Newfoundland and Labrador

BP was the only operator to place a bid in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board call for bids, which offered 17 parcels in the eastern Newfoundland region.

Production from the Hibernia platform was shut down again on 17 August after its second oil spill in a month, while Husky Energy began to ramp up output from the White Rose field following the largest-ever spill off Canada’s easternmost province.

Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady says the government is open to the idea of an independent safety regulator for the province’s offshore oil and gas industry but is not currently working toward implementation.

A shut-in subsea flowline is believed to be the source of the spill on Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The spill is believed to be the largest in the history of the Canadian province.

The deal gives Equinor exploration parcels in the prolific Jeanne d’Arc Basin, near its existing discoveries offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.