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Largest in this registry
#2,651
of 84,014 with a recorded tonnage
Largest rig / offshore unit
#17
of 856 of this type with a recorded tonnage
Fleet rank
—
No operator attributed to this ship
In brief
Terra Nova is a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) for servicing the Terra Nova oil and gas field. Since 2019 the vessel has been off-field undergoing a life extension programme, initially at Bull Arm Fabrication Site, then Navantia, Ferrol. In February 2023, the vessel returned to Canada, as of 12th April is undergoing recommissioning at Bull Arm.
The Terra Nova field is operated by Suncor Energy Inc., with a 37.675% interest, located approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) east off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Terra Nova field is south of the successful Hibernia field and the more recent White Rose field. All three fields are in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin on the eastern edge of the famous Grand Banks fishing territory.
Terra Nova lost 165 m³ of oil into the ocean in 2004 because of two mechanical failures. In June 2006, production on Terra Nova was halted as the platform was sent to Rotterdam for a refit. She returned to the Terra Nova field on 25 September 2006.
Vessel particulars
Every value is as recorded in the source. Blanks are values the source does not hold — none is estimated from a sister ship or a class average.
Identification
Construction
Measurements
In context
Every figure in this section is a count, a rank or a percentile over vessels actually held in this registry — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
At 110,720 gross tons, Terra Nova FPSO is the 2,651st largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 18 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.
Among the 911 rig / offshore units held here, it ranks 17th by tonnage — larger than 98% of that group. Their median tonnage is 9,254 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 51,732 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Liberia (179 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is Hanwha Ocean, with 27 hulls on record.
Canada is the country of registry for 633 vessels in this directory, of which Terra Nova FPSO is the 1st largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (404 ships), and the median vessel measures 1,800 GT. Browse every ship flagged Canada.
Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 3 rig / offshore units flying the Canada flag, of which none is larger than Terra Nova FPSO.
Terra Nova FPSO was built in 2000, making it 26 years old. It is one of 1,296 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 8,737 GT; within it this ship is the 43rd largest. Across the whole of the 2000s the registry holds 18,605 vessels, median 9,957 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.
The registry attributes 1,090 vessels to Hanwha Ocean, with a median tonnage of 84,214 GT, delivered between 1982 and 2025. See the rest of that yard’s output.
At 291.0 m overall, Terra Nova FPSO is 217.0 m longer than the 74.0 m median for rig / offshore units on record, with a beam of 45.5 m.
IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 9183532 this registry holds 63 other vessels, whose median build year is 1999 and which range from 1991 to 2001. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 2000.
Its IMO number, 9183532, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 9×7 + 1×6 + 8×5 + 3×4 + 5×3 + 3×2 = 142 — and the last digit of that total, 2, must equal the seventh digit, 2. It does, so this number is well formed.
Nearest by tonnage among rig / offshore units
| Ship | Built | Gross tonnage |
|---|---|---|
| Thialf | 1985 | 136,709 |
| Glen Lyon | 2015 | 134,162 |
| Skarv FPSO | 2010 | 111,914 |
| Terra Nova FPSO (this ship) | 2000 | 110,720 |
| Northern Endeavour | 1999 | 108,406 |
| SeaRose FPSO | 2004 | 95,887 |
| «Schiehallion» |
Same yard, same years
No ship class is recorded for this vessel, so these are not asserted to be sister ships — they are contemporaries from the same builder, shown because that is what the data supports.
FPSO Cidade De Campos Dos Goyt
2000 · 164,160 GT · The Bahamas
FPSO C.D.Itaguai
1999 · 160,338 GT · The Bahamas
New Global
2001 · 159,016 GT · Marshall Islands
Impalas
1999 · 157,833 GT · Panama
Luxe
1999 · 157,833 GT · The Bahamas
Dazzle
2001 · 157,831 GT · Samoa
Ermis
2000 · 157,831 GT · Tanzania
Ridge U
2001 · 157,814 GT · Marshall Islands
Provenance
Vessel recordWikidata, released under CC0, keyed on this ship’s IMO number.
Written summaryQuoted from Terra Nova FPSO on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
PhotographBy Alf van Beem, reused under CC0.
| 1998 |
| 86,074 |