1. For the protection of the licensee from time to time of the licence in respect of the area comprising the Kumatage Field, previously under United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P.2426 and any licence granted to replace it in the 33rd Offshore Licensing Round, unless otherwise provided for in this Schedule or otherwise agreed in writing between the licensee and the undertaker the provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect for so long as the licence shall remain in full force and effect.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 1 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
2. In the event that—
(a)the no licence is granted under the North Sea Transition Authority 33rd Offshore Licensing Round;
(b)any licence granted under the North Sea Transition Authority 33rd Offshore Licensing Round is terminated and no longer has effect;
(c)before 1 January 2026, the licensee has not obtained the necessary consents;
(d)the licensee fails to serve notice on the undertaker as required by paragraph 5,
the obligations on the undertaker in this Part of this Schedule shall no longer have effect.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 2 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
3. In this Part of this Schedule—
“Bridge protected area plan” means the plan entitled Bridge Petroleum: Kumatage Protective Provisions and certified as the Bridge protected area plan for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule;
“emergency works” means works whose execution at the time when they are executed is required in order to put an end to, or to prevent the occurrence of, circumstances then existing or imminent (or which the person responsible for the works believes on reasonable grounds to be existing or imminent) which are likely to cause danger to persons, property or the environment;
“exclusion zones” means an area on, under or above the seabed within a distance of 500m of the outer edge of an installed platform or centre point of installed subsea infrastructure (excluding an installed pipeline) and an area of 200m either side of an installed pipeline, in each case forming part of the licensee’s works;
“licence” means any licence granted under the 33rd licensing round by the North Sea Transition Authority for the area comprising the Kumatage Field, previously under United Kingdom Petroleum Production Licence P.2426;
“licensee” means the licensee from time to time of the licence;
“licensee’s works” means exploration, appraisal, development, production, maintenance, interventions and/or decommissioning activity in accordance with and pursuant to the licence;
“necessary consents” means regulatory approval from the North Sea Transition Agency (or any successor in function) and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (or any successor in function) for one or more appraisal well(s) and approval from the North Sea Transition Agency (or any successor in function) of a field development plan;
“pipeline route A” means the route coloured pale yellow on the Bridge protected area plan;
“pipeline route B” means the route coloured red on the Bridge protected area plan;
“primary lines of orientation” means the lines identified as the primary lines of orientation for wind turbine generators comprised in the authorised development running south east to north west on bearing 326.5 degrees as shown on the Bridge protected area plan;
“protected area” means the area of seabed with the coordinates below and shown shaded grey/blue on the Bridge protected area plan, excluding any relinquished area
