By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 18 -- Husky Energy Inc., Calgary, plans to start production in the fourth quarter from White Rose oil field in the Grand Banks region off Newfoundland and Labrador.
Husky, operator of the $2.35 billion White Rose project, anticipates peak production of 100,000 b/d of oil from the field, which it estimates has probable reserves of 200-250 million bbl (OGJ Online, Aug. 12, 2004). Husky holds 72.5% interest in the field, and Petro-Canada, 27.5%.
Topsides for the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading vessel have been completed, and once the vessel completes its sea trials, it will proceed to the field, which lies in the northeastern Jeanne d' Arc basin 50 km from Hibernia and Terra Nova oil fields and 350 km southeast of St. John's, Newf.
The SeaRose FPSO has a peak production capacity of 100,000 b/d of oil.
Aker Maritime Kiewit Contractors, a Kiewit Corp. joint venture, fabricated and installed the vessel's 16 topsides modules at Kiewit Energy Group Inc.'s fabrication facilities in Marystown, Newf. (OGJ Online, Apr. 12, 2004).
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. earlier constructed the hull and turret in South Korea, and Single Point Mooring fabricated the 1,000 tonne riser buoy in Abu Dhabi. Technip Offshore Canada Ltd. installed the buoy at White Rose field last summer.
