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 Licence P2564














Petroleum Act 1998











SEAWARD PRODUCTION LICENCE


THE OIL AND GAS AUTHORITY





and


DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED


PREMIER OIL E&P UK LIMITED






























































LICENCE


to search and bore for and get petroleum


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For the purposes of section 4(1 )(e) of the Petroleum Act 1998 the model clauses


applicable to this licence are the model clauses set out in The Petroleum Licensing


(Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008 as amended by The Petroleum and


Offshore Gas Storage and Unloading Licensing (Amendment) Regulations 2017.


This Licence, made ISPUAQ 262


between the Oil and Gas Authority, of the one part and the companies listed in


Schedule 4 of the other part, witnesseth as follows: -





Interpretation, etc.


1. -(1) In this licence, the following expressions have the following meanings-


"the Act" means the Petroleum Act 1998;


"Block" means an area comprised in this licence which is delineated on the


reference map deposited at the principal office of the OGA and to which a


reference number was assigned at the date of this licence;


"Development Scheme" has the meaning given by clause 27;


"Early Surrender Area" means the area (if any) specified as such in Schedule


5 to this licence;


"Early Surrender Period" means the period (if any) specified as such in


Schedule 5 to this licence;


"Fragmented Licensed Area" means a Licensed Area consisting in two or


more areas any one or more of which is separated from the others;


"Half Year" means the period from 1st January to 30th June in any year and


the period from 1st July to 31st December in any year;


"Initial Licensed Area" means the area described in Schedule 1 to this licence


on the date it was granted;


"Initial Term" means the period beginning with the date on which this licence


is granted and ending on the last day of Phase C;


"Licensed Area" means the area for the time being in which the Licensee


may exercise the rights granted by this licence;


"the Licensee" means the person or persons to whom this licence is granted,


his personal representatives and any person or persons to whom the rights


conferred by this licence may lawfully have been assigned;


"Mandatory Surrender Area" means the area specified as such in Schedule 5


to this licence;


"the Minister" means the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and


Industrial Strategy;


"the OGA" means the Oil and Gas Authority;


"Oil Field" has the meaning given in clause 27;


"Petroleum" includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas


existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or


bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted


by destructive distillation;


"Phase A" means the period (if any) of the Initial Term specified as such in


Schedule 5 to this licence";


"Phase B" means the period (if any) of the Initial Term specified as such in


Schedule 5 to this licence";


"Phase C" means the period of the Initial Term specified as such in schedule


5 to this licence";


"Second Term" means the period specified as such in Schedule 5 to this








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licence;





"Section" means a part of a Block comprising an area bounded by minute


lines of latitude and longitude one minute apart respectively;


"Start Date" means the date specified as such in Schedule 5 to this licence;


"Third Term" means the period specified as such in Schedule 5 to this


licence;


"Well" includes borehole;


"Work Programme" means the programme set out in Schedule 3 to this


licence.


(2 ) Any-obligations-which aretobe-observed and performed by the Licensee shall at


any time at which the Licensee is more than one person be joint and several


obligations.


Grant of Licence


2. In consideration of the payments hereinafter provided for and the performance and


observance by the Licensee of all the terms and conditions hereof, the OGA, in


exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Act hereby grants to the Licensee


exclusive licence and liberty during the continuance of this licence and subject to the


provisions hereof to search and bore for, and get, Petroleum in the sea bed and


subsoil under the area described in Schedule 1 to this licence provided that nothing


in this licence shall affect the right of the OGA to grant a methane drainage licence in


respect of the whole or any part of the Licensed Area or affect the exercise of any


rights granted under any such methane drainage licence.


Term of Licence


3. -(1) This licence shall commence on the date on which it is granted.


(2) Unless sooner determined under any of its provisions, this licence shall continue-


(a) for the Initial Term, subject to clause 10 and (where applicable) clauses 4


and 5;


(b) for the Second Term, subject to clauses 6 and 10;


(c) for the Third Term, subject to clauses 8 and 10.


(3) On expiry of the Third Term, this licence shall determine unless extended in


accordance with clause 9.


Initial Term


4. -(1) Where a Phase A is specified but no Phase B is specified, this licence shall,


unless the OGA in its discretion decides otherwise, automatically cease and


determine on the expiry of Phase A in the event of failure by the Licensee before


expiry of that phase to-


(a) take the actions that are described in the section of the Work Programme


applicable to Phase A;


(b) undertake to complete before the expiry of Phase C the work described in


the section of the Work Programme applicable to Phase C; and


(c) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OGA (whose decision shall be final)-


(i) the financial capacity of the Licensee to meet the obligations


undertaken under sub-paragraph (b) in addition to all of the


obligations imposed by this licence; and








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(ii) the competence of the relevant persons to organise and supervise


any of the operations of searching or boring for Petroleum.


(2) Where no Phase A is specified but a Phase B is specified, this licence shall,


unless the OGA in its discretion decides otherwise, automatically cease and


determine on the expiry of Phase B in the event of failure by the Licensee before


expiry of that phase to-


(a) take the actions that are described in the section of the Work Programme


applicable to Phase B;


(b) undertake to complete before expiry of Phase C the work described in the


------sectionof-theWork Program meapplicablete PhaseG;and---------------


(c) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OGA (whose decision shall be final)-


(i) the financial capacity of the Licensee to meet the obligations


undertaken under sub-paragraph (b) in addition to all of the


obligations imposed by this licence; and


(ii) the competence of the relevant persons to organise and supervise


any of the operations of searching or boring for Petroleum.


(3) Where both a Phase A and a Phase B are specified-


(a) this licence shall, unless the OGA in its discretion decides otherwise,


automatically cease and determine on the expiry of Phase A in the event of


failure by the Licensee before expiry of that phase to-


(i) take the actions that are described in the section of the Work


Programme applicable to Phase A; and


(ii) undertake to complete before the expiry of Phase B the work


described in the section of the Work Programme applicable to Phase


B; and


(b) if this licence continues to Phase B, this licence shall, unless the OGA in


its discretion decides otherwise, automatically cease and determine on the


expiry of Phase B in the event of failure by the Licensee before expiry of that


phase to-


(i) take the actions that are described in the section of the Work


Programme applicable to Phase B;


(ii) undertake to complete before the expiry of Phase C the work


described in the section of the Work Programme applicable to Phase


C; and


(iii) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the OGA (whose decision shall


be final)-


(aa) the financial capacity of the Licensee to meet the


obligations undertaken under paragraph (ii) in addition to all


of the obligations imposed by this licence; and


(bb) the competence of the relevant persons to organise and


supervise any of the operations of searching or boring for


Petroleum.


(4) Where a deadline specified in the Work Programme for any action to be taken


does not coincide with the date of expiry of any of Phases A, B and C, this licence


shall, unless the OGA in its discretion decides otherwise, automatically cease and


determine on the expiry of that deadline in the event of failure by the Licensee to take


the action required by that deadline.


(5) The OGA may decide that this licence shall not automatically cease and


determine in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (4) of this clause only if the Licensee








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(6) The relevant persons referred to in paragraphs (1)(c)(ii), 2(c)(ii) and (3)(b)(iii)(bb)


of this clause are-


(a) any persons nominated by the Licensee for approval under clause 24 of


this licence; or


(b) the Licensee, where the Licensee is one person and the Licensee has not


nominated anybody for such approval.


4A. - Amendments to the Work Programme





(1) This clause applies to any amendment to be made to the content of the Work


Programme (including to the deadline for taking an action).


(2) At any time not later than three months before the deadline for taking an action in


the Work Programme the Licensee may give notice in writing to the OGA that the


Licensee desires an amendment regarding that action, and the notice shall describe


the proposed amendment.


(3) The OGA may in its discretion permit a shorter notice period than the period of


three months specified in paragraph (2).


(4) Where notice is given, the OGA may in its discretion direct in writing that the Work


Programme be amended as proposed.


Surrender during Initial Term


5. -(1) This clause shall apply where an Early Surrender Area and an Early Surrender


Period are specified.


(2) No later than one month before the expiry of the Early Surrender Period, the


Licensee may give notice in writing to the OGA indicating-


(a) that he will determine this licence in relation to a part of the Licensed Area


which, when taken together with any one or more areas previously


surrendered in accordance with clause 10, is no less than the Early


Surrender Area; and


(b) the date no later than the expiry of the Early Surrender Period on which


the surrender of that part of the Licensed Area shall take effect.


(3) This licence shall automatically cease and determine on the expiry of the Early


Surrender Period unless-


(a) the Licensee has given notice in accordance with paragraph (2); or


(b) at the request of the Licensee, the OGA has directed that the licence shall


continue without such notice having been given.


Option to continue licence into a Second Term


6. -(1) At any time not later than one month before the expiry of Phase C of the Initial


Term, or such shorter notice period as the OGA in its discretion may permit, the


Licensee may-


(a) subject to payment of the sums specified in Schedule 2 and to


performance of the terms and conditions contained in this licence including,


without limitation, those conditions set out in paragraph (3) of this clause; and





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(b) conditional upon due performance by the Licensee of the Work


Programme before the expiry of Phase C of the Initial Term,


give notice in writing to the OGA in the manner hereinafter provided that he desires


this licence to continue in force in relation to part of the Licensed Area ("the


Continuing Part").


(2) Where the Licensee gives notice to the OGA in accordance with paragraph (1) of


this clause such notice must indicate that he will determine this licence in relation to


such part of the Licensed Area as shall be described by the Licensee in the notice


("the Surrendered Part") in-accordance with-the- requirements of paragraphT3)-of4his-


clause.


