Two blocks nominated by the oil and gas industry are on offer off Sable Island in the northern Atlantic.
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board will accept bids through May 8, 2019, for exploration licenses covering 75,788-hectare Parcel 1 and 73,004-hectare Parcel 2, both in less than 100 m of water on the Scotian Shelf.
The parcels in Call for Bids NS18-3 are near earlier discoveries and existing production in the Sable subbasin.
Bids are evaluated on the basis of proposed work expenditure.