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On 6 June 2008 BERR announced that 193 applications had been made by a total of 131 companies for licences in the 25th Offshore Licensing Round. This represents the highest number of applications ever made and represents a 31% increase on the number of applications made in the 24th Licensing Round.
Applications for Promote licences, specifically designed to encourage newer and smaller firms to enter the UKCS and introduced in the 21st Licensing Round, dropped by 32% in the 25th Licensing Round. However, the number of applications for Traditional licences increased by 80%, as well as applications for Frontier licences which increased by 40%.
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Licence application statistics |
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22nd Licensing |
23rd Licensing |
24th Licensing |
25th Licensing |
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Total number of applications received |
76 |
135 |
147 |
193 |
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Number of Traditional applications received |
30 |
68 |
80 |
144 |
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Number of Frontier applications received |
4 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
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Number of Promote applications received |
42 |
60 |
62 |
42 |
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Total number of companies applying |
68 |
114 |
121 |
131 |
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Number of new applicants |
20 |
28 |
25 |
15 |
The 25th Licensing Round opened on 20 February 2008 when BERR announced that a record total of 2,297 blocks and part-blocks were on offer. BERR states that before any licences are awarded it will assess whether activities carried out under licences applied for in the 25th Round will have significant effects on the integrity of any Natura 2000 sites. This is a requirement of the legislation implementing the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives. Any licences awarded in the 25th Round will contain conditions to protect environmental interests and those of other sea users. In addition, activities carried out under the licences will be subject to a range of legislation which is designed to protect the marine environment, including legislation which implements the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives in respect of offshore oil and gas activities.
The deadline for applications for Traditional and Frontier Seaward Licences was 21 May 2008 with Promote Licences on 22 May 2008. BERR plans to make 25th Round licence offers later in the year.
The table below shows the companies which have applied for licences in the 25th Licensing Round, with new comers to the
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Applicants in 25th Offshore Licensing Round |
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Antrim Resources (N.I.) Limited |
Hurricane Exploration plc |
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Apache North Sea Ltd |
Hydrocarbon Resources Limited (Centrica) |
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Atlantic Petroleum UK Ltd |
Impact Oil & Gas Plc |
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ATP Oil & Gas ( |
Iona Energy Company ( |
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BG International (CNS) Limited |
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BG-Group |
Lensoil Limited |
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Bharat PetroResources Limited |
Lundin Heather Ltd |
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Black Sapphire Resources Ltd |
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited |
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Mahona Energy Limited |
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Boz Enterprises Limited |
Mariner Expro North Sea Limited |
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BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd |
MPX North Sea Limited |
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Bridge North Sea Limited |
Multi Operational Sevice Tankers, INC. |
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Britcana Energy Ltd |
Nautical Petroleum Plc |
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Britoil plc |
Nexen Petroleum UK Limited |
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Caithness Oil Limited |
Nippon Oil E & P UK Limited |
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CalEnergy Gas Limited |
Noble Energy ( |
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Canamens Energy North Sea Limited |
Norfolk Resources UK Limited |
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Carrizo Oil and Gas, Inc. |
Northumberland Energy Ltd |
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Celtic Oil Ltd |
Norwegian Energy Company UK Limited |
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Centrica Resources Limited |
NWE Southern Cross UK Pty Ltd |
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Century Exploration ( |
Oilexco North Sea Limited |
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Challenger Minerals ( |
OMV ( |
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Chevron North Sea Ltd |
Petro Summit Investment UK Limited |
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Chrysaor Limited |
Petro Ventures Limited |
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Conoco ( |
Petro-Canada UK Limited |
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ConocoPhillips ( |
Petrofac Energy Developments |
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Corsair Petroleum (24th Round) Limited |
Premier Oil Exploration Limited |
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Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited |
Reach Exploration ( |
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Deliverit Energy |
REAP |
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DNO UK Limited |
REAP |
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DONG E&P ( |
Revus Energy (E&P) Limited |
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E. On Ruhrgas UK E&P Ltd |
Rocksource UK Limited |
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E. ON Ruhrgas UK EU Ltd |
RWE Dea UK SNS Ltd |
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Eboroil Udmurtia Inc |
Sable Energy ( |
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Elixir Petroleum ( |
Sagex Petroleum UK Ltd |
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Elixir Petroleum Limited |
Scotsdale Ltd |
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EnCore (SNS) Ltd |
SEQ UK Limited |
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Encore NNS Ltd |
Serica Energy ( |
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EnCore Petroleum Ltd |
Shell UK Ltd |
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Endeavour Energy UK Limited |
Silverstone CNS Limited |
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Energy North Sea Limited |
Sojitz Energy Project Limited |
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Eni UK Limited |
Sosina Exploration Ltd |
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Enterprise Oil Limited |
Spyker Energy SAS |
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EOG Resources UK Limited |
Stelinmatvic Industries Ltd |
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Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited |
Sterling Resources ( |
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Euroil Exploration Limited |
Stratic Energy ( |
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Excelsior Energy Limited |
Stratic Energy ( |
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Fairfield Cedrus Limited |
Sunshine Oil plc |
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Faroe Petroleum ( |
Sussex Energy Limited |
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First Oil Expro Limited |
Swift Exploration Ltd |
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Fishermans Petroleum Co Ltd |
Talisman Energy ( |
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Focus Energy |
Tata Petrodyne Limited |
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Fox Energy Exploration Ltd |
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ( |
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Fox Oil Ltd |
Total E&P UK Limited |
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Gas Plus E & P UK Limited |
Valiant Exploration Ltd |
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Gas Plus O & G UK Limited |
Venture North Sea Gas Limited |
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Gas-Union GmbH |
Venture North Sea Oil Limited |
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GDF Britain Ltd |
Veritas Geophysical Limited |
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Genesis Exploration & Production Limited |
Volantis Exploration Limited |
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Geosolutions Limited |
Warwick Energy Exploration Ltd |
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Global Exploration Limited |
Westward Oil Co ltd |
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GTO Limited |
Wilderness Energy UK Limited |
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Hannu Exploration Limited |
Wintershall Nordzee B.V. |
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Hess Limited |
Zeus Petroleum Ltd |
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Holywell Resources Limited |
ZMB Gmbh |
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Hunt Petroleum UK Ltd |
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