| X_UTM31N | Y_UTM31N | Latitude | Longitude | Lat_DMS | Long_DMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369758.7442 | 6001005.102 | 54.14062859 | 1.006235389 | 54° 8′ 26.263″ N | 1° 0′ 22.447″ E |
| 370895.6849 | 6000130.985 | 54.13306382 | 1.024002362 | 54° 7′ 59.030″ N | 1° 1′ 26.409″ E |
| 371000.6638 | 6000185.22 | 54.13357734 | 1.025584881 | 54° 8′ 0.878″ N | 1° 1′ 32.106″ E |
| 371114.236 | 6000217.83 | 54.13389873 | 1.027308113 | 54° 8′ 2.035″ N | 1° 1′ 38.309″ E |
| 371232.0093 | 6000227.549 | 54.13401555 | 1.029105395 | 54° 8′ 2.456″ N | 1° 1′ 44.779″ E |
| 371349.3879 | 6000214.002 | 54.13392326 | 1.030906567 | 54° 8′ 2.124″ N | 1° 1′ 51.264″ E |
| 371461.8379 | 6000177.714 | 54.13362543 | 1.032642027 | 54° 8′ 1.052″ N | 1° 1′ 57.511″ E |
| 371564.9957 | 6000120.091 | 54.13313363 | 1.03424441 | 54° 7′ 59.281″ N | 1° 2′ 3.280″ E |
| 371654.8603 | 6000043.37 | 54.13246692 | 1.035651552 | 54° 7′ 56.881″ N | 1° 2′ 8.346″ E |
| 371727.9464 | 5999950.524 | 54.13165119 | 1.03680887 | 54° 7′ 53.944″ N | 1° 2′ 12.512″ E |
| 371780.158 | 5999848.371 | 54.13074663 | 1.037650827 | 54° 7′ 50.688″ N | 1° 2′ 15.543″ E |
| 371811.9723 | 5999738.148 | 54.12976449 | 1.03818421 | 54° 7′ 47.152″ N | 1° 2′ 17.463″ E |
| 371822.2261 | 5999623.885 | 54.12874068 | 1.038389537 | 54° 7′ 43.466″ N | 1° 2′ 18.202″ E |
| 371810.5448 | 5999509.758 | 54.12771263 | 1.03825933 | 54° 7′ 39.765″ N | 1° 2′ 17.734″ E |
| 371777.3552 | 5999399.942 | 54.12671793 | 1.037798369 | 54° 7′ 36.185″ N | 1° 2′ 16.074″ E |
| 371723.8708 | 5999298.449 | 54.12579294 | 1.03702353 | 54° 7′ 32.855″ N | 1° 2′ 13.285″ E |
| 371652.0469 | 5999208.992 | 54.12497147 | 1.035963155 | 54° 7′ 29.897″ N | 1° 2′ 9.467″ E |
| 371564.5095 | 5999134.84 | 54.12428355 | 1.03465602 | 54° 7′ 27.421″ N | 1° 2′ 4.762″ E |
| 371707.0735 | 5999034.998 | 54.12342232 | 1.036878551 | 54° 7′ 24.320″ N | 1° 2′ 12.763″ E |
| 371814.9826 | 5998898.439 | 54.12222259 | 1.03858664 | 54° 7′ 20.001″ N | 1° 2′ 18.912″ E |
| 371879.1565 | 5998736.653 | 54.12078534 | 1.039636569 | 54° 7′ 14.827″ N | 1° 2′ 22.692″ E |
| 371894.1948 | 5998563.256 | 54.11923155 | 1.03994004 | 54° 7′ 9.234″ N | 1° 2′ 23.784″ E |
| 371869.3359 | 5998424.266 | 54.11797689 | 1.039618876 | 54° 7′ 4.717″ N | 1° 2′ 22.628″ E |
| 371812.684 | 5998294.935 | 54.11680105 | 1.038807534 | 54° 7′ 0.484″ N | 1° 2′ 19.707″ E |
| 371727.3768 | 5998182.423 | 54.11576916 | 1.037550984 | 54° 6′ 56.769″ N | 1° 2′ 15.184″ E |
| 371618.1385 | 5998092.963 | 54.11493834 | 1.035918829 | 54° 6′ 53.778″ N | 1° 2′ 9.308″ E |
| 371517.1978 | 5998041.233 | 54.11444847 | 1.034397558 | 54° 6′ 52.014″ N | 1° 2′ 3.831″ E |
| 371408.3254 | 5998009.424 | 54.11413554 | 1.032746584 | 54° 6′ 50.888″ N | 1° 1′ 57.888″ E |
| 371295.412 | 5997998.673 | 54.11401073 | 1.031024889 | 54° 6′ 50.439″ N | 1° 1′ 51.690″ E |
| 371182.4928 | 5998009.363 | 54.1140785 | 1.029293977 | 54° 6′ 50.683″ N | 1° 1′ 45.458″ E |
| 371073.6033 | 5998041.114 | 54.11433642 | 1.027615684 | 54° 6′ 51.611″ N | 1° 1′ 39.416″ E |
| 370972.635 | 5998092.79 | 54.11477528 | 1.026049969 | 54° 6′ 53.191″ N | 1° 1′ 33.780″ E |
| 370883.1961 | 5998162.545 | 54.1153794 | 1.024652768 | 54° 6′ 55.366″ N | 1° 1′ 28.750″ E |
| 370808.4831 | 5998247.885 | 54.11612721 | 1.023474009 | 54° 6′ 58.058″ N | 1° 1′ 24.506″ E |
| 370748.8624 | 5998350.778 | 54.11703645 | 1.022518453 | 54° 7′ 1.331″ N | 1° 1′ 21.066″ E |
| 370710.7056 | 5998463.407 | 54.11803854 | 1.021886867 | 54° 7′ 4.939″ N | 1° 1′ 18.793″ E |
| 370695.5115 | 5998581.35 | 54.11909413 | 1.02160408 | 54° 7′ 8.739″ N | 1° 1′ 17.775″ E |
| 370703.8771 | 5998699.973 | 54.12016175 | 1.021681229 | 54° 7′ 12.582″ N | 1° 1′ 18.052″ E |
| 370735.4737 | 5998814.617 | 54.12119946 | 1.02211531 | 54° 7′ 16.318″ N | 1° 1′ 19.615″ E |