(3) Subject to paragraph (4) of this clause, the Surrendered Part must consist in an


area which, when taken together with any one or more areas previously surrendered,


is no less than the Mandatory Surrender Area.


(4) The Licensee shall not be obliged to surrender so much of the Licensed Area that


following such surrender the Licensed Area comprises less than thirty Sections.


(5) Any notice served in accordance with paragraph (1) of this clause shall specify a


date not later than the expiry of Phase C of the Initial Term on which the Surrendered


Part is to be surrendered.


(6) This licence shall upon the option conferred by this clause being duly exercised


but subject to the provisions of clause 3 of this licence continue in respect of the


Continuing Part for the Second Term.


Extension of the Initial or Second Term


7. -(1) This clause applies to an extension to be made to Phase A or, as the case


may be, to Phase B or Phase C of the Initial Term or to the Second Term ("the


relevant phase or term").


(2) At any time not later than three months before the expiry of the relevant phase or


term, or such shorter notice period as the OGA in its discretion permit, the Licensee


may, subject to the payment of the sums specified in Schedule 2 and to performance


of the terms and conditions herein contained, give notice in writing to the OGA that


the Licensee desires that phase or term to be extended for a further period.


(3) Where such notice is given, the OGA may in its discretion direct in writing that the


relevant phase or term be extended; and paragraph (2) of this clause shall apply to


that phase or term as extended.


(4) Any extension shall be for a period, and subject to such conditions, as the OGA


may determine.


(5) Where Phase C of the Initial Term or where the Second Term is extended, clause


3 shall apply in respect of the Initial Term or the Second Term as extended.


(6) Where Phase A or Phase B of the Initial Term is extended by a period, the


subsequent phase of the Initial Term shall (without prejudice to paragraph (2)) be


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(7) Where Phase C of the Initial Term is extended by a period, the Second Term shall


(without prejudice to paragraph (2)) be reduced by the same amount.


(8) Where the Second Term is extended by a period, the Third Term shall be reduced


by the same amount.


Option to continue the Licence into a Third Term


8. -(1) At any time not later than three months before the expiry of the Second Term,


or such-shorternotice period as -the-OGA-may-in-its-discretien-permit,the Licensee


may, subject to payment of those sums specified in Schedule 2 and to performance


of the terms and conditions herein contained, give notice in writing to the OGA that


he desires this licence to continue as to a part of the Licensed Area ("the Producing


Part").


(2) Such notice shall describe the Producing Part, which shall be an area that


comprises no Section that is not wholly or in part the subject of a consent, approval


or programme described in paragraph (3) of this clause.


(3) If such notice is given this licence shall continue in force after the expiry of the


Second Term as provided by the following paragraphs of this clause in the event that


before such expiry-


(a) the OGA has given a consent in pursuance of clause 17(1) of this licence


and such consent is still in force upon expiry of the Second Term; or


(b) the OGA has in pursuance of clause 17(4) of this licence approved a


programme submitted to it in pursuance of clause 17(2) and such approval is


still in force upon expiry of the Second Term; or


(c) the OGA has served a programme on the Licensee in pursuance of


clause 17(6) of this licence and such programme is still in force upon expiry


of the Second Term.


(4) Where this licence continues in force by virtue of this clause it shall, subject to the


provisions of clause 3 of this licence, so continue during the Third Term.


Power further to extend term of Licence


9. -(1) Where this Licence is continued in force by virtue of clause 8 of this Licence to


the end of the Third Term, the OGA, on application being made to it in writing not


later than three months before the expiry of such period, may in its discretion agree


with the Licensee that this Licence shall continue in force thereafter for such further


period as the OGA and the Licensee may agree and subject to such modification of


the terms and conditions of this licence (which modification may include making


provision for any further extension of the term of this licence) as the OGA and the


Licensee may then agree is appropriate.


(2) The OGA may in its discretion accept an application for extension of this licence


made less than three months before the expiry of the Third Term.


Right of Licensee to determine Licence or surrender part of Licensed Area


10. Without prejudice to any obligation or liability imposed by or incurred under the


terms hereof the Licensee may at any time by giving to the OGA not less than one








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month's notice in writing to that effect determine this licence or surrender any part of


the Licensed Area being a part which complies with clause 11 hereof.


Areas surrendered


11. -(1) Any area surrendered by the Licensee pursuant to clause 5, 6 or 10 of this


licence and any area accordingly retained by him shall, unless the OGA has


otherwise agreed in writing before the date on which the appropriate notice is given


by the Licensee to the OGA -


(a) be bounded by minute lines of latitude extending not less than two


--------minutes of longitude and minute lines of longitude extending not less-than----


two minutes of latitude;


(b) consist of not less than thirty Sections; and


(c) subject always to paragraph (2) of this clause have boundaries which,


whether they run north and south or east and west, either coincide with the


corresponding boundaries of the Block or are not less than two Sections


distant from those boundaries.


(2) The surrender by the Licensee of any area pursuant to clause 5, 6 or 10 of this


licence shall not, unless the OGA has otherwise agreed in writing before the date on


which the appropriate notice is given by the Licensee to the OGA, result in the


creation of a Fragmented Licensed Area.


(3) Upon the date on which any determination of this licence or any surrender of part


of the Licensed Area in the manner provided for by any clause of this licence is to


take effect the rights granted by this licence shall cease in respect of the Licensed


Area or of the part so surrendered as the case may be but without prejudice to any


obligation or liability imposed upon the Licensee or incurred by him under the terms


of this licence prior to that date.


Payment of consideration for Licence


12. -(1) The Licensee shall make to the OGA as consideration for the grant of this


Licence payments in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Licence.


(2) The Licensee shall not by reason of determination of this Licence or surrender of


any part of the Licensed Area be entitled to be repaid or allowed any sum payable to


the OGA pursuant to this licence before the date of determination or surrender.


Provision of contact details to OGA


13. -(1) A notice, direction or other document authorised or required (in whatever


terms) to be given to the Licensee by virtue of this licence is treated as given to the


Licensee if it is given to the person specified by the Licensee under paragraph (2) at


the address so specified.


(2 ) The Licensee must supply the OGA with the name and address of a person to


whom notices, directions and other documents are to be given.


(3 ) The Licensee must ensure that, where there is a change in the person to whom,


or the address to which, information should be sent in accordance with paragraph (2),


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(4) If the Licensee fails to comply with paragraph (2) the OGA may give the Licensee


a notice which-


(a) requires the Licensee to comply with paragraph (2) within the period of 30


days beginning with the date of the notice; and


(b) states that, if the Licensee fails to do so, the Licensee will be treated as


having supplied under paragraph (2) the name and address specified by the


OGA in the notice.





Measurement of Petroleum obtained from the Licensed Area





44. -(4)-The Licensee shall measure or weigh by-a method -


used in good oilfield practice and from time to time approved by the OGA all


Petroleum won and saved from the Licensed Area.





(2) If and to the extent that the OGA so directs, the duty imposed by paragraph (1) of


this clause shall be discharged separately in relation to Petroleum won and saved-


(a) from each part of the Licensed Area which is an Oil Field for the purposes


of the Oil Taxation Act 1975;


(b) from each part of the Licensed Area which forms part of such an Oil Field


extending beyond the Licensed Area; and


(c) from each Well producing Petroleum from a part of the Licensed Area


which is not within such an Oil Field.





(3) If and to the extent that the OGA so directs, the preceding provisions of this


clause shall apply as if the duty to measure or weigh Petroleum included a duty to


ascertain its quality or composition or both; and where a direction under this


paragraph is in force, the following provisions of this clause shall have effect as if


references to measuring or weighing included references to ascertaining quality or


composition.


(4) The Licensee shall not make any alteration in the method or methods of


measuring or weighing used by him or in any appliances used for that purpose


without the consent in writing of the OGA and the OGA may in any case require that


no alteration shall be made save in the presence of a person authorised by the OGA.


(5) The OGA may from time to time direct that any weighing or measuring appliance


shall be tested or examined in such manner, upon such occasions or at such


intervals and by such persons as may be specified by the OGA's direction.


(6) If any measuring or weighing appliance shall upon any such test or examination


as is mentioned in paragraph (5) of this clause be found to be false or unjust the


same shall if the OGA so determines after considering any representations in writing


made by the Licensee be deemed to have existed in that condition during the period


since the last occasion upon which the same was tested or examined pursuant to


paragraph (5) of this clause.


Keeping of accounts


15. -(1) The Licensee shall keep within the United Kingdom full and correct accounts


in a form from time to time approved by the OGA of-


(a) the quantity of Petroleum in the form of gas won and saved;


(b) the quantity of Petroleum in any other form won and saved;


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supplied by the Licensee, the quantity so supplied, the price thereof or other


consideration therefor and the place to which the Petroleum was conveyed


pursuant to the agreement for such supply; and


(d) such other particulars as the OGA may from time to time direct.


(2) The quantities of Petroleum stated in such accounts may exclude any water


separated from the Petroleum and shall be expressed as volumes in cubic metres


measured at, or calculated as if measured at, a temperature of 15° Celsius and a


pressure of 1.0132 bar but if the OGA serves notice in writing on the Licensee


determining any other manner in which any quantity of Petroleum or any quantity of


any form of Petroleum-is to be expressed that quantity shall be so expressed.


