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	OIL CAREER Employment Resource Center
		Hibernia oil is a light sweet crude, with a density of about 32° to 34° API and a sulphur content, by weight, of 0.4-0.6%.
		It was decided that the Hibernia field would be developed using a special gravity-base structure, strong enough to withstand a collision with a one-million-tonne iceberg (expected to occur once every 500 years) and a direct hit from a six-million-tonne iceberg (expected just once every 10,000 years).
		Oil stored in the GBS will be exported by means of an offshore loading system (OLS) consisting of subsea pipelines, a subsurface buoy and flexible loading hoses, feeding a purpose-built shuttle tanker.
	www.oilcareer.com /1hibernia.htm (648 words)

	Hibernia (oil field) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hibernia is the name of a petroleum field located in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 300 kilometres southeast of St.
		As the Hibernia field was located in an extremely inhospitable environment consisting of rogue waves, fog, icebergs and sea ice, hurricanes, and nor'easter winter storms, engineering analyses determined that the most appropriate drilling platform would be in the form of a "gravity base structure" (GBS).
		The Hibernia MODU is crewed by approximately 100 personnel, all of whom work in rotating 3-week long shifts and are flown to the MODU by helicopters operated by Cougar Helicopters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hibernia_(oil_platform) (483 words)

	Oil platform - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil (and often natural gas as well) in the ocean.
		Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be attached to the ocean floor, consist of an artificial island, or be floating.
		Such platforms are, by virtue of their immobility, designed for very long term use (for instance the Hibernia platform).
	www.free-definition.com /Oil-platform.html (888 words)

	OIL RIGS
		An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.
		Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be attached to the ocean floor, consist of an artificial island, or be floating.
		A typical platform may have around thirty wellheads located on the platform and directional drilling allows reservoirs to be accessed at both different depths and at remote positions up to 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the platform.
	www.solarnavigator.net /oil_rigs.htm (2987 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Huge oil production ship on its way to Terra Nova oil field
		The nearby Hibernia field, which produced first oil in late 1997, is thought to contain about 800 mm barrels of oil.
		On top of its double-walled hull, which can hold 1 mm barrels of oil, is a complex network of pipes and valves that will be used to pump and process oil and gas taken from beneath the ocean floor.
		Oil Field: Discovered in 1984, it is thought to contain 370 mm barrels of oil.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cnn13587.htm (668 words)

	FSAR — Hibernia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Hibernia oil platform is 315 km (170 nautical miles) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, off the east coast of Canada.
		Hibernia, and other off-shore oil and gas platforms like it, play a vital role in SAR on the east coast by allowing SAR helicopters to refuel at the platforms before flying further out to sea to perform rescues.
		However, the SAR crews never count on using Hibernia for refueling on the return trip; because the weather is so changeable, the crews can't depend on being able to land there.
	www.t-kagin.net /~foothills/photos/Hibernia.html (291 words)

	Hibernia (oil field) at AllExperts
		Hibernia is the name of a petroleum field located in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 315 kilometres southeast of St.
		As the Hibernia field was located in an extremely inhospitable environment consisting of rogue waves, fog, icebergs and sea ice, hurricanes, and nor'easter winter storms, engineering analyses determined that the most appropriate drilling platform would be in the form of a "gravity base structure" (GBS).
		The Hibernia MODU is crewed by approximately 100 personnel, all of whom work in rotating 3-week long shifts and are flown to the MODU by helicopters operated by Cougar Helicopters.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hi/hibernia_(oil_field).htm (590 words)

	CTV.ca \| Hibernia union a first for offshore oil biz
		Meanwhile, the Hibernia Management Development Corp. - the group of energy companies that operates the platform - is pushing ahead with a court challenge that could overturn the union's certification.
		Last March, two union drives among Hibernia workers were cut short after the labour board ruled the unions didn't have enough support.
		The second project, Terra Nova, is expected to produce first oil by the end of the year.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025062649654_20471849 (461 words)

	Offshore Review/Drilling Report (April 1997) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Oil production in the field is scheduled to start in October, and the vessel will have a storage capacity of 112,000-cu-m, or roughly that produced in 10 days.
		Crude oil from the FPU is transferred via a flexible riser and a swivel through the turret into the vessel.
		The offloading of stabilized oil to shuttle tankers is arranged through a flexible hose in the stern of the FSU.
	www.marinelink.com /apr97/mr0411.html (1999 words)

	Mines and Energy
		Produced oil is stored within the platform’s 1.3 million barrel internal storage cells while produced natural gas and sea water are being injected into the reservoir for pressure maintenance and enhanced oil recovery.
		The platform is designed to withstand the impact of a six million tonne iceberg, which would statistically be expected to occur once in 10,000 years.
		The Hibernia development has been the cornerstone of the Province’s growing oil and gas sector and has supported the expansion of local infrastructure including the construction of a heliport, marine base, pipeyard, warehouse and a platform control room training simulator.
	www.nr.gov.nl.ca /mines&en/industry/hibernia.stm (578 words)

