BP Canada Energy Group ULC let a contract to Stena Drilling for the Stena Icemax mobile offshore drilling unit for a one-well drilling program off the coast of Newfoundland.
Drilling is scheduled for 2023 and has an estimated duration of 80 days.
bp holds an interest in six exploration licenses 343-496 km offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and will conduct an exploration drilling program in 2023 within four exploration licenses (ELs) in West and East Orphan basins, subject to regulatory approval.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
