2015 Eastern Newfoundland Region NL01-EN
On March 31, 2015, the C-NLOPB announced its first Call for Bids round in the Eastern Newfoundland region. The Call for Bids closed on November 12, 2015.
Further detailed information pertaining to the Call for Bids can be found here.
Located 475 km east of St. John’s, the 2015 license round covered the 11 parcels of the NL01-EN sector. The sector was positioned in the central east portion of the Eastern Newfoundland region and covered an area of 23,600 km2. Water depths range from 500 m on the slope to 3,300 m in the eastern-most deep water region of the sector.
Multiple vintages of seismic data exist over this region of the Flemish Pass Basin, with 2D acquisitions available as multiclient data. The nearest offset wells to this sector are Bonanza M-71, Margaree A-49, Lona O-55, Mizzen F-09, Mizzen O-16, Mizzen L-11, Harpoon O-85, Bay du Nord C-78, Bay du Nord C-78z, Bay du Nord L-76, Bay du Nord L-76z, Bay de Verde F-67, Bay de Verde F-67z, Bay d’Espoir B-09, Tuckamore B-27, Gabriel C-60, Lancaster G-70, Baccalieu I-78, and the most recent well drilled Cupids A-33.
A Resource Assessment for the region was released on October 1, 2015.