By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 14 -- Husky Energy Inc., Calgary, has begun production from White Rose oil field in the Jeanne d'Arc basin, 350 km east of St. John's, Newf. The company said oil was introduced into the process stream of the SeaRose floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) Nov. 12.
Husky has chartered two Samsung-designed, double-hulled shuttle tankers—the Heather Knutsen and the Jasmine Knutsen, each with 1 million bbl of crude capacity—to transport White Rose production. The Heather Knutsen tanker is scheduled to take delivery of the first shipment from the SeaRose FPSO in late November.
Husky, operator of the $2.35 billion White Rose project, anticipates peak production of 100,000 b/d of oil in first half 2006. It estimates the field's probable reserves at 200-250 million bbl (OGJ Online, Aug. 12, 2004). Husky holds 72.5% interest in the field, and Petro-Canada, 27.5% (OGJ Online, Aug. 28, 2005).