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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-exploration-petroleum-and-gas-storage-and-unloading-model-clauses-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2814",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Exploration (Petroleum, and Gas Storage and Unloading) (Model Clauses) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-exploration-petroleum-and-gas-storage-and-unloading-model-clauses-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prospecting methods",
  "text": "(1) The rights granted by this licence include prospecting and carrying out geological surveys by physical or chemical means and drilling for the purpose of obtaining geological information about strata in the Exploration Area, but do not include any right to drill Wells of a depth exceeding 350 metres below the surface of the sea bed or such greater depth as the OGA may from time to time approve either generally or in relation to a particular Well or in relation to a class of Wells to which that Well belongs.\n(2) The rights granted by this licence do not include the right to get Petroleum or to drill Wells for the production of Petroleum.\n(3) The rights granted by this licence do not include the right to drill Wells for the purpose of the injection of gas (including injection for the purposes of appraisal or testing).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. substituted (1.10.2016) by The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/912), regs. 1(1), 15(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. clause 3 in force at 13.11.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2814/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:54.207389+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}