Tilt Cove Exploration Drilling Project — Public Comments Invited

Press Release

May 27, 2019 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) must decide whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Tilt Cove Exploration Drilling Project, located approximately 300 kilometres southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

To help inform this decision, the Agency is seeking comments from the public and Indigenous groups on the project and its potential effects on the environment, as described in the summary of the project description.

All comments received will be considered public. Written comments in either official language must be submitted by June 16, 2019 to:

Tilt Cove Exploration Drilling Project
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
301-10 Barters Hill
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 6M1
Telephone: 709-725-2725
Email: CEAA.TiltCove.ACEE@canada.ca

The Proposed Project

Suncor Energy Inc. is proposing to conduct an exploration drilling project within an offshore exploration licence in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, located approximately 300 kilometres southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador in the Atlantic Ocean. As proposed, the Tilt Cove Exploration Drilling Project would allow the proponent, over a nine-year period, to determine the presence, nature, and quantities of the potential hydrocarbon resource in exploration licence 1161.

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