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Summary Information
* Operator: The Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC)
* Country: Canada
* Location: 315 km east southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland
* Production start:
* Partners: ExxonMobil Canada (33.125%), Chevron Canada Resources (26.875%), Suncor (20%), Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation (8.5%), Murphy Oil (6.5%) and Statoil Canada Ltd. (5%)
* Type: [[Hibernia Blend Crude Oil]]
* Estimated Reserves: Total recoverable oil reserves estimated to be 615 million barrels
* Production Volume: 150,000 bpd

+++ Description
* Discovered in 1979, the Hibernia oil field is located 315 km east southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 80 metres of water.
* The field is significant by any standards. For example, it is the fifth largest field ever discovered in Canada.
* The Hibernia Offshore Platform is a Gravity Based Structure (GBS) oil-drilling, production and storage facility.
* The platform has a production capacity of 150,000 barrels per day

+++ Contractors
* **Kiewit:** mechanical outfitting (MOF) of utility shafts and, as part of a Kiewit-led partnership, providing construction management services for the gravity base structure (GBS)
* **HHI:** Service & L/Q Module
* **Technip:** Offshore Loading System (OLS)
* **Wood Group:** A five year contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services

+++ History
* 1979 - Hibernia oil field is discovered
* 1997 - The completed platform was towed to the Hibernia oil field and positioned on the ocean floor in June
* 1997 - Began producing oil on November 17
* 2016 - Wood Group awarded 5 year services contract

+++ Geology
* It consists of two principal reservoirs of early Cretaceous age - the Hibernia and Ben Nevis-Avalon reservoirs - located at average depths of 3,700 and 2,400 metres respectively.

+++ Links
# [http://www.hibernia.ca/ Hibernia Website]
# [http://www.statoil.com/en/OurOperations/TradingProducts/CrudeOil/Crudeoilassays/Pages/Hibernia.aspx Hibernia Blend, Statoil]
# [http://www.kiewit.com/projects/oil-gas-chemical/hibernia-gravity-base-structure.aspx Hibernia Gravity Base Structure - Bull Arm, NL]
# [[FoundOcean Subsea References]]
# [[Hyundai Heavy Industries Platform References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:5587 WGPSN secures contract extension on Hibernia in Canada]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:wood-group-wins-multi-year-contract-on-hibernia-in-c Wood Group wins multi-year contract on Hibernia in Canada]

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