(3) Such accounts shall state separately the quantities of petroleum used for the


purposes of carrying on drilling and production operations and pumping to field


storage, and quantities not so used, and in the case of Petroleum not in the form of


gas shall state the specific gravity of the Petroleum and, if Petroleum of different


specific gravities has been won and saved, the respective quantities of Petroleum of


each specific gravity.


(4) The Licensee shall within two months after the end of each Half Year in which this


licence is in force and within two months after the expiration or determination of this


licence deliver to the OGA an abstract in a form from time to time approved by the


OGA of the accounts for that Half Year or for the period prior to such expiration or


determination as the case may be.


Working obligations


16. -(1) The Licensee shall before the expiry of Phase C of the Initial Term carry out


the Work Programme.


(2) If at any time the OGA serves a notice in writing on the Licensee requiring him to


submit to the OGA, before a date specified in the notice, an appropriate programme


for exploring for Petroleum in the Licensed Area during a period so specified, the


Licensee shall comply with the notice; and for the purposes of this paragraph an


appropriate programme is one which any person who, if he-


(a) were entitled to exploit the rights granted by this licence; and


(b) had the competence and resources needed to exploit those rights to the


best commercial advantage; and


(c) were seeking to exploit those rights to the best commercial advantage,


could reasonably be expected to carry out during the period specified in the notice,


and that period must be within the term of this licence.


(3) If a programme is submitted to the OGA in consequence of a notice served by it in


pursuance of paragraph (2) of this clause, then-


(a) it shall not be entitled to revoke this licence on the ground that the


programme does not satisfy the requirements of that paragraph ("the


Relevant Requirements"); but


(b) if it is of the opinion that the programme does not satisfy the Relevant


Requirements it may serve a notice in writing on the Licensee stating its


opinion and the reasons for it.


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of paragraph (3) of this clause the Licensee shall either-


(a) within 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice refer to


arbitration, in the manner provided by clause 43 of this licence, the question


whether the programme satisfies the Relevant Requirements; or


(b) within a reasonable period beginning with the date of service of such


notice submit to the OGA a further programme which satisfies the Relevant


Requirements,


and where it is determined in consequence of any reference to arbitration in


pursuance of sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph that the programme in question


doesnot satisfy the Relevant Requirements the-Licensee shall submit-to-the-OGA, as


soon as possible after the date of the determination, a further programme which


satisfies the Relevant Requirements.


(5) The Licensee shall carry out any programme submitted by him in pursuance of


this clause as to which either-


(a) the OGA serves notice in writing on the Licensee stating that the OGA


approves the programme; or


(b) it is determined in consequence of any reference to arbitration in the


manner provided by clause 43 of this licence that the programme satisfies the


Relevant Requirements,


and any programme approved by the OGA in pursuance of this paragraph shall be


deemed for the purposes of this licence to satisfy the Relevant Requirements.


(6) Where, in consequence of any breach or non-observance by the Licensee of any


provision of paragraph (2), (4) or (5) of this clause, the OGA has power by virtue of


paragraph (1) of clause 41 of this licence to revoke this licence, it may if it thinks fit


exercise that power in relation to such part only of the Licensed Area as it may


specify; and where it does so the rights granted by this licence shall cease in respect


of the specified part of that area without prejudice to any obligation or liability


imposed upon the Licensee or incurred by him under the terms of this licence.


(7) Where the Licensee has a duty by virtue of this clause to carry out a programme


during a part of the term of this licence, the OGA may serve notice in pursuance of


paragraph (2) of this clause in respect of another part of that term.


Development and production programmes


17. -(1) The Licensee shall not-


(a) erect or carry out any Relevant Works, either in the Licensed Area or


elsewhere, for the purpose of getting Petroleum from that area or for the


purpose of conveying to a place on land Petroleum got from that area; or


(b) get Petroleum from that area otherwise than in the course of searching for


Petroleum or drilling Wells,


except with the consent in writing of the OGA or in accordance with a programme


which the OGA has approved or served on the Licensee in pursuance of the


following provisions of this clause.


(2) The Licensee shall prepare and submit to the OGA, in such form and by such


time and in respect of such period during the term of this licence as the OGA may


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(a) the Relevant Works which the Licensee proposes to erect or carry out


during that period for either of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1 )(a) of


this clause;


(b) the proposed locations of the works, the purposes for which it is proposed


to use the works and the times at which it is proposed to begin and to


complete the erection or carrying out of the works;


(c) the maximum and minimum quantities of Petroleum in the form of gas and


the maximum and minimum quantities of Petroleum in other forms which-


(i) in each calendar year; or


(ii) in each such period of more or less than one calendar year as


--may baspecified by-the OGA.---------------------------------


the Licensee proposes to get as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) of this clause


(3) If the OGA directs the Licensee-


(a) to prepare different programmes in pursuance of paragraph (2) of this


clause in respect of Petroleum from such different parts of the Licensed Area


as are specified in the direction; or


(b) where a programme approved or served in pursuance of this clause


relates to a particular period during the term of this licence, to prepare a


programme or programmes in pursuance of paragraph (2) of this clause in


respect of a further period or further periods during that term,


the Licensee shall comply with the direction.


(4) It shall be the duty of the OGA expeditiously to consider any programme


submitted to it in pursuance of paragraph (2) of this clause and when it has done so


to give notice in writing to the Licensee stating-


(a) that the OGA approves the programme; or


(b) that the OGA approves the programme subject to the condition that such


of the Relevant Works as are specified in the notice shall not be used before


the expiration of the period so specified in relation to the works or shall not be


used without the consent in writing of the OGA; or


(c) that the OGA rejects the programme on one or both of the following


grounds, namely-


(i) that the carrying out of any proposals included in the programme in


pursuance of paragraph (2) of this clause would be contrary to good


oilfield practice;


(ii) that the proposals included in the programme in pursuance of the


sub-paragraph (c) of the said paragraph (2) are, in the opinion of the


OGA, not in the national interest,


and a notice in pursuance of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph may contain


different conditions in respect of different works but shall not be given unless the


OGA is satisfied that the condition mentioned in the notice is required in the national


interest.


(5) Where the OGA gives notice of rejection of a programme in pursuance of


sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4) of this clause, then-


(a) if the grounds of the rejection consist of or include the ground mentioned


in paragraph (i) of that sub-paragraph it shall include in the notice a


statement of the matters in consequence of which it rejected the programme


on that ground; and


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in paragraph (ii) of that sub-paragraph it shall include in the notice a


statement of the rates at which it considers that, in the national interest,


Petroleum should be got from the area to which the programme relates; and


(c) the Licensee shall prepare and submit to the OGA before the time


specified in the notice-


Ci) where the notice contains such a statement as is mentioned in


sub-paragraph (a) above, modifications of the programme which


ensure that the carrying out of the programme with those


modifications would not be contrary to good oilfield practice;


(ii) where the notice contains such a statement as is mentioned in


-- sub-paragraph (b) above< modifications of the programme which-----


ensure the getting of Petroleum from the area to which the


programme relates at the rates specified in the statement and which


(except so far as may be necessary in order to get Petroleum at


those rates) are not such that the carrying out of the programme with


those modifications would be contrary to good oilfield practice,


but the Licensee shall not be required by virtue of paragraph (i) of this


sub-paragraph to submit modifications if it is determined in consequence of


any reference to arbitration in the manner provided by clause 43 of this


licence that the carrying out of the programme without modifications would


not be contrary to good oilfield practice.


(6) If the OGA gives notice in writing to the Licensee that the OGA approves the


modifications of a programme which have been submitted to it in pursuance of


sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (5) of this clause, the programme with those


modifications shall be deemed to be approved by the OGA; but if the Licensee fails to


perform the duty imposed on him by that sub-paragraph the OGA may, if it thinks fit,


instead of revoking this licence in consequence of the failure, serve on the Licensee


such a programme as the OGA considers that the Licensee should have submitted to


it in respect of the area and period to which the rejected programme related.


(7) Where the OGA proposes to approve a programme subject to a condition in


pursuance of paragraph (4)(b) of this clause or to reject a programme in pursuance of


paragraph (4)(c) of this clause or to serve a programme on the Licensee in


pursuance of paragraph (6) of this clause it shall before doing so-


(a) give the Licensee particulars of the proposal and an opportunity to make


representations to the OGA about the technical and financial factors which


the Licensee considers are relevant in connection with the proposal; and


(b) consider any such representations then made to it by the Licensee.


(8) The Licensee shall carry out any programme approved or served on him by the


OGA in pursuance of this clause or, if such a programme is varied in pursuance of


clause 18 of this licence, the programme as so varied except in so far as the


Licensee is authorised in writing by the OGA to do otherwise or is required to do


otherwise by such a condition as is mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) of this clause; but


if it is necessary to carry out certain works in order to comply with provisions included


in a programme by virtue of paragraph (5)(c) of this clause or provisions of a


programme served on the Licensee in pursuance of paragraph (6) of this clause or


provisions of a programme as varied in pursuance of clause 18 of this licence, then,


notwithstanding anything in the programme as to the time when those provisions are


to be complied with, the Licensee shall not be treated as having failed to comply with


those provisions before the expiration of the period reasonably required for carrying


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(9) In this clause "Relevant Works" means any structures and any other works


whatsoever which are intended by the Licensee to be permanent and are neither


designed to be moved from place to place without major dismantling nor intended by


the Licensee to be used only for searching for Petroleum.


Provisions supplementary to clause 17


18. -(1) A consent given by the OGA in pursuance of clause 17(1) of this licence may


be given subject to such conditions as are specified in the document signifying the


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provisions of this paragraph, be limited to a period so specified.


