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LATEST NEWS

January 27, 2012
CNSOPB Issues Revised Guidelines on the Issuance of Exploration Licences and is re-instituting its practice of considering nominations received.

January 20, 2012
Offshore Board Announces Results of Call For Bids NS11-1

January 11, 2012
Employment Opportunity

January 10, 2012
Call for Bids NS11-1 is now closed

December 2, 2011
Request for Proposals - Website Design Services

November 23, 2011
CNSOPB Seeks Written Comments on Draft Revised Guidelines on the Issuance of Exploration Licences

November 16, 2011
CNSOPB Statement - Board Responds to Provincial AG Report

October 21, 2011
Updated Measurement Guidelines & Data Acquisition and Reporting Guidelines

October 6, 2011
Strategic Environmental Assessment available for Public Comment

October 3, 2011
Request for Proposals - Microsoft Software Assurance Renewal

October 2, 2011
CNSOPB Seeks Written Comments on Draft Commercial R&D Incentive Credit

September 1, 2011
Acting Board Chair

August 3, 2011
Board establishes Health, Safety & Environment Committee

July 21, 2011
The 2010-2011 Annual Report is now available.

July 12, 2011
Public comments invited on a draft Scoping document for the strategic environmental assessment of the CNSOPB Call for Bids area

June 30, 2011
CNSOPB Issues Call for Bids and Seeks Written Submissions

June 14, 2011
CNSOPB Issues Revised Canada-Nova Scotia Benefits Plan Guidelines

June 6, 2011
Drilling and Production Guidelines Issued

April 6, 2011
Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) Summary Report

April 4, 2011
Safety Plan/Environmental Protection Plan Guidelines Issued

March 31, 2011
Job Posting: Health and Safety Advisor

February 15, 2011
Advance Announcement: IRF Summit Conference in Stavanger on 4 and 5 October 2011

November 8, 2010
Mr Stuart Pinks appears before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources, November 2

November 8, 2010
News Release from the International Regulators' Forum

September 21, 2010
Ian Cronshaw, CORE 2010 Guest Speaker, Find details here

September 10, 2010
CNSOPB attends extraordinary meeting of the International Regulators’ Forum. Find release here.
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August 23, 2010
Canada hosts the 2010 International Regulators Forum (IRF) Global Offshore Safety Conference in Vancouver from October 17-20. Details at www.irfconference2010.com

August 19, 2010
Facts do not justify banning Canada’s current offshore drilling operations:  A senate review in the wake of BP's deepwater horizon incident

August 16, 2010
Operator Spill Response Plans from Exxon Mobil Canada and Encana Natural Gas are available upon request.

July 31, 2010
CNSOPB Annual Report 2009-2010

July 12, 2010
Employment Opportunity

July 8, 2010
Board Announces Results of Call for Bids NS09-1

May 27, 2010
CEO remarks before the Senate on Energy, The Environment and Natural Resources

May 25, 2010
Chair's remarks for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources

May 11, 2010
Notice - Exhaust Gases in Lifeboats

April 28, 2010
Notice - Lifesaving Equipment Arrangements

April 19, 2010
Notice - Offshore OHS Stakeholder Information Session Documents

February 16, 2010
Employment Opportunity

February 16, 2010
Employment Opportunity

January 04, 2010
Notice - Board Extends Exploration Licence 2407