| 370789.0601 | 5998920.777 | 54.1221665 | 1.022889294 | 54° 7′ 19.799″ N | 1° 1′ 22.401″ E |
| 370862.5312 | 5999014.283 | 54.12302486 | 1.023972795 | 54° 7′ 22.889″ N | 1° 1′ 26.302″ E |
| 370953.001 | 5999091.462 | 54.12374082 | 1.02532326 | 54° 7′ 25.467″ N | 1° 1′ 31.164″ E |
| 370856.0517 | 5999152.369 | 54.12426358 | 1.023814676 | 54° 7′ 27.349″ N | 1° 1′ 25.733″ E |
| 370772.4368 | 5999230.583 | 54.12494512 | 1.022502564 | 54° 7′ 29.802″ N | 1° 1′ 21.009″ E |
| 370705.2009 | 5999323.255 | 54.12576063 | 1.021434697 | 54° 7′ 32.738″ N | 1° 1′ 17.165″ E |
| 370656.7919 | 5999427.012 | 54.12668043 | 1.02064996 | 54° 7′ 36.050″ N | 1° 1′ 14.340″ E |
| 369290.5479 | 5999425.493 | 54.12632131 | 0.999756873 | 54° 7′ 34.757″ N | 0° 59′ 59.125″ E |
| 369409.1471 | 5999825.625 | 54.12994553 | 1.00139754 | 54° 7′ 47.804″ N | 1° 0′ 5.031″ E |
| 370629.9711 | 5999826.982 | 54.13026636 | 1.02006844 | 54° 7′ 48.959″ N | 1° 1′ 12.246″ E |
| 369634.1373 | 6000584.701 | 54.13682085 | 1.004510756 | 54° 8′ 12.555″ N | 1° 0′ 16.239″ E |
| 369758.7442 | 6001005.102 | 54.14062859 | 1.006235389 | 54° 8′ 26.263″ N | 1° 0′ 22.447″ E |
“offshore wind infrastructure” means all infrastructure permitted by this Order excluding offshore wind activities and the overhanging of a wind turbine generator blade;
“offshore wind activities” means investigation survey or other activity relating to the evaluation of development construction operation and maintenance and/or decommissioning of the authorised development and shall include the use of a jack-up or other vessel;
“relinquished area” means any part of the protected area that is relinquished by the licensee pursuant to the licence or otherwise removed from the scope of the licence, but which shall not include the exclusion zones; and
“remaining overlap area” means the area of seabed with the coordinates below and shown cross-hatched on the Bridge protected area plan
| ETRS89_X | ETRS89_Y | Latitude | Longitude | DDLat | DDLong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369290.5479 | 5999425.493 | 54° 7′ 34.757″ N | 0° 59′ 59.125″ E | 54.12632131 | 0.999756873 |
| 370656.7919 | 5999427.012 | 54° 7′ 36.050″ N | 1° 1′ 14.340″ E | 54.12668043 | 1.02064996 |
| 370705.2009 | 5999323.255 | 54° 7′ 32.738″ N | 1° 1′ 17.165″ E | 54.12576063 | 1.021434697 |
| 370772.4368 | 5999230.583 | 54° 7′ 29.802″ N | 1° 1′ 21.009″ E | 54.12494512 | 1.022502564 |
| 370856.0517 | 5999152.369 | 54° 7′ 27.349″ N | 1° 1′ 25.733″ E | 54.12426358 | 1.023814676 |
| 370953.001 | 5999091.462 | 54° 7′ 25.467″ N | 1° 1′ 31.164″ E | 54.12374082 | 1.02532326 |
| 370862.5312 | 5999014.283 | 54° 7′ 22.889″ N | 1° 1′ 26.302″ E | 54.12302486 | 1.023972795 |
| 370789.0601 | 5998920.777 | 54° 7′ 19.799″ N | 1° 1′ 22.401″ E | 54.12216649 | 1.022889294 |
| 370735.4737 | 5998814.617 | 54° 7′ 16.318″ N | 1° 1′ 19.615″ E | 54.12119946 | 1.02211531 |
| 370703.8771 | 5998699.973 | 54° 7′ 12.582″ N | 1° 1′ 18.052″ E | 54.12016175 | 1.021681229 |
| 370695.5115 | 5998581.35 | 54° 7′ 8.739″ N | 1° 1′ 17.775″ E | 54.11909413 | 1.02160408 |
| 370710.7056 | 5998463.407 | 54° 7′ 4.939″ N | 1° 1′ 18.793″ E | 54.11803854 | 1.021886867 |
| 370748.8624 | 5998350.777 | 54° 7′ 1.331″ N | 1° 1′ 21.066″ E | 54.11703645 | 1.022518453 |
| 370808.4831 | 5998247.885 | 54° 6′ 58.058″ N | 1° 1′ 24.506″ E | 54.11612721 | 1.023474009 |
| 370883.1961 | 5998162.545 | 54° 6′ 55.366″ N | 1° 1′ 28.750″ E | 54.1153794 | 1.024652768 |
| 370972.635 | 5998092.79 | 54° 6′ 53.191″ N | 1° 1′ 33.780″ E | 54.11477528 | 1.026049969 |
| 371073.6033 | 5998041.114 | 54° 6′ 51.611″ N | 1° 1′ 39.416″ E | 54.11433642 | 1.027615684 |