(2) Where-


(a) the OGA gives notice in respect of a programme in pursuance of


paragraph (4)(a) or (b) or paragraph (6) of clause 17 of this licence or serves


a programme in pursuance of the said paragraph (6); or


(b) it is determined in consequence of any reference to arbitration in the


manner provided by clause 43 of this licence that the Licensee is not required


by virtue of paragraph (i) of clause 17(5)(c) of this licence to submit


modifications of a programme in respect of which notice of rejection


containing such a statement as is mentioned in the said paragraph (i) was


given by the OGA in pursuance of clause 17(4)(c) of this licence,


the OGA may give to the Licensee, with the notice given or the programme served as


mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph or, in a case falling within


sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, within the period of three months beginning with


the date of the arbitrator's or arbiter's determination, a notice (hereafter in this clause


referred to as a "Limitation Notice") authorising the OGA, by a further notice given to


the Licensee from time to time after the expiration of the period specified in the


Limitation Notice, to provide that the programme to which the Limitation Notice


relates shall have effect while the further notice is in force with the substitution for any


quantity of Petroleum or any period specified in the programme in pursuance of


clause 17(2)(c) of this licence of a different quantity of Petroleum or a different period


specified in the further notice.


(3) A quantity or period specified in such a further notice as that to be substituted for


a quantity or period which is specified in the programme in question shall be such as


to secure that the expenditure to be incurred by the Licensee in complying with the


further notice, in a case where an effect of the notice is to increase the quantity of


Petroleum which the Licensee is required to get from the Licensed Area in any


period, is less than the cost of drilling a new Well in the Licensed Area at the time


when the further notice is given.


(4) Where the OGA proposes to give a Limitation Notice or any such further notice as


aforesaid it shall before doing so-


(a) give the Licensee particulars of the proposal and an opportunity to make


representations to the OGA about the technical and financial factors which


the Licensee considers are relevant in connection with the proposal; and


(b) consider any such representations then made to it by the Licensee,


and the OGA shall not give such a further notice of which an effect is to increase the


quantity of Petroleum which the Licensee is required to get from the Licensed Area





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during any period unless the OGA is satisfied that the notice is required by reason of


a national emergency and shall not give any other such further notice as aforesaid


unless it is satisfied that the notice is required in the national interest.


(5) A Limitation Notice or any such further notice as aforesaid may-


fa) specify any quantity or period by reference to such factors as the OGA


thinks fit; and


(b) in the case of such a further notice, contain provisions as to-


(i) the date when the notice is to come into force;


(ii) the date when the notice is to cease to be in force,


------andspecify-differentdatesinpursuanceofthis-sub-paragraphfor-different---


provisions of the notice,


and the OGA may revoke such a further notice at a particular time by serving on the


Licensee a notice in writing stating that the further notice is revoked at that time.


(6) Any question arising under clause 17 of this licence or this clause as to what is, is


not or is required in the national interest or as to what is, is not or is required by


reason of, a national emergency shall be determined by the OGA.


(7) The Licensee shall ensure that any conditions to which an approval is subject in


pursuance of clause 17(4)(b) of this licence or to which a consent is subject in


pursuance of paragraph (1) of this clause are complied with.


(8) If in respect of part of the Licensed Area-


fa) a consent has been given in pursuance of paragraph (1) of clause 17 of


this licence; or


(b) the Licensee has submitted to the OGA, in accordance with a direction


given by virtue of paragraph (3)(a) of that clause, a programme in pursuance


of paragraph (2) of that clause-


(i) as respects which the OGA has served notice in pursuance of


paragraph (4)(a) or (b) or paragraph (6) of that clause; or


(ii) in consequence of which the OGA has served a programme on


the Licensee in pursuance of the said paragraph (6); or


(iii) in respect of which it has been determined in consequence of any


reference to arbitration in the manner provided by clause 43 of this


licence that the Licensee is not required by virtue of paragraph


(5)(c)(i) of that clause to submit modifications,


paragraph (1) of clause 41 of this licence shall not authorise the OGA to revoke this


licence in relation to that part of the Licensed Area in consequence of any breach or


non-observance, while the consent is in force or during the period to which the


programme relates, of any provision of the said clause 17 in connection with a


different part of the Licensed Area.


(9) Where in consequence of any breach or non-observance by the Licensee of any


provision of clause 17 of this licence the OGA has power by virtue of paragraph (1) of


clause 41 of this licence to revoke this licence or, in consequence of paragraph (8) of


this clause, to revoke it in respect of part only of the Licensed Area, it may if it thinks


fit-


(a) in a case where it has power to revoke this licence, exercise the power in


relation to such part only of the Licensed Area as it may specify; and


(b) in a case where by virtue of the said paragraph (8) it has power to revoke








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it in respect of part only of the Licensed Area, exercise the power in relation


to such portion only of that part as it may specify,


and where in consequence of the said paragraph (8) or by virtue of the preceding


provisions of this paragraph the OGA revokes this licence in respect of a part or


portion of the Licensed Area, the rights granted by this licence shall cease in respect


of that part or portion without prejudice to any obligation or liability imposed upon the


Licensee or incurred by him under the terms of this licence.


Commencement and abandonment and plugging of Wells





19. -(1) The Licensee shall not commence or recommence the drilling of any Well


without the consent in writing of the OGA.


(2) Subject to paragraph (6), the Licensee shall not abandon any Well without the


consent in writing of the OGA.


(3) The Licensee shall ensure compliance with any conditions subject to which any


consent under either of the foregoing paragraphs is given.


(4) If any such condition under paragraph (1) of this clause relates to the position,


depth or direction of the Well, or to any casing of the Well or if any condition under


either paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of this clause relates to any plugging or


abandoning of the Well, the OGA may from time to time direct that the Well and all


records relating thereto shall be examined in such manner, upon such occasions or


at such intervals and by such person as may be specified by the OGA's direction and


the Licensee shall pay to any such person or to the OGA such fees and expenses for


such examination as the OGA may specify.


(5) The plugging of any Well shall be done in accordance with a specification


approved by the OGA applicable to that Well or to Wells generally or to a class of


Wells to which that Well belongs and shall be carried out in an efficient and


workmanlike manner.


(6) The OGA may at any time give the Licensee a notice requiring a well drilled


pursuant to this licence to be plugged and abandoned in accordance with paragraph


(5) within the period specified in the notice (but this paragraph is subject to


paragraphs (8) and (9)).


(7) The Licensee shall comply with any notice under paragraph (6).


(8) A notice under paragraph (6) may not be given less than one month before the


expiry or determination of the Licensee's rights under this licence in relation to the


area, or the part of the area, in which the well is drilled.


(9) A notice under paragraph (6) may be given only in relation to a well from which


the Licensee has not extracted any petroleum within the period of one month ending


with the day on which the notice is given.


(10) Subject to paragraphs (6) to (7) and (11) and (12) of this clause, any Well drilled


by the Licensee pursuant to this licence shall be plugged and abandoned in


accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this clause, not less than one


month before the expiry or determination of the Licensee's rights in respect of the








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area or part thereof in which that Well is drilled.








(11) A direction by the OGA may be given by notice in writing to the Licensee not less


than one month before the Licensee's rights in respect of the area or part thereof in


which the Well is situate expire or determine so as to relieve the Licensee of the


obligation imposed by paragraph (10) of this clause to plug and abandon the Well.


(12) Where the OGA revokes this licence, any Well drilled by the Licensee pursuant


to this licence shall-


(a) be plugged and abandoned in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (4)


--------and (5) of this clause, as soon as reasonably practicable; or------------------


(b) if the Minister so directs at the time of revocation, be left in good order


and fit for further working together with all casings and any Well head fixtures


the removal whereof would cause damage to such Wells.


(13) Any well that, pursuant to a direction by the OGA under paragraph (11) of this


clause, has not been plugged and abandoned, shall be left in good order and fit for


further working together with all casings and any Well head fixtures the removal


whereof would cause damage to such wells.


(14) All casings and fixtures forming part of a Well and left in position at the expiry or


determination (whether by revocation or otherwise) of the Licensee's rights in respect


of the area or part thereof in which that Well is drilled, or at the completion of any


works required of the Licensee under paragraph (12) of this clause (whichever is the


later), shall be the property of the OGA.


Distance of Wells from boundaries of Licensed Area


20. No Well shall except with the consent in writing of the OGA be drilled or made so


that any part thereof is less than one hundred and twenty-five metres from any of the


boundaries of the Licensed Area.


Control of Development Wells


21. -(1) The Licensee shall not suspend work on the drilling of a Development Well,


or having suspended it in accordance with this paragraph shall not begin it again,


except with the consent in writing of the OGA and in accordance with the conditions,


if any, subject to which the consent is given.


(2) When work on the drilling of a Development Well is suspended in accordance with


paragraph (1) of this clause, the Licensee shall forthwith furnish the OGA with such


information relating to the Well as the OGA may specify.


(3) The Licensee-


(a) shall not do any Completion Work in respect of a Well in the Licensed


Area except in accordance with a programme of Completion Work approved


by the OGA in respect of the Well;


(b) shall furnish to the OGA, in accordance with the provisions of such a


programme, particulars of any Completion Work done by him in respect of a


Well in the Licensed Area; and


(c) shall not remove or alter any casing or equipment installed by way of


Completion Work in respect of a Well except with the consent in writing of the


OGA and in accordance with the conditions, if any, subject to which the





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consent is given.





