Land Issuance

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Active Sectors
SectorTiming
NL02-LS4-Year Cycle
NL01-NEN4-Year Cycle
NL01-SN4-Year Cycle
Active Calls for Nominations
RegionsClosing Date
NL24-CFN03 (Parcels) – Labrador South (Sector NL02-LS) November 27, 2024
NL24-CFN04 (Parcels) – Jeanne d’Arc November 27, 2024
Active Calls for Bids
RegionsClosing Date
NL24-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland November 6, 2024
Year of Call for Bids Close – Cumulative Parcels (CP)
Region202420252026202720282029
Jeanne d’Arc
(Mature)		CPCPCPCPCPCP
Northern (Low Activity)
Labrador North
Labrador SouthCPCP
North Eastern
Newfoundland
Eastern
Newfoundland
(High Activity)		CPCPCPCPCPCP
Southern (Low Activity)

South Eastern
Newfoundland		CP
Southern
Newfoundland
Western
Newfoundland
and Labrador

Scheduled Land Tenure

In 2013, the Board implemented a Scheduled Land Tenure System designed to provide increased timeframes for calls for bids in more frontier areas of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. The Offshore Area has been divided into eight regions under this system, which have been individually categorized as either low activity, high activity, or mature, based on the level of oil and gas exploration and development activities.

In this system there are three rights issuance timing cycles, corresponding to the activity designations. Low activity – a four year cycle, high activity – a two year cycle, and mature – a one year cycle.

In the Scheduled Land Tenure System, the rights issuance cycle will commence with a call for nominations (Areas of Interest). The Board will consider all nominations received and assess the nominations to design a sector, which will be announced early in the process, providing the location of the future call for bids. Subsequent to the Sector Identification, a call for nominations (Parcels) will be made requesting nominations of parcels over the previously identified sector. Parcel nominations will be assessed by the C-NLOPB and used in the design of the call for bids.

Parcel nominations for all other regions not yet publically announced into the Scheduled Land Tenure System are welcome and will be assessed by the Board as received. These nominations would be considered in the one year, call for bids rights issuance cycle.

The identity of the nominee and information concerning any lands nominated is confidential.

Contact:

Land Tenure:
Shannon Bulger
Land Tenure Coordinator
709-778-4242
sbulger@cnlopb.ca

Licencing:
Corina Mitchell
Legal Administrative Assistant
709-778-4265
cmitchell@cnlopb.ca

Active Sectors

Sectors represent the geographic area for which a call for bids will take place in the scheduled land tenure system. Sectors will be identified at the beginning of the scheduled land tenure process, such that industry will have a known call for bids area with a long lead schedule, allowing additional time for exploration assessment. A sector will be posted via a Sector Identification announcement.

Sectors will be configured by the C-NLOPB, based upon the Area of Interest nominations received from industry and assessment of lands by the Exploration Department. The C-NLOPB has considered the appropriate size of potential sectors, given the goals and process of the scheduled land tenure system. The size of a sector will be approximately 2 million hectares (ha) or 20 000 km2 and therefore will accommodate roughly nine, 800 section exploration licences (ELs) (the maximum EL size offered by the
C-NLOPB). As such, sectors will be large relative to exploration prospects, existing fields and exploration licences. They will be designed to allow for multiple play and prospect types over an extensive geographical area. Sector boundaries will be considered “flexible” for the purpose of parcel design; such that parcels can extend beyond the edge of a sector to properly contain geological features in the subsurface.

Labrador South Region: Sector NL02-LS
North Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL01-NEN
Southern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL01-SN

Closed Sectors

Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL06-EN
Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL05-EN
Eastern Newfoundland Region: Proposed Sector Location for NL05-EN
South Eastern Newfoundland: Sector NL02-SEN
Labrador South Region: Sector NL01-LS
Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL01-EN
South Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL01-SEN
Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL02-EN
Eastern Newfoundland: Sector NL03-EN
Eastern Newfoundland Region: Sector NL04-EN

Closed Call for Nominations

NL24-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL24-CFN02 – Selected Low Activity Regions
NL23-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region (over Sector NL06-EN)
NL23-CFN02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL22-CFN02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL22-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL21-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region (Over Sector NL05-EN)
NL21-CFN02 – South Eastern Newfoundland Region (Over Sector NL02-SEN)
NL21-CFN03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL20-CFN02 – South Eastern Newfoundland Region (Over Sector NL02-SEN)
NL20-CFN03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL20-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL19-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region (Over Sector NL04-EN)
NL19-CFN02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL18-CFN03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region – Amended
NL18-CFN01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL18-CFN02 – South Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL18-CFN03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL17-CFN01 – South Eastern Newfoundland Region

 

NL17-CFN02 – Eastern Newfoundland Region

 

NL17-CFN03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL16-CFN01 – North Eastern Newfoundland Region

 

NL16-CFN02 – Southern Newfoundland Region

 

NL16-CFN04 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL16-CFN03 – Labrador South Region – Sector NL01-LS
NL16-CFN05 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL15-01JDA (Parcels) – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL15-01EN (Parcels) – Sector NL02-EN – Eastern Newfoundland Region
Related News Releases
NL15-01LS Labrador South Region
NL15-01SEN South Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL14-01EN Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL14-01JDA (Parcels) – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL14-01EN (Parcels) – Sector NL01-EN
NL 13-01EN (Eastern Newfoundland Region)
NL 13-01LS (Labrador South Region)

Active Call for Bids

2024 Call for Bids

NL24-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland

As a reminder to potential bidders, our address has been changed to the following:
The Tower Corporate Campus
240 Waterford Bridge Road
West Campus Hall
Suite 7100
St. John’s, NL
A1E 1E2

Closed Call for Bids

NL23-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland
NL23-CFB02 – South Eastern Newfoundland
NL22-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland
NL22-CFB02 – South Eastern Newfoundland
Calls for Bids 2020
NL20-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region

Calls for Bids 2019

NL19-CFB01 –South Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL19-CFB02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL18-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL18-CFB02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL18-CFB03 – Jeanne d’Arc Region (Production Licence)
NL17-CFB01 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL16-CFB03 – Labrador South Region
NL16-CFB01 – Eastern Newfoundland Region
NL16-CFB02 – Jeanne d’Arc Region
NL 15-01 (Eastern Newfoundland Region)
NL 14-01 (Jeanne d’Arc Region)
Related News Releases
Strategic Environmental Assessment
NL 13-03 (Area “B” – Western Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Region)

Safety

Environment

Exploration and Licencing

Resource Management

Industrial Benefits