| 371182.4928 | 5998009.363 | 54° 6′ 50.683″ N | 1° 1′ 45.458″ E | 54.1140785 | 1.029293977 |
| 371295.412 | 5997998.672 | 54° 6′ 50.439″ N | 1° 1′ 51.690″ E | 54.11401073 | 1.031024889 |
| 371408.3254 | 5998009.424 | 54° 6′ 50.888″ N | 1° 1′ 57.888″ E | 54.11413554 | 1.032746584 |
| 371517.1978 | 5998041.233 | 54° 6′ 52.014″ N | 1° 2′ 3.831″ E | 54.11444847 | 1.034397558 |
| 371618.1385 | 5998092.963 | 54° 6′ 53.778″ N | 1° 2′ 9.308″ E | 54.11493834 | 1.035918829 |
| 371727.3768 | 5998182.423 | 54° 6′ 56.769″ N | 1° 2′ 15.184″ E | 54.11576916 | 1.037550984 |
| 371812.684 | 5998294.934 | 54° 7′ 0.484″ N | 1° 2′ 19.707″ E | 54.11680105 | 1.038807534 |
| 371869.3359 | 5998424.266 | 54° 7′ 4.717″ N | 1° 2′ 22.628″ E | 54.11797689 | 1.039618876 |
| 371894.1948 | 5998563.256 | 54° 7′ 9.234″ N | 1° 2′ 23.784″ E | 54.11923155 | 1.03994004 |
| 371879.1565 | 5998736.653 | 54° 7′ 14.827″ N | 1° 2′ 22.692″ E | 54.12078534 | 1.039636569 |
| 371814.9826 | 5998898.439 | 54° 7′ 20.001″ N | 1° 2′ 18.912″ E | 54.12222259 | 1.03858664 |
| 371707.0735 | 5999034.998 | 54° 7′ 24.320″ N | 1° 2′ 12.763″ E | 54.12342232 | 1.036878551 |
| 371564.5095 | 5999134.84 | 54° 7′ 27.421″ N | 1° 2′ 4.762″ E | 54.12428355 | 1.03465602 |
| 371652.0469 | 5999208.992 | 54° 7′ 29.897″ N | 1° 2′ 9.467″ E | 54.12497147 | 1.035963155 |
| 371723.8708 | 5999298.449 | 54° 7′ 32.855″ N | 1° 2′ 13.285″ E | 54.12579294 | 1.03702353 |
| 371777.3552 | 5999399.942 | 54° 7′ 36.185″ N | 1° 2′ 16.074″ E | 54.12671793 | 1.037798369 |
| 371810.5448 | 5999509.758 | 54° 7′ 39.765″ N | 1° 2′ 17.734″ E | 54.12771263 | 1.03825933 |
| 371822.2261 | 5999623.885 | 54° 7′ 43.466″ N | 1° 2′ 18.202″ E | 54.12874068 | 1.038389537 |
| 371811.9723 | 5999738.148 | 54° 7′ 47.152″ N | 1° 2′ 17.463″ E | 54.12976449 | 1.03818421 |
| 371780.158 | 5999848.371 | 54° 7′ 50.688″ N | 1° 2′ 15.543″ E | 54.13074663 | 1.037650827 |
| 371727.9464 | 5999950.524 | 54° 7′ 53.944″ N | 1° 2′ 12.512″ E | 54.13165119 | 1.03680887 |
| 371654.8603 | 6000043.37 | 54° 7′ 56.881″ N | 1° 2′ 8.346″ E | 54.13246692 | 1.035651552 |
| 371564.9957 | 6000120.091 | 54° 7′ 59.281″ N | 1° 2′ 3.280″ E | 54.13313363 | 1.03424441 |
| 371461.8379 | 6000177.714 | 54° 8′ 1.052″ N | 1° 1′ 57.511″ E | 54.13362543 | 1.032642027 |
| 371349.3879 | 6000214.002 | 54° 8′ 2.124″ N | 1° 1′ 51.264″ E | 54.13392326 | 1.030906567 |
| 371232.0093 | 6000227.548 | 54° 8′ 2.456″ N | 1° 1′ 44.779″ E | 54.13401555 | 1.029105395 |
| 371114.236 | 6000217.83 | 54° 8′ 2.035″ N | 1° 1′ 38.309″ E | 54.13389873 | 1.027308113 |
| 371000.6638 | 6000185.22 | 54° 8′ 0.878″ N | 1° 1′ 32.106″ E | 54.13357734 | 1.025584881 |
| 370895.6849 | 6000130.985 | 54° 7′ 59.030″ N | 1° 1′ 26.409″ E | 54.13306382 | 1.024002362 |
| 369758.744 | 6001005.102 | 54° 8′ 26.263″ N | 1° 0′ 22.447″ E | 54.14062859 | 1.006235386 |
| 370188.1134 | 6002453.716 | 54° 9′ 13.497″ N | 1° 0′ 43.850″ E | 54.15374908 | 1.012180474 |
| 369052.38 | 6003839.014 | 54° 9′ 57.254″ N | 0° 59′ 39.116″ E | 54.1659038 | 0.994198772 |
| 374775.9162 | 6003680.049 | 54° 9′ 57.253″ N | 1° 4′ 54.768″ E | 54.1659037 | 1.081880049 |
| 374549.6554 | 5995336.516 | 54° 5′ 27.244″ N | 1° 4′ 54.777″ E | 54.09090122 | 1.081882594 |
| 373037.8605 | 5995377.85 | 54° 5′ 27.247″ N | 1° 3′ 31.553″ E | 54.09090193 | 1.058764698 |
| 372386.8054 | 5996013.946 | 54° 5′ 47.237″ N | 1° 2′ 54.774″ E | 54.09645475 | 1.048548266 |
| 372395.3332 | 5996323.166 | 54° 5′ 57.244″ N | 1° 2′ 54.773″ E | 54.09923444 | 1.048548168 |
| 372060.5767 | 5996332.517 | 54° 5′ 57.247″ N | 1° 2′ 36.341″ E | 54.09923534 | 1.043428091 |
| 369201.7237 | 5999125.817 | 54° 7′ 24.985″ N | 0° 59′ 54.702″ E | 54.12360695 | 0.998528288 |
| 369409.1471 | 5999825.625 | 54° 7′ 47.804″ N | 1° 0′ 5.031″ E | 54.12994553 | 1.00139754 |