(4) In this clause-





"Completion Work", in relation to a Well, means work, by way of the


installation of a casing or equipment or otherwise after the Well has been


drilled, for the purpose of bringing the Well into use as a Development Well;


and


"Development Well" means a Well which the Licensee uses or intends to use


in connection with the getting of Petroleum in the Licensed Area, other than a


Well which for the time being he uses or intends to use only for searching for


--------Petroleum,--------------------------------------------------------------


Provision of storage tanks, pipes, pipelines or other receptacles


22. The Licensee shall use methods and practice customarily used in good oilfield


practice for confining the Petroleum obtained from the Licensed Area in tanks,


gasholders, pipes, pipe-lines or other receptacles constructed forthat purpose.


Avoidance of harmful methods of working


23. -(1) The Licensee shall maintain all apparatus and appliances and all Wells in the


Licensed Area which have not been abandoned and plugged as provided by clause


19 of this licence in good repair and condition and shall execute all operations in or in


connection with the Licensed Area in a proper and workmanlike manner in


accordance with methods and practice customarily used in good oilfield practice and


without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision the Licensee shall take


all steps practicable in order-


(a) to control the flow and to prevent the escape or waste of Petroleum


discovered in or obtained from the Licensed Area;


(b) to conserve the Licensed Area for productive operations;


(c) to prevent damage to adjoining Petroleum-bearing strata;


(d) to prevent the entrance of water through Wells to Petroleum-bearing


strata except for the purposes of secondary recovery; and


(e) to prevent the escape of Petroleum into any waters in or in the vicinity of


the Licensed Area.


(2) The Licensee shall comply with any instructions from time to time given by the


Minister or the OGA in writing relating to any of the matters set out in the foregoing


paragraph. If the Licensee objects to any such instruction on the ground that it is


unreasonable he may, within fourteen days from the date upon which the same was


given, refer the matter to arbitration in manner provided by clause 43 of this licence.


(3) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this clause, the Licensee


shall not-


(a) flare any gas from the Licensed Area; or


(b) use gas for the purpose of creating or increasing the pressure by means


of which Petroleum is obtained from that area,


except with the consent in writing of the OGA and in accordance with the conditions,


if any, of the consent.


(4) An application for consent in pursuance of paragraph (3) of this clause must be


made in writing to the OGA and must specify the date on which the Licensee





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proposes to begin the flaring or use in question; and subject to paragraph (5) of this


clause that date must not be before the expiration of the period of two years


beginning with the date when the OGA receives the application.


(5) If the OGA gives notice in writing to the Licensee stating that, in consequence of


plans made by the Licensee which the OGA considers are reasonable, the OGA will


entertain an application for consent in pursuance of paragraph (3) of this clause


which notice specifies a date after the expiration of a period mentioned in the notice


which is shorter than the period mentioned in paragraph (4) of this clause, an


application made in consequence of the notice may specify, as the date on which the


applicant proposes to begin the flaring or us©-in question-a-date after the-expiratien


of that shorter period.


(6) Before deciding to withhold consent or to grant it subject to conditions in


pursuance of paragraph (3) of this clause, the OGA shall give the Licensee an


opportunity to make representations in writing to the OGA about the technical and


financial factors which the Licensee considers are relevant in connection with the


case and shall consider any such representations then made to it by the Licensee.


(7) Consent in pursuance of paragraph (3) of this clause shall not be required for any


flaring which, in consequence of an event which the Licensee did not foresee in time


to deal with it otherwise than by flaring, is necessary in order-


(a) to remove or reduce the risk of injury to persons in the vicinity of the Well


in question; or


(b) to maintain a flow of Petroleum from that or any other Well,


but when the Licensee does any flaring which is necessary as aforesaid he shall


forthwith inform the OGA that he has done it and shall, in the case of flaring to


maintain a flow of Petroleum, stop that flaring upon being directed by the OGA to do


so.


(8) The Licensee shall give notice to the OGA of any event causing the escape or


waste of Petroleum, damage to Petroleum-bearing strata or the entrance of water


through Wells to Petroleum-bearing strata except for the purposes of secondary


recovery forthwith after the occurrence of that event and shall, forthwith after the


occurrence of any event causing the escape of Petroleum into the sea, give notice of


the event to the Chief Inspector of Her Majesty’s Coastguard.


(9) The Licensee shall comply with any reasonable instructions from time to time


given by the OGA with a view to ensuring that funds are available to discharge any


liability for damage attributable to the release or escape of Petroleum in the course of


activities connected with the exercise of rights granted by this licence; but where the


OGA proposes to give such instructions it shall before giving them-


(a) give the Licensee particulars of the proposal and an opportunity to make


representations to the OGA about the proposal; and


(b) consider any representations then made to it by the Licensee about the


proposal.


Appointment of operators


24. -(1) The Licensee shall ensure that another person (including, in the case where


the Licensee is two or more persons, any of those persons) does not exercise any


function of organising or supervising all or any of the operations of searching or








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boring for or getting Petroleum in pursuance of this licence unless that other person


is a person approved in writing by the OGA and the function in question is one to


which that approval relates.


(2 ) The OGA shall not refuse to give its approval of a person in pursuance of


paragraph (1) of this clause if that person is competent to exercise the function in


question, but where an approved person is no longer competent to exercise that


function the OGA may, by notice in writing given to the Licensee, revoke its approval.


Fishing and navigation





25. The Licensee shall not carry out any operations authorised by this licence in or


about the Licensed Area in such manner as to interfere unjustifiably with navigation


or fishing in the waters of the Licensed Area or with the conservation of the living


resources of the sea.


Training


26. -(1) The Minister or the OGA may from time to time give to the Licensee


instructions in writing as to the training of persons employed or to be employed,


whether by the Licensee or by any other person, in any activity which is related to the


exercise of the rights granted by this licence and the Licensee shall ensure that any


instructions so given are complied with.


(2) The Minister or the OGA shall not give instructions in pursuance of paragraph (1)


of this clause unless the Minister or the OGA (as applicable) has consulted as to the


provisions proposed to be included in such instructions the Petroleum Industry


Training Board or such other body of a like nature as may from time to time be


carrying on activities of a substantially similar kind to those at present performed by


the said Board.


(3) The Licensee shall furnish the Minister or the OGA with such information relating


to the training of persons referred to in paragraph (1) of this clause as the Minister or


the OGA may from time to time request.


Unit development


27. -(1) If at any time at which this licence is in force the OGA shall be satisfied that


the strata in the Licensed Area or any part thereof form part of a single geological


Petroleum structure or Petroleum field (hereinafter referred to as "an Oil Field") other


parts whereof are formed by strata in areas in respect of which other licences granted


in pursuance of the Act are then in force and the OGA shall consider that it is in the


national interest in order to secure the maximum ultimate recovery of Petroleum and


in order to avoid unnecessary competitive drilling that the Oil Field should be worked


and developed as a unit in co-operation by all persons including the Licensee whose


licences extend to or include any part thereof the following provisions of this clause


shall apply.


(2 ) Upon being so required by notice in writing by the OGA the Licensee shall


co-operate with such other persons, being persons holding licences under the Act in


respect of any part or parts of the Oil Field (hereinafter referred to as "the other


Licensees") as may be specified in the said notice in the preparation of a scheme


(hereinafter referred to as "a Development Scheme") for the working and





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development of the Oil Field as a unit by the Licensee and the other Licensees in


co-operation, and shall, jointly with the other Licensees, submit such scheme for the


approval of the OGA.


(3) The said notice shall also contain or refer to a description of the area or areas in


respect of which the OGA requires a Development Scheme to be submitted and shall


state the period within which such scheme is to be submitted for approval by the


OGA.





(4) If a Development Scheme is not submitted to the OGA within the period so stated


or if a Development Scheme so submitted-is not-approved by the OGA. the OGA may


itself prepare a Development Scheme which shall be fair and equitable to the


Licensee and all other Licensees, and the Licensee shall perform and observe all the


terms and conditions thereof.





(5) If the Licensee objects to any such Development Scheme prepared by the OGA


he may within 28 days from the date on which notice in writing of the said scheme











shall have been given to him by the OGA refer the matter to arbitration in the manner


provided by clause 43 of this licence.


(6) Any such Development Scheme or the award of any arbitrator or arbiter in relation


thereto shall have regard to any direction pursuant to clause 28 of this licence in


force at the date of such scheme.


Directions as to Oil Fields across boundaries


28. -(1) Where the OGA is satisfied that any strata in the Licensed Area or any part


thereof form part of an Oil Field, other parts whereof are in an area to which the


OGA's powers to grant licences pursuant to the Act do not apply and the OGA is


satisfied that it is expedient that the Oil Field should be worked and developed as a


unit in co-operation by the Licensee and all other persons having an interest in any


part of the Oil Field, the OGA may from time to time by notice in writing give to the


Licensee such directions as the OGA may think fit, as to the manner in which the


rights conferred by this licence shall be exercised.


(2) The Licensee shall observe and perform all such requirements in relation to the


Licensed Area as may be specified in any such direction.


(3) Any such direction may add to, vary or revoke the provisions of a Development


Scheme.





Licensee to keep records


29. -(1) The Licensee shall keep accurate records in a form from time to time


approved by the OGA of the drilling, deepening, plugging or abandonment of all


Wells and of any alterations in the casing thereof. Such records shall contain


particulars of the following matters-


(a) the site of and number assigned to every Well;


(b) the subsoil and strata through which the Well was drilled;


(c) the casing inserted in any Well and any alteration to such casing:


(d) any Petroleum, water, mines or workable seams of coal encountered in


the course of such activities; and


(e) such other matters as the OGA may from time to time direct.





