The Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Application of the Regulations

  5. 4.Applications for licences: general

  6. 5.Applications for a petroleum exploration and development licence or a seaward area production licence

  7. 6.Applications for landward petroleum exploration licences, seaward petroleum exploration licences and methane drainage licences

  8. 7.Fees

  9. 8.Form of licences

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Lines dividing Landward Areas from Seaward Areas

      1. 1.Except as provided by paragraphs 2 to 6, the lines...

      2. 2.The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the...

      3. 3.The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas between Cape...

      4. 4.The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas in the...

      5. 5.The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the...

      6. 6.Subject to the provisions of the paragraphs 2 to 5,...

      7. 7.The line dividing the Shetland Islands and the waters adjacent...

      8. 8.In this Schedule— (a) “low water line” means the line...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Information and supporting documentation required for an application for a petroleum exploration and development licence or a seaward area production licence

      1. 1.Name of each applicant in full.

      2. 2.If the application is made by more than one person,...

      3. 3.Except in the case of an application for a promote...

      4. 4.The reference number of each block in respect of which...

      5. 5.An analysis of the geology of the area to which...

      6. 6.Either— (a) the work programme for evaluating the potential petroleum...

      7. 7.Where applicable— (a) evidence of the operator’s technical competence and...

      8. 8.In respect of each applicant— (a) where the applicant is...

      9. 9.For the purposes of paragraph 8(d)(ii), whether a body corporate...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Additional information and supporting documentation required for an application for a seaward area production licence

      1. 1.Except where the licence applied for is a promote licence,...

      2. 2.A statement of the general environmental policy of the proposed...

  12. Explanatory Note