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PART 3 U.K.The Oil and Gas Authority Fees

Amendments to the Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016U.K.

10.—(1) The Oil and Gas Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (fees payable for consents and pipeline works authorisations) in the formula in paragraph (3), for “£595” substitute “ £715 ”.

(3) In regulation 6 (fixed fees payable for other consents) for the table (fees for other consents) following paragraph (3), substitute the following—

Activity or matter requiring consentFee Payable
Methodology proposed for the measurement of petroleum£1,445
Drill a primary well£610
Drill a sidetrack well branching off from the principal well to a target location different from that of the principal well£590
Fit or refit equipment in a well for the purpose of enabling hydrocarbon production or injection£320
Get petroleum from a licensed area£990
Variation of a consent to get petroleum from a licensed area£990
Flare or vent petroleum from a well£725
Variation of a consent to flare or vent petroleum from a well£725
Well suspension£590
Put back into use any well subject to a well suspension£320
Abandon a well permanently£1,025
Change of licensee of a petroleum licence£610
Change of the beneficiary of rights granted by a petroleum licence£610
Appointment of an operator under a petroleum licence£1,825
Extension of the initial, second or final term of a petroleum licence£4,640
Extension of the final phase of the initial term of a petroleum licence£4,640
Amendment of a work programme£4,640

(4) In regulation 6A(1) (fees payable for consent to retention or development area proposals), for “£1,068” substitute “ £1,340 ”.

(5) In regulation 6B(1) (fees payable for determination of oil fields), for “£1,124” substitute “ £5,820 ”.

(6) In regulation 6C for the table (fees payable for metering examinations and tests) following paragraph (3), substitute the following—

Type of metering examination or testFee payable
Metering examination under a seaward area production licence£3,240

Metering examination under a petroleum

exploration and development licence

£3,260
Meter flow calibration£2,020

(7) In regulation 7 for the table (fees payable for applications for petroleum licences) following paragraph (2), substitute the following—

Type of licenceFee payable
Landward petroleum exploration licence£1,480
Seaward petroleum exploration licence£1,480
Methane drainage licence£120
Petroleum exploration and development licence£3,955
Seaward area production licence£5,930

(8) In regulation 8(1) (fees payable for applications for gas storage licences), for “£2,100” substitute “ £5,930 ”.

(9) In regulation 9(1) (fees payable for applications for carbon dioxide appraisal and storage licences), for “£2,100” substitute “ £5,930 ”.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 10 in force at 1.4.2020, see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2016/904 This instrument is amended by S.I. 2017/426. S.I. 2018/56 and S.I. 2018/980.

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