CNOOC announces delay of Flemish Pass drilling campaign

In another blow to Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry, an exploration drilling campaign planned this year for the Flemish Pass has been delayed because of the global pandemic.

That is a setback for an industry hoping to expand the province’s oil industry into a new, deep-water basin.

In a statement to CBC News, CNOOC International confirmed that plans to drill what is known as the Pelles well has been delayed.

‘We have concluded that given that we are in the early stages of our exploration programme, we cannot safely execute offshore in Atlantic Canada in the near term due to the COVID-19 pandemic,’ the statement reads.

Source: Energy-pedia