Statoil, Newfoundland near deal on offshore oil drilling project
June 16, 2015 at 18:32 PM EDT
June 16 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil ASA is "weeks away" from reaching a deal with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop the company's 600 million-barrel Bay du Nord oil discovery off the Canadian province's Atlantic coast, the province's premier said on Tuesday.