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(2) The Licensee shall keep within the United Kingdom accurate geological plans and


maps relating to the Licensed Area and such other records in relation thereto as may


be necessary to preserve all information which the Licensee has about the geology of


the Licensed Area.


(3) The Licensee shall deliver copies of the said records, plans and maps referred to


in the two foregoing paragraphs to the OGA when requested to do so either-


(a) within any time limit specified in the request; or


. (b) if there is no time limit specified, within four weeks of the request.





Returns





30. -(1) The Licensee shall furnish to the OGA on the first anniversary of the Start


Date, and at intervals of three months thereafter during the period in which this


licence is in force, a return in a form from time to time approved by the OGA of the


progress of his operations in the Licensed Area. Such return shall contain-


(a) a statement of all geological work, including surveys and tests, which has


been carried out and the areas in which and the persons by whom the work


has been carried out and the results thereof;


(b) the number assigned to each Well, and in the case of any Well the drilling


of which was begun or the number of which has been changed during such


period of three months, the site thereof;


(c) a statement of the depth drilled in each Well;


(d) a statement of any Petroleum, water, mines or workable seams of coal or


other minerals encountered in the course of the said operations; and


(e) a statement of all Petroleum won and saved.


(2) Within two months after the end of each calendar year which falls wholly or partly


within the period in which this licence is in force and within two months after the


expiration or determination of this licence or any renewal thereof the Licensee shall


furnish to the OGA an annual return in a form from time to time approved by the OGA


of the operations conducted in the Licensed Area during that year or the period prior


to such expiration or determination as the case may be together with a plan upon a


scale approved by the OGA showing the situation of all Wells. The Licensee shall


also indicate on the said plan all development and other works executed by him in


connection with searching, boring for or getting Petroleum.


(3) The Licensee shall furnish the OGA with such information as the OGA may from


time to time request about any aspect of activities of the Licensee which are


attributable directly or indirectly to the grant of this licence, except that the Licensee


shall not by virtue of this paragraph be required to furnish information in respect of his


activities in connection with any crude oil after he has appropriated it for refining by


him.


(3A) The functions of the OGA under paragraph (3) shall be exercisable concurrently


by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.


(4) The Licensee shall comply with any request for information made in accordance


with paragraph (3) above either-


(a) within any time limit specified in the request; or


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Licensee to keep samples











31. -(1) As far as reasonably practicable the Licensee shall correctly label and


preserve for reference for a period of five years samples of the sea bed and of the


strata encountered in any Well and samples of any Petroleum or water discovered in


any Well in the Licensed Area.


(2) The Licensee shall not dispose of any sample after the expiry of the said period of


five years unless-


(a) he has at least six months before the date of the disposal given notice in


-------writingtotheOGAofhisintentiontodisposeofthesame;and-------------


(b) the OGA has not within the said period of six months informed the


Licensee in writing that it wishes the sample to be delivered to it.


(3) The OGA shall be entitled at any time-


fa) to inform the Licensee in writing that it wishes the whole or any part of any


sample preserved by the Licensee to be delivered to it; or


(b) to inspect and analyse any sample preserved by the Licensee.


(4) The Licensee shall forthwith comply with any request for the delivery of the whole


or any part of any sample which is made in accordance with the preceding provisions


of this clause.


Reports to be treated as confidential


32. All records, returns, plans, maps, samples, accounts and information (in this


clause referred to as "the specified data") which the Licensee is or may from time to


time be required to furnish under the provisions of this licence shall be supplied at the


expense of the Licensee and shall not (except with the consent in writing of the


Licensee which shall not be unreasonably withheld) be disclosed to any person not in


the service or employment of the OGA or the Crown-


Provided that-


(a) the OGA shall be entitled at any time to make use of any of the specified


data for the purpose of preparing and publishing such returns and reports as


may be required of the OGA by law;


(b) the OGA shall be entitled at any time to furnish any of the specified data


to the Natural Environment Research Council and to any other body of a like


nature as may from time to time be carrying on activities of a substantially


similar kind to the geological activities at present carried on by the said


Council;


(c) the OGA, the said Council and any such other body shall be entitled at


any time to prepare and publish reports and surveys of a general nature


using information derived from any of the specified data;


(d) the OGA, the said Council and any other such body shall be entitled to


publish any of the specified data of a geological, scientific or technical kind


either-


(i) after the expiration of the period of three years beginning with the


date when the data were due to be supplied to the OGA in


accordance with clause 29 or 30 of this licence, or if earlier, the date


when the OGA received those data;


(ii) after the licence ceases to have effect, whether because of its


determination, revocation or the effluxion of time; or








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(iii) after the expiration of such longer period as the OGA may


determine after considering any representations made to it by the


Licensee about the publication of data in pursuance of this


sub-paragraph.


Inspection of records etc.


33. The Licensee shall-


(a) permit any person who is appointed by the OGA for the purpose to


inspect, and to take copies of and make notes from, all books, papers, maps


--and-other recrds-efany-kind-kept-by-the-Licensee-in-pursuance-ef-this-


licence or in connection with activities about which the OGA is entitled to


obtain information in pursuance of clauses 26(3) and 30(3) of this licence;


and


(b) furnish that person at reasonable times with such information and provide


him at reasonable times with such reasonable assistance as he may request


in connection with or arising out of an inspection in pursuance of this clause.


Rights of access


34. Any person or persons authorised by the Minister or the OGA shall be entitled at


all reasonable times to enter into and upon any of the Licensee's installations or


equipment used or to be used in connection with searching, boring for or getting


Petroleum in the Licensed Area for the purposes hereinafter mentioned-


(a) to examine the installations, Wells, plant, appliances and works made or


executed by the Licensee in pursuance of the licence and the state of repair


and condition thereof; and


(b) to execute any works or to provide and install any equipment which the


OGA may be entitled to execute or provide and install in accordance with the


provisions hereof.


Power to execute works


35. If the Licensee shall at any time fail to perform the obligations arising under the


terms and conditions of any of clauses 14, 19, 22 or 23, of this licence, the OGA shall


be entitled, after giving to the Licensee reasonable notice in writing of its intention, to


execute any works and to provide and install any equipment which in the opinion of


the OGA may be necessary to secure the performance of the said obligations or any


of them and to recover the costs and expenses of so doing from the Licensee.


Right of distress


36. -(1) This clause applies in respect of any part of the Licensed Area situated within


the English or Northern Irish areas as defined in article 1(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction


(Offshore Activities) Order 1987.


(2 ) If and whenever any of the payments mentioned in clause 12(1) of this licence or


any part thereof shall be in arrear or unpaid for 28 days next after any of the days


whereon the same ought to be paid (whether the same shall have been legally


demanded or not) then and so often as the same may happen the OGA may (as an


additional remedy and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies to which it


would be entitled) enter into and upon any of the Licensee's installations and


equipment used or to be used in connection with searching, boring for or getting





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Petroleum in the Licensed Area and may seize and distrain and sell as a landlord


may do for rent all or any of the stocks of Petroleum, engines, machinery, tools,


implements, chattels and other effects belonging to the Licensee which shall be


found in or upon or about any of the Licensee's installations and equipment so


entered upon and out of the moneys arising from the sale of such distress may retain


and pay all the arrears of the said payments and also the costs and expenses of and


incident to such distress and sale and shall pay the surplus (if any) to the Licensee.


Diligence


---37.-(1)-This-clause-applies-in-respect-of-any-part-ef the Licensed Area situated within


the Scottish area as defined in article 1(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities)


Order 1987.


(2 ) If and whenever any of the payments mentioned in clause 12(1) of this licence or


any part thereof shall be in arrear or unpaid for 28 days next after any of the days


whereon the same ought to be paid (whether the same shall have been legally


demanded or not), then and so often as the same may happen the OGA may (as an


additional remedy and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies to which it


would be entitled) do diligence in respect thereof in like manner as a landlord may do


diligence in respect of unpaid arrears of rent and such diligence shall be effectual to


attach all or any of the stocks of Petroleum, engines, machinery, tools, implements


and other effects belonging to the Licensee which shall be found on or about any of


the Licensee's installations and equipment used or to be used in connection with


searching, boring for or getting Petroleum in the Licensed Area, and where in


pursuance of such a diligence a sale of such effects as shall have been attached


thereby takes place the OGA may out of the proceeds thereof retain and pay all the


arrears of the said payments and also the expenses of such incident to such


diligence and sale and shall pay the surplus thereof (if any) to the Licensee.


Indemnity against third party claims


38. The Licensee shall at all times keep the OGA effectually indemnified against all


actions, proceedings, costs, charges, claims and demands whatsoever which may be


made or brought against the OGA by any third party in relation to or in connection


with this licence or any matter or thing done or purported to be done in pursuance


thereof.


Advertisements, prospectuses etc.


39. No statement shall be made either in any notice, advertisement, prospectus or


other document issued by or to the knowledge of the Licensee or in any other


manner claiming or suggesting whether expressly or by implication that the OGA has


formed or expressed any opinion that the Licensed Area is from its geological


formation or otherwise one in which Petroleum is likely to be obtainable.


Restrictions on assignment, etc.


40. -(1) The Licensee shall not, except with the consent in writing of the OGA and in


accordance with the conditions (if any) of the consent do anything whatsoever


whereby, under the law (including the rules of equity) of any part of the European


Union or of any other place, any right granted by this licence or derived from a right


so granted becomes exercisable by or for the benefit of or in accordance with the








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directions of another person.





