Tag: Newfoundland

Statoil recently announced that a 19-month drilling campaign in the Flemish Pass off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, has resulted in two discoveries of oil in the Bay du Nord area.

The Hebron field development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada was sanctioned by operator ExxonMobil and its co-venturers.

    Suncor Energy has begun its planned maintenance shutdown of the Terra Nova Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility that operates offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

   Statoil has come to an agreement with Seadrill to use the West Aquarius deepwater drilling rig for their exploration activities offshore the province of Newfoundland in Canada in 2012-2013.

Expro has opened a new operations base in the Octagon Industrial Park in Paradise, Newfoundland. The base is four-bay workshop with 8,400sq ft of warehouse area, an office annex with 6,000ft and a two acre lot and will accommodate a team of 30 people.

Chevron Canada and Repsol E&P Canada partnering with Statoil have successfully bid for exploration rights on two land parcels in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Statoil already has a presence in the area, at its Mizzen discovery in the Flemish Bass Basin east of the new parcels.

Brazilian mining giant Vale is expanding its Canadian operations to the tune of CDN$10 billion over five years.