2019 South Eastern Newfoundland Region NL19-CFB01

On April 3, 2019, the C-NLOPB announced its Call for Bids in the South Eastern Newfoundland region (NL19-CFB01). The block definition included nine parcels of land and a total of 2,270,472 hectares with water depths ranging from 100 m on the shelf to 3,500 m in the southeastern deep water region of the sector.

The Call for Bids closed on November 6, 2019. Further detailed information pertaining to the Call for Bids can be found here.

Located 400 km east-southeast of St. John’s, the 2019 license round occurred over the NL19-CFB01 sector. The sector lies in the central north portion of the south eastern Newfoundland jurisdiction and includes the Carson-Bonnition and Salar basins. These nine parcels were the focus of the 2019 Independent Resource Assessment.