The Oil and Gas Authority (Offshore Petroleum) (Disclosure of Protected Material after Specified Period) Regulations 2018

Summary well information

8.—(1) This regulation applies to the following information which is acquired or created by or on behalf of an offshore licensee and relates to a well—

(a) whether there is any other well connected to the well;

(b) whether any other well has been drilled under the relevant licence to search, bore for or get petroleum from the same strata;

(c) where the well is associated with a petroleum field, the name of the field;

(d) the geographic coordinates of the points at which the well penetrates the seabed and reaches total depth;

(e) the date drilling started;

(f) the depth of the water at the point at which the well penetrates the seabed;

(g) the total depth of the well;

(h) the location from which the depth of the well was measured;

(i) the distance above sea level of the location from which the depth of the well was measured;

(j) the date the total depth of the well was reached;

(k) the status of the well;

(l) the following information about the strata which are or may be encountered while undertaking any of the activities listed in regulation 9(1)(b)—

(i) name;

(ii) age;

(iii) thickness, and

(iv) type of rock;

(m) whether petroleum has been found and if so, whether it is oil or gas, and

(n) the results of any flow test.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the OGA (or a subsequent holder) may publish the information after the date on which the information is obtained by the OGA.