The topsides for the West White Rose project has left Texas, bound for the coast of Newfoundland.

The concrete gravity structure, currently in Placentia Bay, will be joined with the 23,000-tonne concrete topsides which left Ingleside, Texas bound for Newfoundland yesterday.

Jeff Jeworski, Senior Vice President for the Atlantic Region with Cenovus, is applauding the “great work” that’s been done to date on the West White Rose extension project.

He provided the latest update at the Energy NL Conference in St. John’s.

He says the gravity structure and the topsides, once tied together, will join the existing Sea Rose FPSO and associated subsea infrastructure on the Grand Banks.

First oil is expected in 2026.