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Recent E&P Activity <strong>in</strong> Mesozoic Bas<strong>in</strong>s<br />

• Production. Presently<br />

Presently NL production is obta<strong>in</strong>ed from<br />

Hibernia, Terra Nova and White Rose fields <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Jeanne</strong><br />

d’Arc Bas<strong>in</strong>. New developments are carried out at the giant<br />

and complex Hebron oil field and at the smaller satellite<br />

fields North Amethyst, West White Rose and Hibernia South<br />

<strong>Exploration</strong>. In the past 5 years, exploration <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Mesozoic bas<strong>in</strong>s consisted of 2D and 3D seismic data<br />

acquisition, various EMCS surveys and drill<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

– <strong>Exploration</strong> Drill<strong>in</strong>g took place <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Jeanne</strong> d’Arc, d<br />

Flemish<br />

Pass and East Orphan bas<strong>in</strong>s. No drill<strong>in</strong>g has yet tak<strong>in</strong>g place<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Laurentian and Hopedale bas<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

– The Mesozoic bas<strong>in</strong>s have also seen new exploration licens<strong>in</strong>g<br />

or consolidation of older issued ELs. As the spr<strong>in</strong>g of 2009<br />

there was $872,756,736 <strong>in</strong> exploration commitments to be<br />

undertaken by <strong>in</strong>terest owners <strong>in</strong> these bas<strong>in</strong>s<br />

• <strong>Exploration</strong>.<br />

Enachescu, NL DNR 2009

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