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Halifax and Calgary offices or at their facilities in Nova Scotia to understand their capabilities and explain how to make themselves eligible to compete for work on the project. Shell also met suppliers at the Nova Scotia Pavilion at the annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston in May 2013. Shell is a member of the Maritimes Energy Association and has participated in the Association's programs to reach their supply community members, including speaking at the 2013 CORE Conference. Shell hosted supplier engagement sessions throughout the province.
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compounds. These plugs are placed at varying depths in the well bore to separate and permanently isolate certain subsurface zones to prevent the escape of any subsurface fluids from the well. The drilled areas will be abandoned within seven to ten days of being exposed. As part of well abandonment, approval was sought to leave the wellhead in place. Where removal of the wellhead is required, the wellhead and associated equipment (casing) will be removed up to 1 m below the sea floor by using cutters.
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Exploration Licenses 2429 and 2430. These six exploration licenses cover an area of roughly 19,845 square kilometers. The areas are located offshore approximately 300 kilometers south of Halifax, Nova Scotia in water depths ranging from 500-3500 m. The purpose of the project is to find and confirm
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were also identified by the Agency as having interest in and around the project area and were involved in the assessment. The
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