Vår Energi confirmed on Thursday an oil discovery very close to its Goliat field in the Barents Sea, the first operating Arctic oilfield offshore Norway.Vår Energi, the top independent producer offshore Norway, encountered oil at the Goliat North exploration well, five kilometers (3 miles) north of the Goliat field. The discovery boosts the overall gross discovered resources at the so-called Goliat Ridge and could be tied back to the nearby Goliat floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. Vår Energi and its…