Growing Concerns Over Proposed Scotian Shelf Petroleum Exploration

Approval is pending on two offshore petroleum projects on the Scotian Shelf off the coast of Nova Scotia. BP Canada Energy Group ULC (BP) wants to conduct a deep-water drilling exploration project in the Scotian Basin that could see as many as seven wells drilled in waters 230 to 370 kilometres off the southeast coast, along the Scotian Shelf between 2018 and 2022 (exploration licences 2431, 2432, 2433 and 2434). Statoil Canada Ltd. is seeking the approval of 3D seismic survey exploration ...