(2) An agreement permitting the carrying out of geological surveys by physical or


chemical means in the Licensed Area is not prohibited by paragraph (1) of this clause


if the person by whom such surveys are to be carried out is-


(a) the holder of a licence granted by the OGA of the right, in common with all


other persons to whom the like right may have been granted, to search for


Petroleum in respect of an area which would include the Licensed Area, but


for a proviso therein excluding the exercise of such right in the Licensed Area


without the consent of the Licensee; or


---(b) the holder of-a licence-granted-by-the OGA to search -and-bere-fer, and


get, Petroleum in an area adjacent to the Licensed Area,





and if the information intended to be obtained by such survey is reasonably


necessary to enable that holder more efficiently to exercise the rights granted by the


licence which he holds from the OGA.





(3) The Licensee shall not enter into any agreement providing for a person other than


the Licensee to become entitled to, or to any proceeds of sale of, any Petroleum


which, at the time when the agreement is made, has not been but may be won and


saved from the Licensed Area unless the terms of the agreement have been


approved in writing by the OGA either unconditionally or subject to conditions, but the


preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply to-


(a) an agreement for the sale of such Petroleum under which the price is


payable after the Petroleum is won and saved; and


(b) an agreement in so far as it provides that, after any Petroleum has been


won and saved from the Licensed Area, it shall be exchanged for other


Petroleum.








(4) The Licensee shall not, without the consent of the OGA, dispose of any


Petroleum won and saved in the Licensed Area or any proceeds of sale of such





Petroleum in such a manner that the disposal does, to the knowledge of the Licensee


or without his knowing it, fulfil or enable another person to fulfil obligations which a


person who controls the Licensee, or a person who is controlled by a person who


controls the Licensee, is required to fulfil by an agreement which, if the person


required to fulfil the obligations were the Licensee, would be an agreement of which


the terms require approval by virtue of paragraph (3) of this clause; and for the


purposes of this paragraph, whether a person has control of another person is to be


determined as if sections 450(2) to (4) and 451(1) to (5) of the Corporation Tax Act


2010 apply subject to the following modifications-


(a) for the words "the greater part" wherever they occur in section 450(3),


there are substituted the words "one-third or more";


(b) in section 451(4) and (5), for the word "may" there is substituted the word


"must"; and


(c) in section 451(4) and (5) any reference to an associate of a person is to


be construed as including only-


(i) a relative (as defined in section 448(2) of that Act) of the person;


(ii) a partner of the person; and


(iii) a trustee of a settlement (as defined in section 620 of the Income


Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 of which the person is a


beneficiary.


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preceding provisions of this clause, none of those persons shall enter into an


agreement with respect to the entitlement of any of them to-


(a) the benefit of any right granted by this licence; or


(b) any Petroleum won and saved from the Licensed Area; or


(c) any proceeds of sale of such Petroleum,


unless the terms of the agreement have been approved in writing by the OGA, but


the preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply to an agreement for the sale,


or for the proceeds of such sale, of such Petroleum under which the price is payable


after the Petroleum is won and saved and an agreement in so far as it provides that,


after any-Petroleum has been-won-and-saved from -the-Licensed-Area,it-shall-be


exchanged for other Petroleum.


Power of revocation


41. -(1) If any of the events specified in the following paragraph shall occur then and


in any such case the OGA may revoke this licence and thereupon the same and all


the rights hereby granted shall cease and determine but subject nevertheless and


without prejudice to any obligation or liability incurred by the Licensee or imposed


upon him by or under the terms and conditions hereof.


(2) The events referred to in the foregoing paragraph are-


(a) any payments mentioned in clause 12(1) of this licence or any part thereof


being in arrear or unpaid for two months next after any of the days whereon


the same ought to have been paid;


(b) any breach or non-observance by the Licensee of any of the terms and


conditions of this licence;


(c) in Great Britain, the bankruptcy or sequestration of the Licensee;


(d) in Great Britain, the making by the Licensee of any arrangement or


composition with his creditors;


(e) in Great Britain, if the Licensee is a company, the appointment of a


receiver or administrator or any liquidation whether compulsory or voluntary;


(f) in a jurisdiction other than Great Britain, the commencement of any


procedure or the making of any arrangement or appointment substantially


corresponding to any of those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) of this


paragraph;


(g) any breach or non-observance by the Licensee of the terms and


conditions of a Development Scheme;


(h) if the Licensee is a company, the Licensee's ceasing to direct and control


either-


(i) its operations under the licence; or


(ii) any commercial activities in connection with those operations,


from a fixed place within the United Kingdom;


(i) any breach of a condition subject to which the OGA gave its approval in


pursuance of clause 40(3) of this licence;


(j) any breach of clause 40(5) of this licence,


and where two or more persons are the Licensee any reference to the Licensee in


sub-paragraphs (c) to (h) of this paragraph is a reference to any of those persons.


(3) The OGA may revoke this licence, with the like consequences as are mentioned


in paragraph (1) of this clause, if-


(a) the Licensee is a company; and








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(b) there is a change in the control of the Licensee; and





(c) the OGA serves notice in writing on the Licensee stating that the OGA


proposes to revoke this licence in pursuance of this paragraph unless such a


further change in the control of the Licensee as is specified in the notice


takes place within the period of three months beginning with the date of


service of the notice; and


(d) that further change does not take place within that period.


(4) There is a change in the control of the Licensee for the purposes of paragraph


(3)(b) of this clause whenever a person has control of the Licensee who did not have


control of the-Licensee_when-this-licence was granted (or. if therehas beenan


assignment or assignation of rights conferred by this licence, when those rights were


assigned to the Licensee); and sections 450(2) to (4) and 451(1) to (5) of the


Corporation Tax Act 2010 shall apply, for the purpose of determining whether for the


purposes of this paragraph a person has or had control of the Licensee, with the


modifications specified in clause 40(4) of this licence.


(5) Where two or more persons are the Licensee and any of them is a company,


paragraphs (3) and (4) of this clause shall have effect as if-


(a) sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) were omitted;


(b) in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph, after the word "of there were


inserted the words "any company included among the persons who together


constitute"; and


(c) for the word "Licensee" in any other provision of those paragraphs there


were substituted the word "company".


Power of partial revocation


42. -(1) This clause applies in a case where two or more persons are the Licensee


and-


(a) an event mentioned in clause 41(2)(c), (d), (e), (f) or (h) occurs in relation


to one of those persons; or


(b) the conditions specified in clause 41(3) are satisfied in relation to one of


those persons.


(2) Where this clause applies, the OGA may exercise the power of revocation in


clause 41 to revoke the licence in so far as it applies to the person mentioned in


paragraph (1)(a) or (b).


(3) If the OGA exercises the power in paragraph (2), the rights granted to the person


under this licence cease, but without prejudice to any obligation or liability incurred by


the person or imposed under the terms and conditions of this licence.


(4) Where this licence is revoked in relation to one person under this clause, it


continues to have effect in respect of the other person who constitutes, or persons


who together constitute, the Licensee and in relation to whom it is not revoked.


Arbitration


43. -(1) If at any time any dispute, difference or question shall arise between the


Minister or the OGA and the Licensee as to any matter arising under or by virtue of


this licence or as to their respective rights and liabilities in respect thereof then the


same shall, except where it is expressly provided by this licence that the matter or








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thing to which the same relates is to be determined, decided, directed, approved or


consented to by the Minister or the OGA, be referred to arbitration as provided by the


following paragraphs.


(2) The arbitration referred to in the foregoing paragraph shall be by a single


arbitrator who, in default of agreement between the Minister or the OGA and the


Licensee and, in the case of arbitration in relation to a Development Scheme, other


Licensees affected by that scheme, as to his appointment, shall be appointed by the


Lord Chief Justice of England for the time being.


(3)-To-the-extent-that this-clause-applies -to-any-part-ofthe- Licensed-Area -situated


within the Scottish area, as defined in article 1(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore


Activities) Order 1987, this clause shall have effect as if-


(a) for the word "arbitrator", wherever it occurs in paragraphs (2) and (5) of


this clause there were substituted the word "arbiter"; and


(b) for the words "the Lord Chief Justice of England", in paragraph (2) there


were substituted the words "the Lord President of the Court of Session".


(4) To the extent that this clause applies to any part of the Licensed Area situated


within the Northern Irish area, as defined in article 1(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction


(Offshore Activities) Order 1987, this clause shall have effect as if for the words "the


Lord Chief Justice of England", in paragraph (2), there were substituted the words


"the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland".


(5) In the case of any such arbitration which relates to a Development Scheme the


Licensee shall unless the arbitrator otherwise determines perform and observe the


terms and conditions of the Development Scheme pending the decision of the


arbitrator.


Ministry of Defence


44. -(1) The Licensee shall give the Ministry of Defence six months' prior notice of


any installation movements within a Block.


(2) The Licensee shall give the Ministry of Defence six weeks' prior notice of any


seismic survey within a Block.


(3) The Licensee shall at his own expense, install and maintain underwater sonar


beacons to Ministry of Defence specifications on any structures that may be


temporarily within a Block provided that there shall be no requirement to fit such


beacons to fixed and charted installations.


Relationship with fishing industry


45. -(1) The Licensee shall appoint a fisheries liaison officer who shall agree suitable


arrangements with the seismic survey and supply vessel owners employed by the


Licensee, their masters and the organisations which represent the local fishing


industry in order to promote good working relationships between the various parties.


