An outage at the ConocoPhillips 2/4 K platform in the North Sea has only an "insignificant impact" on the production of oil and gas in the greater Ekofisk area to which it belongs, the company said on Friday.
ConocoPhillips said the platform, which injects water into the Ekofisk field's reservoirs, boosting pressure for oil and gas production, was struck by a vessel on Thursday, causing some damage but no injuries.
"Preliminary assessments indicate minor impact on the platform structure," a spokesperson for the US oil company said in an emailed statement.
"An investigation has been initiated, and further inspections will be conducted as weather conditions permit. Resumption of water injections will be evaluated following completion of the inspections," the spokesperson added.
According to information on ConocoPhillips' website, Ekofisk is described as Norway's first producing oil and gas field and one of the largest on the Norwegian continental shelf.
(Reporting by Nora Buli, editing by Terje Solsvik)
