After a two-year pause during the Covid-19 pandemic and an ownership shuffle, a third project aimed at reviving Canadian oil production offshore Newfoundland has progressed.

Cenovus Energy Inc. and Suncor Energy Inc. announced work would resume on their C$3.2 billion ($2.6 billion) West White Rose supply development, which was paused in March 2020.

The move adds to growth for Canada’s east coast , which includes an extension of the Terra Nova platform joint venture and a Bay du Nord project led by Norwegian producer Equinor ASA.

The accelerating activity prompted Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey to declare that the province would obey national climate change policy – but maintain oil output as a mainstay of east coast livelihoods and government revenue.

“As we...