	Dresser-Rand Newsroom Home Page
		The Hibernia platform is now producing 90,000 barrels a day.
		Hibernia Management and Development is a consortium of oil companies comprising Mobil, Petro Canada, Chevron, Murphy Oil, Norsk Hydro and the Canadian Government.
		The bottom portion of the platform – a gravity based structure (GBS) fixed to the ocean floor – a wellhead module, and one of the topsides super-modules were built in Great Mosquito Cove.
	www.dresser-rand.com /newsroom/pr/archives/hibernia.asp (468 words)

	Nfld-Rocket, 2nd Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Canadian oil companies had hoped the U.S. Defence Department would change the rocket's flight path in light of their concerns that a spent booster rocket weighing 10,000 kilogram could fall within 25 kilometres of the Hibernia oil platform.
		The Hibernia platform is about 315 kilometres southeast of St. John's and has 234 crew onboard.
		Another major offshore development, the Terra Nova floating platform, 350 kilometres east of the city, is in the general vicinity, and there is ongoing drilling for another project nearby.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/National/050408/n0408106A.html (701 words)

	Mariners Weather Log Vol. 48, No. 2, August 2004
		The platform, which lies almost 200 miles off St. John's, Newfoundland, drills for crude oil in 250 feet of water and supplies Exxon, Mobil and four other oil companies.
		Although the Hibernia platform is stationary and boasts a massive concrete structure designed to withstand being run into by a million-ton iceberg, Baker says the company doesn't "want anything coming into contact with the platform, even something the size of a piano."
		They, and radar operators aboard the oil rigs and platforms, must constantly monitor the bergs; the storm-lashed seas of the North Atlantic often throw them off their projected paths.
	www.vos.noaa.gov /MWL/aug_04/wrangler.shtml (1583 words)

	Transport Canada - TC Express - TC Inspector Visits Hibernia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The platform is located 315 kilometers east of St. John's, Newfoundland, and it stands 224 meters high.
		"...to be flown out in the middle of the ocean on a one-and-a-half-hour helicopter flight, and then to spend the night on an oil producing platform over 300 kilometers from land was thrilling." During his stay, Benoit enjoyed a tour of the platform, and instructions on emergency procedures.
		The course is used to instruct first time passengers on the procedures to follow in the event of an accident during the flight to the platform.
	www.tc.gc.ca /TCExpress/20000304/en/fa01_e.htm (250 words)

	From helicopter fueling systems to ballast control: process automation ensures efficient operation of Hibernias ...
		Hibernia is comprised of two separate components: the Gravity Base Structure (GBS) and the Topsides.
		Hibernia is the only offshore oil facility in North America to use a GBS and the only platform in the world to feature an iceberg-resistant wall.
		Because the Hibernia platform generators are in close proximity to the switchgear, short circuit currents are exceptionally high.
	www.schneider-electric.ca /www/txtfr/crns/html/hibernia.htm (556 words)

	Hibernia pushes up maintenance shutdown
		Production at the Hibernia platform was cut substantially because of a generator backfire in early January.
		Hibernia managers said Tuesday they had decided to accelerate a maintenance program that had been set for September.
		Hibernia, the first of three fields to go into production off Newfoundland's east coast, pumped first oil in 1997.
	www.cbc.ca /money/story/2007/02/07/hibernia-maintenance.html (1083 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - High hopes for Hibernia
		A Hibernia spokesman said drilling of the Avalon reservoir is scheduled to start by March, with preliminary data expected to be released by fall 2000.
		Analysts have estimated the drilling programme could push Hibernia's current reserves of 615 mm barrels to between 800 mm and 1 bn barrels.
		Hibernia officials are currently reviewing their Hibernia reserve calculations and could boost those estimates separately from the Avalon drilling.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cnn00409.htm (148 words)

	The Economy 2002 - Newfoundland and Labrador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The most significant private sector industries, in terms of total GDP impact, were offshore oil (production, development and exploration) at 11.9% of GDP and the fishery (harvesting and processing) at 8.2%.
		The most significant private sector industries, in terms of total employment impact, were the fishery at 12.4% and offshore oil activity at 3.1%.
		The relatively low contribution from the oil and gas industry, relative to its GDP contribution, reflects the capital intensive nature of this industry.
	www.economics.gov.nf.ca /E2002/oceansactivity.asp (580 words)

	Energy industry in Canada: impact on provincial economies
		This is especially true in a regional context, where recent changes and discoveries in oil and gas have changed and impacted some provincial economies in a significant way over the last decade.
		As can be seen, for Canada, oil and gas extraction as well as electric power generation dominate energy, while the proportions of the other industries are much smaller.
		Oil and gas extraction experienced significant growth over the past few years, while coal mining has undergone a significant decline.
	www.statcan.ca /english/freepub/13-605-XIE/2003001/chronology/2003provincial/energy.htm (1066 words)

