Welcome to the OETR Association Home Page

 

Who We Are:

OETR is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to fostering research to enhance petroleum exploration and development of Nova Scotia’s offshore. The Association was incorporated in March 2006, with grants that now total $21,782,000 from the Nova Scotia Department of Energy. OETR's members are Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University and the Nova Scotia Department of Energy.

 
Our Objectives:

OETR will encourage and fund research work that builds geoscience knowledge about Nova Scotia’s offshore oil and gas potential as well as research that reduces the technical and engineering barriers to the development of discovered reserves.

 
Specific Project Aims:

1. To support studies that look at geoscience issues

2. To hold workshops that will bring together world experts

3. To acquire strategic geoscience information

4. To support other studies consistent with the general objectives