ExxonMobil Canada Properties has awarded a 5-year contract extension to Aker Solutions to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the Hebron platform, offshore Newfoundland, beginning this summer (OGJ Online, Mar. 13, 2013).
Aker Solutions has provided EPC services to Hebron since 2015. The work will be led from Aker Solutions' premises in St. John's, Newfoundland, and Labrador.
Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be 1.4 billion kroner, which will be booked as order intake in this year’s third quarter.
Production through the Hebron platform came on stream ahead of schedule in 2017 (OGJ Online, Nov. 29, 2017). Hebron field, discovered in 1980, is estimated to contain more than 700 million bbl in reserves. The Hebron platform, in 300 ft of water, consists of a stand-alone, gravity-based structure, which supports an integrated topsides deck. Oil storage capacity at the platform is 1.2 million bbl.
ExxonMobil Canada Properties operates Hebron with 35.5%. Chevron Canada Ltd. holds 29.6% interest, Suncor Energy Inc. 21%, Equinor 9%, and Nalcor Energy-Oil & Gas Inc. has 4.9%.