	Under All That Ice, Maybe Oil
		Brinkhuis, who previously worked for oil companies, said that previous drilling efforts by oil teams around the perimeter of the Arctic also captured this brief flowering of water plants, but no one had conceived that the layer might hint that the entire Arctic basin was one great matted pond.
		An oil drilling rig in the unsheltered deep arctic basin would have to do this for years at a time.
		To start with, it would be all but inaccesible to capping and the oil would last damn near forever in the high arctic conditions (Exxon Valdez was in near temperate conditions of the Alaska Gulf).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1291781/posts (3535 words)

	The Hibernia Oil Platform
		With a design capacity of 230,000 barrels of oil per day, Hibernia is recognized as one of the most significant artic offshore developments.
		While the Hibernia oil field was discovered in 1979, development didn’t begin until July 1997.
		Hibernia is the only platform in the world designed to withstand the direct impact from an iceberg.
	www.norcontrolit.com /hibernia.htm (343 words)

	GIK: Diplomarbeit 819
		The Helicopter industry, providing transport services such as personnel and supplies to oil platforms, and the owners of off-shore platforms are very interested in improving the reliability of helicopter en-route and final approach navigation.
		DGPS measurements were undertaken on the Hibernia Oil Platform in Bull Arm Channel, Newfoundland (Canada) at the time when the construction was almost completed and before it was supposed to be towed out to its offshore location.
		The permanent movement of Hibernia during the data acquisition was regarded to be the major problem and precluded the conclusive proof of the presence and the actual contribution of multipath to the error budget.
	www.gik.uni-karlsruhe.de /diplomarbeit_819.html?&P=1 (724 words)

	Home Page
		The completed platform was towed to the Hibernia oil field and positioned on the ocean floor in June of 1997 and began producing oil on November 17, 1997.
		Drilling mud's are pumped down the drill pipe and through holes in the drill bit to cool the bit, prevent the hole from collapsing and wash the cuttings away from the bottom of the hole.
		The Hibernia platform is unique because it has an ice belt that is 15 metres thick, including the external ice wall which is 1.4 metres thick.
	www.k12.nf.ca /glovertown/virtual_testing_center2/hibernia/index.htm (1210 words)

	11/03/97 THE NEW ECONOMICS OF OIL
		Experts have been underestimating oil reserves since 1874, when Pennsylvania's state geologist direly warned that ''the U.S. [has] enough petroleum to keep its kerosene lamps burning for only four years.'' Later experts put the date of exhaustion in the 1920s, then the 1940s.
		Oil industry profits still rise and fall with changes in the price of crude, but technology lets the companies maintain healthy earnings at steadily lower oil prices.
		The new economics of oil are built on advances in every corner of the vast oil industry.
	www.businessweek.com /1997/44/b3551001.htm (2093 words)

	Cold Ocean Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Only since the 1960s have explorers had the tools and the incentive to search for oil in cold ocean environments, where the weather is a significant challenge most of the year and ice is a threat to ships, pipelines and offshore platforms.
		To further protect the platform, Hibernia’s operators continuously monitor reports from Canadian and U.S. air and sea surveillance, satellites and radar to track the movement of larger icebergs.
		Projects like Hibernia and the Sakhalin oil and gas development are just two examples of the extraordinary challenge of recovering oil and gas from cold ocean regions.
	www.ontherun.no /corporate/Campaign/Campaign_energydemand_coldocean.asp (492 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hibernia is pioneering an oil and gas industry offshore Eastern Canada.
		The Hibernia oil field was discovered in 1979 and is located 315 kilometres East Southeast of St. John’s, NL in about 80 metres of water.
		The GBS has a storage capacity of 1.3 million barrels of oil and the oil is transferred to tankers via an offshore loading system.
	www.oneocean.ca /hibernia.htm (285 words)

	Test
		He stressed that conditions for these employees are often harsh, noting in particular that health and safety issues and the three weeks on, three weeks off shift schedule that can take an enormous toll on their personal lives.
		There are 400 people working on the Hibernia oil production platform which is situated on the Grand Banks, 315 kilometres east of Newfoundland.
		Now that the union is onboard the Hibernia platform reporters have access to new sources of information.
	www.cep.ca /organizing/hiberniavictory_e.html (979 words)

	Pumpcrete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hibernia is the first of its kind in the North America to be built of concrete.
		The offshore oil-drilling/production platform was built in 2 sections (1) the concrete base pedestal a gravity base structure (GBS) and (2) the driling facilities or topsides, which sit atop the GBS.
		Once this is complete, the platform will be towed 300 km to the Hibernia oilfield.
	www.pumpcrete.com /gallery2.htm (620 words)

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