Here are a few photos taken during a tour of the Hebron Offshore project at the Bull Arm Site Gladys and I did August 13. NALCOR offers free tours of the site where the offshore GBS is being prepared. It is scheduled to go offshore to the Grand Banks in 2016 with first oil being produced in 2017.
At present there are approximately 2500 workers on the site where they are preparing both the GBS (Gravity Based Structure) and the top side module which includes all the living quarters as well as production equipment.
Boyd is presently working on the GBS while Therese's boyfriend, Neil is working there too. It is a very impressive site to see. We are hoping to get back in the spring to take another tour to see how it is going. By that time there should be some big changes.
Once the GBS is finished it will be towed out into a deep water channel and the top sides will be brought out by barge. The GBS will be sunk and the top sides will be mated to the GBS. Very impressive. The photo below of the water shows where the mating will take place.
Enjoy the photos.
Barry
Here we are on the lookout over the Gravity Based Structure.
Shows the Hebron Project
GBS - you can see the dam built to the left. The water was drained so the GBS could be built. Once finished the dam will be taken away and water let back in.
GBS with the fabrication shop to the right.
GBS again.
Fabrication shops.
Collage of the Top side modules.
Deep water channel where the mating will occur. The water is 170 metres deep.
Mockup of part of the GBS to check out the concrete and to help train workers. This one was actually done for Hibernia but there is one done for the Hebron project which we couldn't see.
Living quarters on site for 800 workers. The flags represent the nationalities with the most people. Notice the Norwegian and American flags along with the NL flag. The Maple Leaf is to the left.
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