The Benefits Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development

First published in 1983, Offshore Oil is an early and prescient analysis of the prospects for oil and gas development off Canada's east coast. The book examines the potential of offshore oil to provide growth in Canadian industries. As development proceeds huge sums will be invested and oil companies' needs include platforms, drilling rigs, ships, plants and a host of smaller items such as drills, pumps, transformers and electronic equipment. This presents opportunities not only for traditional industries such as steel and shipbuilding but also for the high-technology sector. Offshore oil holds the prospect of energy self-sufficiency for Canada and of better times for the depressed Atlantic economy. But development of gas could also bring a "boom and bust" that damages the region's social and economic fabric. This book considers both possibilities.

The discovery of important accumulations of oil and natural gas in the eastcoast offshore region promises major economic and strategic benefits to Canada. This document looks at eastcoast offshore oil and gas development. Main topics covered are exploration and development.

The discovery of important accumulations of oil and natural gas in the eastcoast offshore region promises major economic and strategic benefits to Canada. Two important finds in particular, the Venture natural gas field and the Hibernia oil field, have spurred unprecedented oil and gas activity in Atlantic Canada in recent years in spite of a long-standing jurisdictional dispute between the federal government and Newfoundland. This document looks at eastcoast offshore oil and gas development.

The discovery of important accumulations of oil and natural gas in the eastcoast offshore region promises major economic and strategic benefits to Canada. This document specifically looks at this question and examines eastcoast offshore oil and gas development.