Save the date: Cenovus Energy announces West White Rose structure marriage next month
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Alberta-based Cenovus Energy has set a date for one of Newfoundland and Labrador's highest profile weddings.
The West White Rose project's concrete gravity structure (CGS) was floated out to Placentia Bay in May, and next month it will be married to the topside structure that arrived in Bull Arm a week ago.
The 23,000-tonne topside had a two-week, 3,500-nautical-mile journey from Ingleside, Texas where it was built.
"What you see behind me is this significant piece of the West White Rose project," Cenovus projects vice-president Derek Pearcey told reporters at the Bull Arm fabrication site on Thursday.
The topside includes a drilling platform, boom flare, living quarters for 144 people and "all the utilities you need," said Pearcey.
Some components were fabricated in Marystown.
The plan is to send the topside 350 kilometers offshore within the next month to be mated with the CGS.
Over the next couple of weeks, Pearcey said the structure will go through inspections and preparations before it is ready to go.
The topside will have to be transferred from its current vessel to the Pioneering Spirit, "the largest heavy lift vessel in the world" according to Pearcey.
Cenovus is aiming for first oil by spring 2026, with an expected production of 80,000 barrels of oil per day by 2028.
"It's an exciting time for the entire project team who's been working on this for many years," said Pearcey. "Here is the last piece that we need to get offshore."
Pearcey said the next goal is to have the rig drilling before the end of the year. He said it's designed to last 25 years, and the company is planning to have it in production until 2038.
"We're always looking for more value opportunities to go beyond that," said Pearcey.
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