OSLO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil firm Statoil and partners have won eight licenses to explore for oil and gasoff the coast of Canada, the firm said late on Thursday.
Two licenses are off Nova Scotia, while six are offNewfoundland, near Statoil's major Bay du Nord oil discoverythat may contain up to 600 million of recoverable oil.
Off Newfoundland, Statoil will operate five of the licensesand will partner with ExxonMobil BP and BG , which was recently acquired by Shell.
Chevron operates the sixth license, with Statoil andBG as partners.
While Statoil has already explored off Newfoundland, it hadnever explored off Nova Scotia before winning the two licensesthere. (Reporting by Gwladys Fouche, editing by William Hardy)