Cougar Helicopters
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Cougar Helicopters is a St. John's
based commercial helicopter company servicing offshore oil and gas fields off the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
. Cougar has permanent facilities in St. John's and Halifax.
, a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A
helicopter carrying 18 passengers and crew en route to an oil platform off the coast of Newfoundland, ditched and sank in 178 metres of water. 17 of the 18 people on board perished in the crash.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
based commercial helicopter company servicing offshore oil and gas fields off the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. Cougar has permanent facilities in St. John's and Halifax.
Services
Cougar Helicopters currently services platforms and ships located off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in the:-
- Hibernia FieldHibernia (oil field)Hibernia is an oil field in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.The production platform Hibernia is the world's largest oil platform and consists of a 37,000-tonne integrated topsides facility mounted on a 600,000-tonne gravity base structure...
- Terra Nova FieldTerra Nova (oil field)Terra Nova is an oil field development project 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. Discovered in 1984 by Petro-Canada, the field is the second largest off Canada's East Coast. Terra Nova is the first harsh environment development in North America to use a Floating Production Storage and...
- White Rose FieldWhite Rose (oil field)White Rose is an oil field development project 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. Husky Energy is the operator and 72.5 per cent interest holder in the White Rose oil fields....
- Hebron-Ben Nevis Field
- Deep Panuke FieldDeep PanukeDeep Panuke is the name of an offshore natural gas field. It is located off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada on the Scotian Shelf. It is currently under development by the EnCana Corporation.-References:*...
- Hibernia Field
Fleet
Cougar Helicopters operates a fleet of heavy and medium class helicopters:- Sikorsky S-92Sikorsky S-92The Sikorsky S-92 is a four-bladed twin-engine medium-lift helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the civil and military helicopter market. The S-92 was developed from the Sikorsky S-70 helicopter and has similar parts such as flight control and rotor systems.The H-92 Superhawk is a military...
- Sikorsky S-76Sikorsky S-76The Sikorsky S-76 is an American medium-size commercial utility helicopter. The S-76 is powered by two turboshaft engines, which drive both the main and tail rotors, each with four blades...
- Sikorsky S-61N
- Bell 222Bell 222The Bell 222 is a twin-engined light helicopter built by Bell Helicopter. The Bell 230 is an improved development with different engines and other minor changes. A cosmetically modified version of the 222 was used as the titular aircraft in the US television series Airwolf.-Development:In the late...
U - primarily operate as Air Ambulances
Incidents and accidents
On 12 March 2009, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91Cougar Helicopters Flight 91
Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the SeaRose FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland east-southeast of St...
, a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A
Sikorsky S-92
The Sikorsky S-92 is a four-bladed twin-engine medium-lift helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the civil and military helicopter market. The S-92 was developed from the Sikorsky S-70 helicopter and has similar parts such as flight control and rotor systems.The H-92 Superhawk is a military...
helicopter carrying 18 passengers and crew en route to an oil platform off the coast of Newfoundland, ditched and sank in 178 metres of water. 17 of the 18 people on board perished in the crash.