EQUINOR'S $7.7 billion Mariner development off the UK will not start up until at least July as the Norwegian oil giant gets to grips with checking 40,000 electrical couplings on the heavy-oil project's drilling and quarters platform. Morten Ruth, Equinor's senior vice president of projects, told Upstream about 100 people are now working on the checks, which are 56% complete. Mariner was sanctioned in 2012 when oil prices were at about $100.
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