| Guvnor

Enforced by: NSTA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Licence Holder29

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts

Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 318 duties

The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 123 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 83 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 68 duties

The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1991 65 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Initial Term Regulated

Complete Work Programme phases or risk losing your licenceLicence Holder

s.012 Payment of consideration for Licence Regulated

Pay licence consideration per Schedule 2 to the NSTALicence Holder

s.013 Provision of contact details to Minister Regulated

Provide and keep up to date contact details for official documentsLicence Holder

s.014 Measurement of Petroleum obtained from the Licensed Area Regulated

Measure petroleum production using approved methodsLicence Holder

s.015 Keeping of accounts Regulated

Keep full and correct accounts of petroleum won, saved, and suppliedLicence Holder

s.016 Working obligations Regulated

Carry out work programme and comply with NSTA directions on explorationLicence Holder

s.017 Development and production programmes Regulated

Submit development and production programmes for NSTA approvalLicence Holder

s.018 Provisions supplementary to clause 17 Regulated

Comply with conditions on approvals and consents for development programmesLicence Holder

s.019 Commencement and abandonment and plugging of Wells Regulated

Get NSTA consent before drilling or abandoning any wellLicence Holder

s.020 Distance of Wells from boundaries of Licensed Area Regulated

Do not drill wells within 125 metres of licence boundary without NSTA consentLicence Holder

s.021 Control of Development Wells Regulated

Get NSTA consent for development well drilling and completion workLicence Holder

s.022 Provision of storage tanks, pipes, pipelines or other receptacles Regulated

Use good oilfield practice to confine petroleum in proper storage receptaclesLicence Holder

s.023 Avoidance of harmful methods of working Regulated

Operate petroleum licence area in good oilfield practice and prevent harmLicence Holder

s.024 Appointment of operators Regulated

Only let approved operators organise or supervise licensed oil and gas operationsLicence Holder

s.025 Fishing and navigation Regulated

Do not interfere with fishing, navigation or marine conservationLicence Holder

s.026 Training Regulated

Comply with training instructions from the NSTA and provide training information on requestLicence Holder

s.027 Unit development Regulated

Cooperate with other licensees on a unit development scheme when NSTA requires itLicence Holder

s.028 Directions as to Oil Fields across boundaries Regulated

Comply with NSTA directions for cross-boundary oil field developmentLicence Holder

s.029 Licensee to keep records Regulated

Keep accurate records of wells and geological informationLicence Holder

s.030 Returns Regulated

Submit quarterly and annual returns to NSTA and provide information on requestLicence Holder

s.031 Licensee to keep samples Regulated

Label, preserve and manage disposal of well samplesLicence Holder

s.032 Reports to be treated as confidential Regulated

Supply all required data and reports at your own expenseLicence Holder

s.033 Inspection of records etc. Regulated

Allow NSTA to inspect your records and provide assistanceLicence Holder

s.038 Indemnity against third party claims Regulated

Keep the NSTA indemnified against third party claimsLicence Holder

s.039 Advertisements, prospectuses etc. Regulated

Do not claim NSTA endorses your licence area's oil prospectsLicence Holder

s.040 Restrictions on assignment, etc. Regulated

Get NSTA consent before assigning licence rights or future petroleum interestsLicence Holder

s.043 Arbitration Regulated

Continue complying with your Development Scheme during arbitrationLicence Holder

s.044 Ministry of Defence Regulated

Notify MoD of installation movements, seismic surveys, and install sonar beacons on temporary structuresLicence Holder

s.045 Relationship with fishing industry Regulated

Appoint a fisheries liaison officer and manage fishing industry relationshipsLicence Holder

21 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation

s.001 Interpretation, etc.

s.002 Model clauses

s.002 Grant of Licence

s.003 Review

s.003 Term of Licence

s.004 Amendments to the Work Programme

s.005 Surrender during Initial Term (“Frontier” licences)

s.006 Option to continue licence into a Second Term

s.007 Extension of the Initial or Second Term

s.008 Option to continue the Licence into a Third Term

s.009 Power further to extend term of Licence

s.010 Right of Licensee to determine Licence or surrender part of Licensed Area

s.011 Areas surrendered

s.034 Rights of access

s.035 Power to execute works

s.036 Right of distress

s.037 Diligence

s.040 Change in control of Licensee

s.041 Power of revocation

s.042 Power of partial revocation

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

The Petroleum Licensing (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 2008

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