An anchor handling tug supply vessel, Maersk Detector, last night collided with Transocean’s GSF Grand Banks rig , offshore Newfoundland.
Both, the vessel and the rig have been damaged to some extent, but luckily the crew sustained no injuries, said Husky Energy’s spokesperson, Coleen McConnell.
Husky Energy, Canadian oil & gas exploration and production company that operates the rig in the White Rose field said through its spokesperson that all operations on the rig will be suspended, and the rig will be shipped to shore for repairs.
GSF Grand Banks rig is Aker H-3.2 self propelled semi-submersible, built by St John Shipbuilding at the New Brunswick Canada shipyard in 1984.
Husky is the operator and majority owner in the White Rose oil field and satellite expansions, which include North Amethyst, West White Rose and the South White Rose extension. These fields are located on the eastern margin of the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, approximately 350 kilometres east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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