Canada's National Energy Board Expecting Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Applications

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Canada's National Energy Board expects to receive applications for two new offshore oil and gas applications for drilling in the Beaufort Sea in the country's far north, Board Chairman Gaetan Caron said May 27. In a speech in the Northwest Territories, Caron said Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited has indicated interest in drilling one or more offshore exploratory wells about 175 kilometers north-northwest of Tuk-toyaktuk, NWT, on exploratory licenses where water depths range from 60 to 1,500 meters. Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited is operator of Beaufort Sea Exploration Joint Venture, a collaboration among Imperial, Exxon Mobil and BP.