OMV plans further maintenance at Pohokura

OMV plans further maintenance at Pohokura
Gavin Evans
OMV plans further maintenance at the Pohokura gas field next year, which may reduce production from the offshore portion of the field. The company, which took over as field operator in December, had already signalled a two-week shutdown of Pohokura’s onshore processing plant in late March. It is now planning a proactive inspection of the field’s offshore pipeline ahead of a mandatory recertification of the asset in mid-2020. OMV says that, apart from the March shutdown, production from the field’s three onshore wells should continue throu...

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