Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project

The Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project is an exploratory hydrocarbon drilling program by Shell Canada Limited, the subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell in the Shelburne basin approximately 250 kilometres offshore, South of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shell Canada has proposed up to seven exploration wells within six exploration licenses over a four-year period from 2015 to 2019. Shell carried out a 3D Wide Azimuth seismic survey in 2013, and a seabed survey in the same offshore area in 2014. In June 2015, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency published their environmental assessment. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) approved the project on October 20, 2015. In September, 2016 one of the non-operating partners, Suncor, wrote off its investme

Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project

The Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project is an exploratory hydrocarbon drilling program by Shell Canada Limited, the subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell in the Shelburne basin approximately 250 kilometres offshore, South of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Shell Canada has proposed up to seven exploration wells within six exploration licenses over a four-year period from 2015 to 2019. Shell carried out a 3D Wide Azimuth seismic survey in 2013, and a seabed survey in the same offshore area in 2014. In June 2015, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency published their environmental assessment. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) approved the project on October 20, 2015. In September, 2016 one of the non-operating partners, Suncor, wrote off its investme