Offshore

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May 15, 2020
Over the last eight weeks, the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association (Noia) has had ongoing discussions with the federal and provincial governments about providing immediate help to Canada’s offshore industry, which has been hit extremely hard by COVID-19 and the collapse of oil prices.
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March 20, 2020
Husky Energy announced that it will begin a systematic and orderly suspension of major construction activities related to the West White Rose Project.
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March 15, 2020
Canadian oil and gas companies are cutting C$2.4 billion to C$3.5 billion ($1.7 billion-$2.5 billion) from their budgets for this year as low prices make most production unprofitable.
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November 13, 2019
Rockies LNG Partners, a group of Canadian natural gas drillers seeking new markets for their production, is considering building an export project on barges floating off the coast of British Columbia.
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October 15, 2019
"We see many prospects that have the potential to hold billions of barrels of oil. There are probably two dozen prospects HIbernia-size or bigger," said Jim Keating, executive vice president, offshore development and corporate services at Nalcor Energy.
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October 08, 2019
In the context of Noia’s Imagine the Potential campaign and data released through its industry economic impact report, Noia believes it is imperative for the political parties to provide information on how they will ensure the industry is able to reach its potential and provide significant benefits to all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and Canadians.
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October 03, 2019
“In just 9% of our offshore, we have a combined resource potential of 52.2 Bbbl oil and 199.6 Tcf gas. We have over 650 leads and prospects identified to date, and $4 billion in recent exploration work commitments," said the Honorable Siobhan Coady, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources.
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October 01, 2019
The decommissioning project comprises seven offshore gas platforms located approximately 135 nautical miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the edge of the Scotian Shelf.
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September 05, 2019
In line with its continued investments in high-end imaging technology, supercomputing capacity and digitalization, CGG will employ its FWI and least-squares migration algorithms over the entire survey area of more than 10,000 km².
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August 19, 2019
“The nature and frequency of these incidents in our offshore area are obviously concerning,” said Scott Tessier, CEO of the Canada - Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board.
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August 19, 2019
Husky Energy announced it will resume production from the remaining two drill centers shut in following a November 2018 oil spill offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.
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June 24, 2019
Building on their decade-long partnership for Eastern Canada seismic/gravity surveys, TGS and PGS have announced a partnership with Bain Geophysical Services to create a new regional study of the crust offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.
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June 20, 2019
TGS and PGS announce the Jeanne d’Arc High Density 3D (HD3D) multi-client project offshore Newfoundland, East Canada.
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June 12, 2019
ION Geophysical Corporation has announced an expansion to the Company's 2D multi-client program offshore Newfoundland, Canada.
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May 20, 2019
TGS and PGS announce the Torngat 3D multi-client project in Offshore East Canada.
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May 01, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador has an opportunity to become one of the most competitive offshore oil and natural gas jurisdictions in the world, but only if Newfoundlanders and Labradorians vote for energy in the next provincial election, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).
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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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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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