Status: In production
First oil: 17 November 1997
Field Location: Grand Banks, 315 km (196 mi) east-southeast of St. John's, NL
Discovery date: 1979
Operator: Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd.
Project participants:
- ExxonMobil Canada Properties (33.125%)
- Chevron Canada Resources (28.875%)
- Petro-Canada Hibernia Partnership (20%)
- Canada Hibernia Holding Corp. (8.5%)
- Murphy Atlantic Offshore Oil (6.5%)
- StatoilHydro Canada Ltd. (5%)
Hibernia major contractors:
- Schlumberger
- Noble Drilling (Canada) Ltd.
- PSN
- East Coast Tubulars Ltd.
- Baker Petrolite
- A. Harvey & Company Ltd.
- Maersk Company Canada Ltd./Seabase
- Cougar Helicopters Inc.
- Crosbie Salamis Ltd.
Water depth: 80 m (262 ft)
Discovered recoverable reserves*:
Oil - 1.2 million bbl
Natural gas - 1.7 tcf
Natural gas liquids - 202 million bbl
*Source – CNLOPB
Production life: 20 years (approximate) beyond 2020
Mode of development:
- Gravity Base Structure (GBS) supporting drilling, production and accommodation facilities
- Storage capacity - 1.3 million bbl
- Subsea export line to two offshore loading systems
- Two - 127,000 dwt shuttle tankers
- Onshore transshipment facility
- Hibernia's 2007 production was approximately 140,000 bpd
Production rate: 200,000 bpd capacity
Platform safety features:
The concrete GBS caisson and production platform incorporate a number of significant safety features in their design. For example, the temporary safe refuge (TSR) area in the M-50 accommodations module provides protected direct access to emergency evacuation systems and provides physical protection for workers against the effects of fire, heat, smoke and gas.
Total project investment:
• Pre-production capital investment $5.8 billion CDN
• Expenditures are estimated between $300 - 400 million CDN per year
Canada-NL Benefits:
Employment: Drilling and production phases - up to 800 people onshore and offshore (approximately 90% are Newfoundlanders)
For further information:
Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd.
100 New Gower St., Suite 1000
St. John's, NL A1C 6K3
Website: www.hibernia.ca
Tel: 709-778-7000
Fax: 709-722-0022
Email: hmdc.public.affairs.information@ExxonMobil.com
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