Regulation 4 Applications for licences: general

Applications may be made by any person.

Applications must—

In respect of an application for a petroleum exploration and development licence, regulation 5(2)(b), (5) and Schedule 2 sets out the information and supporting documentation required.

In respect of an application for a seaward area production licence, regulation 5(2)(b), (5) and Schedules 2 and 3 set out the information and supporting documentation required.

An application for a licence other than a petroleum exploration and development licence or a seaward area production licence may be made at any time.

If any of the matters stated in an application or any further information supplied by the applicant changes after the application is made or after the information is supplied but before a licence is granted or the F3OGA informs the applicant that the application is refused, the applicant must immediately give notice in writing to the OGA giving particulars of the change.

Nothing in these Regulations prevents more than one application being made by the same applicant or more than one licence being granted to that applicant.

In this regulation, “in writing” includes transmission by way of an email sent to an address provided by the F4OGA for the purpose of receiving applications for licences and related information.