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Our History
Offshore History Timeline - Highlights
- December 2013 Production underway at Encana Corporation’s Deep Panuke Natural Gas Project.
- November 2012 The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board awarded exploration rights for four deep-water parcels to BP Exploration Company Ltd. BP with work commitments of nearly $1.1 billion exploring these properties. Shell Canada was awarded exploration rights to two parcels in the Sable Island area and two in deep-water for its $32-million bid, bringing its total spending commitment to more than $1 billion over six years.
- June 2012 The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board awarded four deep-water blocks to Shell Canada with work commitments on the blocks totaling $970 million.
- December 31, 1999 First gas from the Sable Offshore Energy project is delivered to the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline system.
- 1992 Production begins from the Cohasset Project. It becomes Canada's first offshore production project.
- 1986 Canada and Nova Scotia formally implement the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord which establishes joint regulation of the Nova Scotia Offshore Area.
- 1967 Mobil Oil drills the first well offshore Nova Scotia.