In preparation of the 2022 startup of Husky Energy Inc.’s West White Rose project, Wood Group Canada Inc. has let a contract to MHWirth AS, a unit of Akastor ASA, for the delivery of a drilling package, including equipment, engineering, and services.
West White Rose lies 350 km southeast of Newfoundland and Labrador in White Rose field. White Rose field is more than 200 miles east of St. John’s on the eastern edge of the Jeanne d’Arc basin in 393 ft of water (OGJ Online, Aug. 30, 2017).
The drilling package will be designed as a fixed facility with a platform supported by a concrete gravity structure (OGJ Online, Aug. 15, 2017). Primary functions of the platform will include drilling and limited processing facilities with permanent accommodations.
MHWirth’s contract covers the majority of equipment and an engineering scope.
