STACKING THE ODDS

摘要

By letting Shell Canada drill exploratory wells in the deepwater Shelburne Basin and by giving it 13 days to cap a well in the event of a sub-sea blowout, Nova Scotia might be seen as being competitively spirited. Then again, with an offshore gas industry winding down and no definite future in hydrocarbon production, the have-not province could be perceived as acting desperate.