Hebron-Ben Nevis Oil Field | |
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Country | Canada |
Region | Jeanne d'Arc Basin |
Offshore/onshore | offshore |
Coordinates | 46°32′38″N 48°29′53″W / 46.5439°N 48.4981°W |
Operator | ExxonMobil - 36%, Chevron Corporation - 27%, Suncor Energy - 23%, Equinor - 10%, Nalcor Energy - 4% |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1980 |
Start of production | 2017 |
Production | |
Current production of oil | 150,000 barrels per day (~7.5×10 6 t/a) |
Estimated oil in place | 94 million tonnes (~ 100×10 6 m3 or 700 million bbl) |
Hebron Oil Field, located off the coast of Newfoundland, is the fourth field to come on to production in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin. Discovered in 1981 and put online in 2017, the Hebron field is estimated to contain over 700 million barrels of producible hydrocarbons. The field is contained within a fault-bounded Mesozoic rift basin called the Jeanne d'Arc Basin.