Hibernia Platform

Client:
Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC)
Location:
North Atlantic Ocean - 196 miles off St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Scope:
Engineering (Detailed Design), Project Management
Status:
Completed 1997
Hibernia
Platform
First Ice-Resistant Floating Platform in Canadian Waters
Details:
•The Hibernia production platform is located off the Newfoundland coast,
and designed to recover 500 million barrels of oil over its 18 year projected
life.
•Brown & Root and Monenco AGRA, as part of an Integrated Team, were
responsible for overall project management and the design of topsides facilities; engineering for the design of the GBS; and installation and integration
of engineering and management information systems.
•The production system for the Hibernia offshore oil and gas development
utilizes a concrete GBS to support topside facilities capable of producting
150,000 barrels per day from the Hibernia reservoir.
•The GBS contains 185,000 cubic meters of concrete, and 50,000 tonnes of
reinforcing steel.
•The base raft and slip-formed lower caisson walls were constructed in a dry
dock.
•The structure was then floated to a deepwater mooring where the shafts
and caisson walls were slip-formed upward and the top closure slab was
constructed.
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North Atlantic Ocean - 196 miles
off St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Canada
Client:
Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC)
Location:
North Atlantic Ocean - 196 miles off St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Scope:
Engineering (Detailed Design), Project Management
Status:
Completed 1997
Hibernia
Platform
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Safety Record Seven Times Better Than Industry Average
Details:
•The base structure was then mated with the topsides at the deepwater site.
•The topside facilities contain production, drilling, process equipment, and personnel
accommodations. They have been built on a modular basis, comprising five large
modules and eight smaller topside structures.
•State-of-the-art design techniques enabled the topside steel to be reduced by 25%
from typical mass to 33,000 tonnes.
•The modules were constructed in various locations and transported individually
•Production capacity: 150,000 bopd
•Water depth: 80 meters
Highlights:
•Hibernia is the world’s largest offshore platform, in terms of weightule.
North Atlantic Ocean - 196 miles
off St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Canada