it to the seafloor.
France's Forges Le Beon made the initial batch of shackles under a sub-contract to platform fabricator Technip.
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