Eni Ramping up Output at Arctic Goliat oilfield

Italy's Eni has restarted production at its Goliat oilfield off the coast of northern Norway and expects to reach full capacity soon, a spokesman for the operator said on Tuesday.

The Goliat field, situated in the Barents Sea, has a capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil per day.

The outage began on Aug. 26 following a power outage and partial evacuation of Eni's platform, the latest in a series of safety incidents. Since then, the company has said its staff needed to improve its grasp of the field's potential risks.

Eni owns 65 percent of Goliat while Norway's Statoil (STO) holds the remaining 35 percent. (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen