Van Oord has completed its offshore work scope on the West White Rose project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, concluding a multi-phase campaign of seabed preparation and rock installation.

Operations on the Grand Banks began in September 2024, when Stornes, the company’s flexible fallpipe vessel, placed a prepared rock layer on the seabed at around 117 m water depth to form the base for the concrete gravity structure (CGS).

In May 2025, Stornes and the rock installation vessel Nordnes worked in tandem in Placentia Bay to load solid ballast onto the CGS, providing the stability needed for its tow-out to the offshore field location.

After the structure reached its position on the Grand Banks, Nordnes returned in July 2025 to install scour protection around the CGS. A final offshore phase followed in October 2025, when Nordnes laid rock cover over the flowlines to protect the pipelines associated with the development.

The West White Rose activities were carried out in an area exposed to hurricanes, icebergs and heavy fog, requiring close coordination between project teams and the client. Across the scope of work, Van Oord applied its seabed intervention and subsea rock installation capabilities to support development of the field.