The Scotian Basin, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is the center of Natural Gas production on the Atlantic coast. The Sable Offshore Energy Project (SOEP), led by ExxonMobil and Shell Canada, began production in 1999. SOEP encompasses numerous offshore fields, with the Alma and South Venture fields the latest brought on-line. SOEP has a production capacity of 400 Mmcf/d of natural gas and 20,000 bbl/d of natural gas liquids (NGLs).

Offshore Oil operators in Newfoundland predict that they could also produce sizable natural gas volumes from their reserves. The Hibernia and White Rose fields contain a combined 4 Tcf in recoverable natural gas reserves. Though there is no current natural gas production at either site, both ExxonMobil (Hibernia) and Husky Energy (White Rose) plan to commence natural gas production in the near future.

 

As mentioned before, the British Columbia government hopes to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling in the Pacific Ocean, giving access to an estimated 43.4 Tcf of total natural gas reserves believed to exist off its coastline.