| 369634.1371 | 6000584.702 | 54° 8′ 12.555″ N | 1° 0′ 16.239″ E | 54.13682085 | 1.004510753 |
| 370629.9711 | 5999826.982 | 54° 7′ 48.959″ N | 1° 1′ 12.246″ E | 54.13026636 | 1.02006844 |
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 3 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph 7, no offshore wind infrastructure shall be constructed within the protected area.
(2) The undertaker may perform offshore wind activities in the protected area provided that—
(a)the undertaker provides advance written notice of its activities in the protected area as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than six months prior to the scheduled commencement of such activities and consent is obtained from the licensee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
(b)the undertaker’s notice must describe the nature, extent, anticipated start date and duration of the activities;
(c)following commencement of the offshore wind activities in the protected area, the undertaker must provide regular updates (no less frequently than every fourteen days) to the licensee throughout the duration of the offshore wind activities in the protected area as to their progress; and
(d)within 24 hours of the completion of the offshore wind activities, the undertaker provides notice to the licensee that the activities have been completed and the protected area has been vacated.
(3) The requirement for advance notice in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above shall not apply to any offshore wind activities which are emergency works, in which case the undertaker must provide notice as soon as reasonably practicable after commencement of the activities.
(4) Following completion of the relevant offshore wind activities the undertaker shall use reasonable endeavours not to restrict, delay, hinder or prevent in any way the licensee’s or its agents’ ability to access safely the protected area and to carry out any drilling, development, production or decommissioning activities that the licensee, acting as a reasonable and prudent operator deems necessary from time to time.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 4 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
5. No later than 6 months after the coming into force of this Order, the licensee shall notify the undertaker of its proposed location of its pipeline, such location being either pipeline route A or pipeline route B. From the date the undertaker receives the licensee’s notification, the protected area shall include either pipeline route A or pipeline route B (as elected by the licensee).
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 5 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
6. The licensee shall not carry out, nor procure the carrying out of, the licensee’s works in any way that would prevent the undertaker from constructing and maintaining the wind turbine generators comprised in the authorised development in a layout consistent with the primary lines of orientation.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 6 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
7. The undertaker and the licensee shall use reasonable endeavours to enter into a crossing and/or proximity agreement on standard UK oil and gas industry terms in relation to the licensee’s works and the authorised development in relation to the protected area and the remaining overlap area, such agreement to be entered as soon as reasonably practicable after the coming into force of this Order.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 9 Pt. 10 para. 7 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1