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Hibernia Oil Field
The Hibernia oilfield lies approximately 315 km east-southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The production platform Hibernia is the world's largest oil platform and consists of a 37,000 t integrated topsides facility mounted on a 600,000 t gravity base structure. The platform was towed to its final site and 450,000 t of solid ballast was added to secure it in place. Inside the gravity base structure are storage tanks for 1.3 million bbl of crude oil.
The production platform Hibernia is the world's largest oil platform and consists of a 37,000 t integrated topsides facility mounted on a 600,000 t gravity base structure. The platform was towed to its final site and 450,000 t of solid ballast was added to secure it in place. Inside the gravity base structure are storage tanks for 1.3 million bbl of crude oil.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernia_(oil_field)
Category: production oil field canada east coast newfoundland
Category: production oil field canada east coast newfoundland
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