Welcome to Call for Bids NS08-2
The Call for Bids consists of two parcels, both in deeper water.
Bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. Atlantic Time, June 26, 2009.
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Infrastructure in the area includes the Sable Offshore Energy Project (SOEP) and a subsea gas pipeline to landfall in Nova Scotia. The Deep Panuke offshore gas project, which includes a second pipeline to landfall, is under development in the area.
Summary - Parcel 1
- Parcel 1 located southwest of the Sable Subbasin where 23 discoveries have been made to date
- A number of promising structures are present in an area down-slope from a major Early Cretaceous river system, where seismic stratigraphic studies suggest deepwater sands were deposited
- Gas bearing sands encountered in the nearby Newburn H-23 deepwater well (and several other deepwater wells on the Scotian slope) demonstrate a working hydrocarbon system is present in deepwater, and that clastics as coarse as pebble conglomerates were transported into deepwater
- The “Big Tancook” structure has a closure area up to 40 km2, and has an estimated 1.3 Tcf (P90) to 4.1 Tcf (P10) of in-place gas in this one structure alone
Summary - Parcel 2
- Parcel 2 located southwest of the Sable Subbasin where 23 discoveries have been made to date
- A number of promising structures are present in an area down-slope from a major Early Cretaceous river system, where seismic stratigraphic studies suggest deepwater sands were deposited
- Gas bearing sands encountered in the nearby Newburn H-23 deepwater well (and several other deepwater wells on the Scotian slope) demonstrate a working hydrocarbon system is present in deepwater, and that clastics as coarse as pebble conglomerates were transported into deepwater
- The “Big Thrum” structure has a closure area up to 55 km2, and has an estimated 2.0 Tcf (P90) to 5.9 Tcf (P10) of in-place gas in this one structure alone
Seismic and well data for the parcels is available in digital format from the Board's Data Management Centre: www.cnsopbdmc.ca.
Written Comments
The public is invited to submit written comments to the Board on the lands included in the Call for Bids. Such submissions will be considered by the Board before the issuance of Exploration Licences. The deadline for the submission of written comments is 4:00 p.m. Atlantic Time, June 12, 2009. For contact information, please click here.
Note: Appendix I of “Call for Bids No. NS08-2” was amended on March 10, 2009 to correct an error associated with the description of the “Lands.” Parcel 1, grid 42-30-61-15 now includes sections 46-50, which were previously omitted in error.
