Newfoundland

Vulcan Minerals Inc., St. John’s, is moving in a rig to drill a deep well in the Bay St. George basin onshore western Newfoundland.

June 26, 2009

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 26 – Vulcan Minerals Inc., St. John’s, is moving in a rig to drill a deep well in the Bay St. George basin onshore western Newfoundland.

Vulcan Minerals plans to drill Robinson’s-1 to 3,600 m in a joint venture with Investcan Energy Corp.

The site is on Permit 03-106 about 40 km southwest of Stephenville. The basin’s deepest well to date is Hurricane-2 to 935 m in 2005.