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C-NLOPB Tightens Regulations for Orphan Basin Drilling Program
A team has been established within the C-NLOPB to provide regulatory oversight of Chevron's operations in the Orphan Basin offshore Canada.
8:00 PM EST | May 19, 2010
C-NLOPB Issues '09 Calls for Bids Offshore Newfoundland, Labrador
C-NLOPB released the details of the 2009 Calls for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area.
8:00 PM EST | May 28, 2009
C-NLOPB Receives 5 Exploration Bids Offshore Newfoundland, Labrador
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has announced the results of the 2008 Calls for Bids NL08-1 and NL08-2 for exploration rights in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area.
7:00 PM EST | November 16, 2008
Land Sale in Offshore Labrador Region Represents 3rd Largest in Bid History
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced the results of the 2007 Call for Bids for exploration rights in the Labrador Offshore Region.
8:00 PM EST | September 14, 2008
Canadian Agency Extends Deadline for Bids Offshore Labrador
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has not yet finalized the strategic environmental assessment of the area containing the four parcels offered in Call for Bids NL07-2 (Labrador Offshore Region).
8:00 PM EST | July 06, 2008
Govt. Agency Amends Regulations Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
The amended regulations means certain guidance respecting formation flow testing is no longer in effect in respect of the mandatory testing of exploration or delineation wells subject to the pay criteria outlined.
8:00 PM EST | May 22, 2008
CNLOPB: 2007 Call for Bids
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board have released details of the 2007 land sales in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area.
8:00 PM EST | May 20, 2007
Husky Reports 24% Jump in Q1 Earnings
Husky Energy Inc. reported net earnings of $650 million or $1.53 per share (diluted) in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 24% from $524 million or $1.24 per share (diluted) in the same quarter of 2006.
8:00 PM EST | April 17, 2007
Husky Wins Nod to Boost White Rose Production
John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy Inc., announced late Monday that the company has received regulatory and government approval to increase production to 140,000 barrels per day at the White Rose oil field.
8:00 PM EST | April 02, 2007
Tekoil/Ptarmigan Pay Deposit to Extend Newfoundland Lease
Tekoil & Gas Corporation said that it has paid the $250,000 Canadian dollars required under the terms of the Farmin Agreement with Newfoundland & Labrador based Ptarmigan Resources Limited.
7:00 PM EST | January 11, 2007
C-NLOPB: No Bids Received for Sydney Basin
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board says the final phase of the 2006 Land Sale process has closed without any bids for three parcels in the Sydney Basin.
7:00 PM EST | December 03, 2006
Tekoil Gets Go-Ahead to Expand Newfoundland Seismic
Tekoil & Gas Corp. said that its application for a geographic expansion of its original 3D seismic survey program around the Port au Port Peninsula and Port au Port Bay in western Newfoundland.
7:00 PM EST | November 19, 2006
C-NLOPB Says Offshore Activity Now a $1 Billion Per Year Industry
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board released its Annual Report for 2005-2006 and said offshore activity is now a $1 billion a year industry in Newfoundland and Labrador, contributing more than 14% of the province's GDP.
8:00 PM EST | June 28, 2006
C-NLOPB Revises Reserve Estimates for Hibernia and Hebron
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has revised its estimates of Recoverable Reserves/Resources for the Hibernia Field and the Hebron complex.
8:00 PM EST | June 01, 2006
Board: Three Calls for Bids in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) said that there will be three separate calls for bids this year in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area.
7:00 PM EST | March 21, 2006
Husky Increases Holdings in Jeanne d'Arc Basin
Husky Energy reports expansion of its holdings in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin with the acquisition of exploration rights for two parcels totaling 15,615 hectares.
7:00 PM EST | January 15, 2006
CNLOPB Celebrates 20th Birthday
CNLOPB marks a significant milestone. Twenty years ago, on January 6, 1986, the Board began operations as the regulatory agency responsible for managing the petroleum resources in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area.
7:00 PM EST | January 05, 2006
CNLOPB Receives Bids on Five of Seven Parcels on Offer
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board announced the results of the 2005 Call for Bids for exploration rights in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area, which closed on December 1, 2005.
7:00 PM EST | December 01, 2005
CNOPB Invites Comments on Orphan Basin Exploration Study
The public is invited to comment on the draft Comprehensive Study Report for an exploratory drilling program being proposed by Chevron Canada Resources on behalf of its partners for their eight jointly owned blocks in the Orphan Basin.
8:00 PM EST | October 27, 2005
Newfoundland Releases SEA Report in Connection with Upcoming Bid Round
The Board has concluded the Western Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Strategic Environmental Assessment (the SEA Report) which assessed an area containing Parcels 4, 5, 6, and 7 offered in the Call for Bids NL05-1.
8:00 PM EST | October 26, 2005
Draft SEA for Offshore Western Newfoundland & Labrador
The public is invited to comment on the draft Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Western Newfoundland Offshore Area.
8:00 PM EST | September 05, 2005
Precautionary Plans for Newfoundland Offshore Demobilization
The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a Titan IV rocket early in the morning of Monday, April 11 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Debris from the launch, a 10-ton solid rocket booster, will land in a Launch Hazard Area, which contains the Hibernia platform.
8:00 PM EST | April 07, 2005
SBM Spill from GSF Grand Banks Offshore Canada
A spill of 4.02 cubic meters (26 barrels) of synthetic-based drilling mud (SBM) from the semisub, GSF Grand Banks, was reported to the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board just before 4 a.m. this morning April 4, 2005.
8:00 PM EST | April 03, 2005
Canada Calls for Bids Offshore Newfoundland & Labrador
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board announced details of the 2005 Call for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. The Call will consist of seven parcels, three located in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin (Parcels 1 to 3), and four in the Western Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Region (Parcels 4 to 7).
7:00 PM EST | March 15, 2005
CNOPB Renews Terra Nova POA for Three-Year Term
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board has issued a three-year Production Operations Authorization to Petro-Canada for the Terra Nova oilfield.
7:00 PM EST | January 27, 2005
CNOPB Authorizes Terra Nova FPSO to Resume Production
The C-NOPB has authorized the Terra Nova FPSO to resume production.
7:00 PM EST | December 14, 2004
Plan in Place to Resume Production at Terra Nova
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board has advised Petro-Canada that it has completed its investigation and formally lifted the suspension of production, once our recommended mitigation actions are in place.
7:00 PM EST | November 30, 2004
Update on Recovery Efforts for Terra Nova Incident
While the on-water oil recovery efforts at the Terra Nova spill site are being reduced, wildlife monitoring and analysis as well as water sampling efforts will continue.
7:00 PM EST | November 28, 2004
C-NOPB Investigates Spill from Terra Nova FPSO
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NOPB) is investigating a spill of some 200 barrels of crude oil that occurred just before 1 a.m. November 21, 2004 during operations on the Terra Nova FPSO.
7:00 PM EST | November 21, 2004
CNOPB Investigates Spill from Drilling Rig
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board is investigating a spill of 96.6 cubic meters of synthetic-based drilling mud (SBM) that occurred before midnight, October 21, 2004 during operations on the GSF Grand Banks.
8:00 PM EST | October 24, 2004
C-NOPB Releases Flemish Pass Hydrocarbon Resource Estimates
The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board has released an estimate of the Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Resources(1) in the Flemish Pass Basin.
8:00 PM EST | May 19, 2004
C-NOPB Allows Production Rate Increase for Hibernia
In December 2002 Hibernia Management and Development Company made application to the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board to increase the annual oil production rate for the Hibernia oil field.
8:00 PM EST | May 21, 2003