UK Statutory Instrument
2015
United Kingdom
The Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015
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Schedules
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The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the...
The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas between Cape...
The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas in the...
The lines dividing landward areas from seaward areas at the...
Subject to the provisions of the paragraphs 2 to 5,...
The line dividing the Shetland Islands and the waters adjacent...
In this Schedule— (a) “low water line” means the line...
Name of each applicant in full.
If the application is made by more than one person,...
Except in the case of an application for a multiple...
The reference number of each block in respect of which...
An analysis of the geology of the area to which...
Either— (a) the work programme for evaluating the potential petroleum...
Where applicable— (a) evidence of the operator's technical competence and...
In respect of each applicant— (a) where the applicant is...
For the purposes of paragraph 8(d)(ii), whether a body corporate...
Except where the licence applied for is a multiple phase...
A statement of the general environmental policy of the proposed...
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application of the Regulations
Applications for licences: general
Applications for a petroleum exploration and development licence or a seaward area production licence
Applications for landward petroleum exploration licences, seaward petroleum exploration licences and methane drainage licences
Fees
Form of licences
Review
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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North Sea Transition Authority
Licenses and regulates the UK oil and gas, offshore hydrogen, and carbon storage industries. Issues petroleum production licences and CO2 storage licences. …
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