OSLO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil firm Statoil STL.OL
and partners have won eight licenses to explore for oil and gas
off the coast of Canada, the firm said late on Thursday.
Two licenses are off Nova Scotia, while six are off
Newfoundland, near Statoil's major Bay du Nord oil discovery
that may contain up to 600 million of recoverable oil.
Off Newfoundland, Statoil will operate five of the licenses
and will partner with ExxonMobil XOM.N BP BP.L and BG
BG.L , which was recently acquired by Shell RDSa.L .
Chevron (N:CVX) CVX.N operates the sixth license, with Statoil and
BG BG.L as partners.
While Statoil has already explored off Newfoundland, it had
never explored off Nova Scotia before winning the two licenses
there.