Decision No. 39-W-2012

February 6, 2012

APPLICATION by Transocean Canada Drilling Services Ltd., pursuant to the Coasting Trade Act, S.C., 1992, c. 31, for a licence.

File No.: 
W9125/12-00494

APPLICATION

Transocean Canada Drilling Services Ltd. applied, through its Canadian representative, for a licence to use the “HENRY GOODRICH”, a mobile offshore drilling unit from Vanuatu, to perform drilling activities for the exploration and development of petroleum resources, off the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, exclusively in the continental shelf zone, commencing on March 1, 2012 and ending on February 28, 2013.

ISSUE

Is there a suitable Canadian ship available to perform the activity?

FACTS AND DETERMINATION

A search of the Canadian marine industry was conducted and it was determined that there is no suitable Canadian ship available to perform the activity described in the application.

The Agency is providing this determination to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to consider whether to issue the licence. This Decision is not an authority to operate.

Member(s)

Raymon J. Kaduck
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