The setting up of the arrangements shall be the responsibility of the Licensee. In


particular the Licensee shall-


(a) consult the organisations which represent the local fishing industry about


the sea routes to be used by supply vessels;


(b) after informing the OGA of the result of such consultations, agree with it








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which routes shall be used to minimise interference with fishing activities


without thereby unreasonably increasing transit times;


(c) ensure that the agreed routes are used unless safety of navigation or


security of cargo considerations dictate otherwise; and


(d) take all reasonable steps to ensure that a responsible person who is


fluent in English is a member of the crew of the supply vessel.


(2) The Licensee shall make every effort to locate and remove, without unreasonable


delay, any debris resulting from the licensed activities. The Licensee shall consult the


relevant fishing organisations on the method of clearance and inform the OGA of the


result-of such consultation, as a result of such consultation the OGA determines


that the method of clearance of debris should be modified, such modifications shall


be observed by the Licensee.


(3) Claims for damage to or loss of gear or loss of fishing time arising from reported


debris shall be dealt with promptly by the Licensee.


Straight to Second Term Licence


46. -(1) If no Initial Term is specified in Schedule 5 to this licence, this licence applies


with the following modifications.


(2) In clause 1(1),the following definitions are omitted-


(a) "Early Surrender Area";


(b) "Early Surrender Period";


(c) "Initial Licensed Area";


(d) "Initial Term";


(e) "Mandatory Surrender Area";


(f) "Phase A";


(g) "Phase B";


(h) "Phase C"; and


(i) "Work Programme".


(3) For clause 3(2) there is substituted-


"(2) Unless sooner determined under any of its provisions, this licence shall


continue-


(a) for the Second Term, subject to clause 10;


(b) for the Third Term, subject to clauses 8 and 10."


(4) The following clauses are omitted-


(a) clause 4,


(b) clause 4A,


(c) clause 5, and


(d) clause 6.


(5) For clause 7 there is substituted-


"7. - Extension of the Second Term


(1) This clause applies to an extension to be made to the Second


Term.


(2) At any time not later than three months before the expiry of the


Second Term, or such shorter notice period as the OGA may in its


discretion permit, the Licensee may, subject to payment of the sums


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conditions herein contained, give notice in writing to the OGA that the


Licensee desires that term to be extended for a further period.


(3) Where such notice is given, the OGA may in its discretion direct in


writing that the Second Term be extended; and paragraph (2) of this


clause shall apply to that term as extended.


(4) Any extension shall be for a period, and subject to such


conditions, as the OGA may determine.


(5) Where the Second Term is extended, clause 3 shall apply in


respect of that term as extended.


(6) Where the Second Term is extended by a period, the Third Term


_______shall be reduced by the same amount."----------------------------


(6) In clause 11(1) and (2), "5, 6 or" is omitted


(7) Clause 16(1) is omitted.

















































































































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Schedule 1 CLAUSE 2





Description of Licensed Area





Block 42/28e is the region bounded by the following coordinates:


(1) 54°05‘00.000"N 0 33‘00.000"E








(2) 54°05'00.000"N 0°36'00.000"E


(3) 54°00'00.000"N 0°36‘00.000"E


-(4) ______________________________________________________________


(5) 54°01‘00.000"N 0°31'00.000"E


(6) 54’01'00.000"N 0°32‘00.000"E


(7) 54’02'00.000"N 0°32'00.000"E


(8) 54’02'00.000"N 0°33‘00.000"E


(9) 54°05‘00.000"N 0’33'00.000"E


The above coordinates were specified using "European Datum 1950".


The lines joining coordinates (1) to (9) are navigated as loxodromes.


Block 42/29b is the region bounded by the following coordinates:


(1) 54010‘00.000"N 0’36'00.000"E


(2) 54’10'00.000"N 0°48'00.000"E


(3) 54’08'00.000"N 0’48'00 000"E


(4) 54’08'00.000"N 0°45‘00.000"E


(5) 54’04'00.000"N 0’45'00.000"E


(6) 54’04'00.000"N 0’40'00.000"E


(7) 54’02'00.000"N 0°40‘00.000"E


(8) 54’02'00.000"N 0°42‘00.000"E


(9) 54’01'00.000"N 0°42‘00.000"E


(10) 54’01'00.000"N 0’44'00.000"E


(11) 54’00'00.000"N 0’44'00.000"E


(12) 54’00'00.000"N 0°36'00.000"E


(13) 54’10'00.000"N 0°36‘00.000"E


The above coordinates were specified using "European Datum 1950".


The lines joining coordinates (1) to (13) are navigated as loxodromes.












































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Schedule 2 CLAUSE 9


Consideration for Licence


(1) On the Commencement Date, and on each anniversary of the Start Date, the Licensee shall pay the


OGA sums ("Periodic Payments") calculated as the following amounts multiplied by the Area Factor:


(a) on each such date during Phase A: £15;


(b) on each such date during Phase B: £30;


(c) on each such date during Phase C: £150;


(d) on each subsequent date after the Initial Term:


(i) on the 1st such date: £300;___________________________________________________


(ii) on the 2nd such date: £900;


(iii) on the 3rd such date: £1800;


(iv) on the 4th such date: £2700;


(v) on the 5th such date: £3900;


(vi) on the 6th such date: £5100;


(vii) on the 7th such date: £6300;


(viii) on the 8th such date: £6900;


(ix) on the 9th such date, and every subsequent such date: £7500;


(2) The Periodic Payments shall be subject to variation in accordance with the following provisions:


(a) The Periodic Payments shall be increased or subsequently reduced in line with movements in


the Index of the Price of Crude Oil acquired by Refineries (published in the Digest of UK Energy


Statistics) if the OGA so determines. The OGA shall give notice of any such determination


("biennial determination") not less than one month before the date on which such payment falls


due, and shall specify in the notice the increase or reduction in the amount payable. Movements


in the Index shall be calculated by reference to a comparison between the arithmetic mean of the


Index levels for the two latest calendar years for which figures are available at the time when the


determination is made, and the arithmetic mean of the Index levels for the two latest calendar


years before the Start Date. In the event that the Index of the Price of Crude Oil acquired by


Refineries ceases to be published the OGA may substitute arrangements for redetermination of


periodic payments having substantially similar effect to those set out above.


(b) The increase or reduction specified in a biennial determination shall be payable or take effect


on the anniversary of the Start Date next following the date of the relevant determination.


(c) No biennial determination shall have effect so as to reduce the Periodic Payments below the


levels set out in sub-paragraph (1) above.


(d) The Minister shall not make a biennial determination increasing or reducing the amounts


payable where that increase or reduction would be 5% or less of the levels set following the


previous biennial determination.


(3) In this Schedule:


(a) "Commencement Date" means the date specified in clause 3(1) of the licence;


(b) "the Initial Term" means the period specified as such in Schedule 5 on the date that this


Licence was granted;


(c) "Periodic Payments" means the payments set out at paragraphs (1) and (2) above; and


(d) "Phase A", "Phase B" and "Phase C" are as defined at Schedule 3 of the licence; and


(e) "the Area Factor" means the number of square kilometres comprised in the Licensed Area at


the date upon which the Periodic Payment in question becomes due.



























































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Schedules CLAUSES 4 AND 12


Work Programme


Phase A


Firm Commitment


The Licensee shall:


(a) re-interpret all prospects and leads using the Tolmount Area 2019 3D seismic


data;


(b) complete a depth conversion study;


(c) complete a fault validation study;


(d) update facies distribution and reservoir quality maps, incorporating the Tolmount


East well results;


(e) complete a charge modelling study;


There is no Phase B


Phase C


The Licensee shall: drill a well to 3,050m TVDSS* or 50m below the top


Carboniferous, whichever is shallower.


*True Vertical Depth Sub-Sea


Nothing here fetters the OGA's discretion when considering whether to consent to


any specific activity.






































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Schedule 4


Companies











DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED with registered address of 78 CANNON


STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6AF (registered number: 02294746).


PREMIER OIL E&P UK LIMITED with registered address of 23 LOWER BELGRAVE


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Schedule 5


Timing and mandatory surrender provisions





The Start Date is 1 December 2020.





The Mandatory Surrender Area is an area comprising 50% of the Initial Licensed


Area.


Phase A is the period of 2 years beginning at the Start Date.


There is no Phase B.


Phase C is the period of 2 years beginning with the day after Phase A ends.


The Second Term is the period of 4 years beginning with the day after the Initial


Term ends.


The Third Term is the period of 18 years beginning with the day after the Second


Term ends.





















































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Execution Page


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these presents typewritten on this and the preceding





pages are EXECUTED AS A DEED as follows: -





Signed for and on behalf of the Oil and Gas Authority by:





(signature) (full name)


PGAASED S.AceQ-


(Direstr-Secxetary-- delete-as appropriate)--





________________________________________(date), a (town),





In the presence of this witness:

















Signed* for and on behalf of DANA PETROLEUM (E&P) LIMITED by:








.(signature) (full name)








(Director)


Occ ^^^(date) at


(town),








and either:








---(signature)(full name)





(Director / Secretary - delete as appropriate)





on(date), at(town),






























































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(Director I-Seeretaryt-delete as appropriate)


on ^£°(date). at (town),





or in the presence of this witness:


(signature)(full name)


of(address).


•This deed must be executed by two authorised signatories (as defined in section 44(3) Companies Act 2006) They may be


either two directors or a director and the company secretary. If only one authorised signatory signs, that person must be a


director of the company and a second signatory must witness the director's signature.






















































































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