APPENDIX I - OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUNDS

Round (Year) Blocks offered Blocks applied for Total No. applications Blocks awarded Licences awarded No. of companies Term(s) (Years) Next Relinquishment % (date)
First (1964) 960 394 31 348 53 51 6 then further 40 September 2010
Second (1965) 1102 127 21 127 37 44 6 then further 40 November 2011
Third (1970) 157 117 34 106 37 61 6 then further 40 June-September 2016/October 2017
Fourth (1971/72) 421
15 (cash bid)
271
15
228
31
282 118 213 6 then further 40 December 2017-March 2018
Fifth (1976/77) 71 51 53 44 28 64 4 plus 3 then further 30 November 2014-August 2016
Sixth (1978/79) 46 46 55 42 26 59 4 plus 3 then further 30 July 2016- July 2017
Seventh (1980/81) Specified Area
80 others
97 125 90 90 157 6 then further 30 December 2016-October 2017
Eighth (1982/83) 169
15 (cash bid)
76
8
40
20
70 55 81 6 then further 30 January 2019-May 2019
Ninth (1984/85) 180
15 (cash bid)
107
13
117
32
93 89 103 6 then further 30 January 2021-June 2021
Tenth (1986/87) 127 61 75 51 51 60 6 then further 30 June 2023
Eleventh (1988/89) 212 115 125 115 105 69 6 then 12 plus further 18* July 1995 (50%)
Twelfth (1990/91) 161 116 115 107 74 69 6 then 12 plus further 18* June 1997 (50%)
Frontier Round Thirteenth (1990/91) 11 tranches inc 117 blocks 6 tranches (66 blocks) 13 6 Tranches 6 17 9 then 15 plus extension June 2000 (sliding scale **)
Fourteenth (1992/93)                
(1st/2nd stage) 435 122 96 104 78 48 6 then 12 plus further 18* March 1999-July 1999 (50%)
(3rd stage) 49 6 1 6 1 2    
Fifteenth (1994) 81 34 25 29 20 36 6 then 12 plus further 18* September 2000 (50%)
Sixteenth (1994/95)                
(1st stage) 101 26 24 26 18 27 6 then 12 plus further 18* May - July 2001 (50%)
(2nd stage) 63 56 37 53 27 34    
Seventeenth (1996/97) 68 tranches inc. 275 blocks 28 tranches (127 blocks) 32 25 tranches (114 blocks) 25 32 3 then 6 then 15 plus further 24* 2006 (sliding scale ***)

Notes:
* Licence continues only if development approval is imminent

** Acreage retention at the end of initial term - 1 well drilled = 25%, 2 wells = 50%, 3 or more wells = whole area

The licence period and relinquishment terms applied to two blocks awarded Out-of Round in 1992 are those which apply to the 14th Round awards.

*** Acreage retention at end of second term - one third if one well drilled, two thirds if two or more wells drilled

N.B. The licence period and relinquishment terms applied to two blocks awarded Out-of-Round in 1992 are those which apply to the 14th Round awards. Blocks 49/30c, 204/14 and 204/15 were awarded Out-of-Round in 1997 on 16th Round terms.

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