Offshore
News
April 26, 2019
As a provincial general election is scheduled for May 16, 2019, Noia has issued a letter to the leaders of the four political parties seeking their position on the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil & gas industry.
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March 2019
Gulf Quest LLC, a Gulf Energy Information and Quest Offshore JV, is hosting this year’s 16th annual Marine, Construction & Engineering Deepwater Development (MCEDD) conference on April 2–4, at London’s Novotel London West hotel. Once again, attendees can expect to hear about the latest advances in the engineering, development and production of oil and gas in deepwater and ultra-deepwater fields around the globe.
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February 2019
A year ago, things appeared to be looking up for Canada’s oil patch, but that proved unfounded. In early 2019, more uncertainty and pessimism are in the air, and little on the horizon provides hope for improvement.
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January 2019
High exploration interest, long lead times and a major development inoculate the region’s offshore activity against low oil prices
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December 03, 2018
A new threat looms for Canada’s largest oil producing province, even as it imposes mandatory output cuts to ease a glut that has driven down crude prices.
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November 20, 2018
According to Husky Energy, operations remain suspended at the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with all production wells secure after a period of extreme weather late last week.
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August 28, 2018
Fugro has successfully completed the geophysical acquisition portion of a 2018 Carson Basin seep hunting program in offshore eastern Canada.
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July 27, 2018
TGS and PGS announce the commencement of a new 3D multi-client project in East Canada. The Lewis Hills 3D Geostreamer survey will cover approximately 3,400 km² in an active Newfoundland area of the Flemish Pass basin.
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June 13, 2018
Corridor Resources Inc. has announced that it has completed its integrated geotechnical analysis of the Old Harry prospect comprised of data from a controlled source electromagnetic survey (CSEM) and reprocessed two dimensional (2D) seismic. Old Harry is a large (43,000-acre), undrilled structure with four-way closure located in approximately 470 m of water in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, straddling the border of Newfoundland and Quebec.
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June 2018
One of the industry’s most unique offshore provinces continues to generate activity, both on the exploration and development sides. Along with that comes additional technical innovation.
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June 11, 2018
TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) announce that a second vessel, the Ramform Sterling, will be allocated to the 2018 East Canada acquisition program.
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February 2018
Alaska seeks limits on offshore leasing
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December 2017
A need for leadership
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December 2017
An interview with Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Natural Resources Siobhan Coady
Article
December 2017
Current dynamics should portend prosperity, but over-regulation could alter the picture.
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November 29, 2017
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador now ranks as the most attractive Canadian jurisdiction for oil and gas investment, and it is the fourth-most attractive jurisdiction worldwide this year, according to the annual global survey of petroleum-sector executives released on Nov. 28 by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan, Canadian public policy think-tank.
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November 29, 2017
On the eve of the most momentous OPEC gathering in at least three years, ExxonMobil Corp. turned on the spigot on an oil field that’ll pump a supertanker worth of crude every two weeks.
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November 28, 2017
ExxonMobil Corporation has announced that the Hebron project started production safely and ahead of schedule. At its peak, the project will produce up to 150,000 bopd.
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October 30, 2017
As part of its planning for the future use of the Bull Arm Fabrication Site, Nalcor Energy issued a request for proposals (RFP) today to identify the next potential tenant(s) to lease the Site.
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October 26, 2017
Fugro has teamed up with Amplified Geochemical Imaging (AGI) to acquire offshore hydrocarbon seep data in advance of Canada’s 2018 east coast bid round.
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October 20, 2017
Fearing that Canadian federal officials could upset the relatively healthy Newfoundland and Labrador offshore sector, the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industry Association (NOIA) is calling on its membership to contact these officials and bombard them with comments and concerns.
