ATLANTIC OFFSHORE GAS CONTINUES TO GAIN PROMINENCE - The Maritimes Basin Achieves Success in the Canadian Oil & Gas Industries

摘要

Most people think of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan when they hear the words "Canadian petroleum industry." However, now that such fields as Hibernia, Terra Nova and Sable Island are operating, the Atlantic region has also become a key player. In a government study published in 2009, the oil and natural gas potential of the east coast was found to be on a par with that of Western Canada and the Arctic Ocean. The Maritimes Basin is a 96,525 sq·mi. (250,000 km~2) area that includes the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Cabot Strait and southwestern Grand Banks, with onshore ties to Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.