APPENDIX 2 - 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 2025

Twelfth (1990/91)

161

116

115

107

74

69

6 then 12 plus further 18*

June 2027

Frontier Round

11 tranches

6 tranches

13

6 Tranches

6

17

9 then 15

June 2000

Thirteenth (1990/91)

inc 117 blocks

(66 blocks)

        

plus extension

(sliding scale **)

Fourteenth (1992/93)

                

(1st/2nd stage)

435

122

96

104

78

48

6 then 12 plus

March 2029-
July 2029

(3rd stage)

49

6

1

6

1

2

further 18*

  

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 ***)

Eighteenth (1998)

602

82

43

78

47

44

6 then 12 plus further 18*

December 2004
(50%)
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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Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 | Appendix 3 | Appendix 4 | Appendix 5 | Appendix 6 | Appendix 7 | Appendix 8 | Appendix 9
Appendix 10 | Appendix 11 | Appendix 12 | Appendix 13 | Appendix 14 | Appendix 15 | Appendix 16
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