More than 200 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland — a two-hour helicopter flight — Hibernia could have been a model of isolation. Communication by cellular phones is not an option.

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Canada's Hibernia oil field may be shut down to fix operational problems on the offshore platform, a spokeswoman said on Friday. Production at the 180,000 ...

Hibernia Management & Development Co. Ltd. (HMDC) began restarting oil production from the Hibernia platform offshore Newfoundland and Labrador on Aug. 15, nearly a month after ...

According to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, total oil production at the Hibernia field for 2017-18 was 51.14 million barrels, with a daily average of 140,165 barrels.

The restart of production at Hibernia oil field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador was halted Aug. 17 by a release of oil and water from the platform’s drain system (OGJ Online, Aug. 15, 2019).

The C-NOPB announced last week its conditional decision to increase the annual oil production rate for the Hibernia field from 180,000 barrels per day (65.6 million barrels/year) to 220,000 ...

The Hibernia offshore platform will get $38 million from the oil and gas industry recovery fund in order to restart work on the rig, create more jobs after a year of layoffs and downturn, and extend ...

Mechanical problems on the 180,000 barrel-a-day Hibernia oil platform, off Canada's east coast, have lowered output for an unspecified period, according to the consortium that operates the platform.

Petro-Canada believes there are about 1.2 billion barrels of oil in the field, and expects Hibernia will be worked for another quarter century.

But Crosbie, the colourful senior minister from Newfoundland, found a new partner, Murphy Oil Corp., to step in for 6.5%; got Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. to increase their shares by 5%; and ...

The companies that own Hibernia are considering more subsea drilling to further extend the life of the iconic oil field in Newfoundland's offshore. "It is premature to answer many of your questions ...