Welcome to our November edition
of Bright spots. This edition includes:
Topical
Technical
- Topical -
Licensing round updates:
UK’s 13th landward licensing round
announced
The UK’s Department for Business Enterprise &
Regulatory Reform (BERR) has invited applications
for licences in the
13th Landward Oil and Gas Licensing Round.
BERR states that it expects significant interest
from companies looking to explore prospective
hydrocarbon sites across Britain. In
particular, BERR hope that this latest round will
promote coal-bed methane production in the UK.
The
round invites companies to apply for Petroleum
Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) for
unlicensed blocks in central Scotland, south-east
and north-east Wales and regions in the north, west
and south of England. Any offers will be for a
90 day period with applications being received in
February 2008. The last landward licensing round
took place in 2004.
The areas on offer will be available in the next
PetroView North West Europe
dataset update.
For more information on the landward licensing
round, please visit the
official website.
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Norwegian
20th licensing round opens for nominations
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has
invited oil and gas companies to nominate blocks
that they believe should be included in the
20th Licensing Round.
The blocks for nomination include those areas that
have been opened up to petroleum activities in the
North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.
Exceptions include:
-
Areas already
subject to licences
- Areas included in
the "predefined areas" (APA).
- Particularly
valuable areas in the Barents Sea, the polar
front, the ice edge, Bjørnøya.
- Areas near the
coast of Troms and Finnmark.
- Eggakanten,
Nordland VI, Nordland VII and Troms II.
Please visit the
NPD’s website
to review all of the conditions for nominations.
The nominated areas will be included in the next
PetroView North West Europe
dataset update.
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India delays NELP 7 licensing round
India has delayed the NELP 7 licensing round due to
the start of the winter session of Parliament, as
officials from the Petroleum Ministry will be unable
to attend road shows held to attract foreign
participation in oil and gas exploration.
The round, which was scheduled to be launched on
November 5th, 2007, is now expected to be
announced in December 2007 or January 2008.
The blocks are located in the following basins:
Rajasthan, Cambay, Himalayan Foreland and Punjab,
Ganga, Kutch, Saurasthra, Vindhyan, Mumbai Offshore,
Kerala-Konkan, Purnea, Bengal, Mahanadi, Krishna –
Godavari, South Rewa Palar, Assam–Arakan, Deccan
Syneclise, Cuddapah, Andaman.
To view the tentative areas in our
PetroView South Asia dataset,
please select the Openblocks table from the "Open
Catalogue" menu.
For more information about PetroView, please visit
our
website.
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Prospex
2007 - London, December 11th-12th, 2007
We will be exhibiting at
the PESGB/BERR Prospect Fair 2007 in Islington,
London.
The fair aims to provide the perfect showcase for
new projects and players by bringing together all
industry participants in a forum where ideas can be
exchanged. The two day exhibition includes a
parallel speaker and a workshop programme.
Please visit us at stand number 25 to review the
latest release of our products.
Please visit the
PESGB website for more information on the event
and registration.n.
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Deloitte’s 2007 Oil & Gas Conference - Houston,
December 12th, 2007
