Statoil is looking for help to study development options for its Bay du Nord discovery in the Flemish Pass Basin offshore Newfoundland.
According to reports, the Norwegian operator has issued expressions of interest for a subsea and marine study of the discovery.
The study would include the possible design of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) and the subsea production system which might be used.
Three years ago the firm announced they had made a significant discovery of oil in the Flemish Pass Basin as well as other significant discoveries in areas known as Harpoon and Mizzen.